Cold weather is on it's way and this morning it brought ice. Unfortunately not everyone was able to attend our Christmas meeting. But the Lord was good and other than a few hours delay with a flat tire for Machelle - we all made it safe.
Working on projects to get done for Christmas was the biggest goal for many. Deb is doing kitchen towels that are darling. This one she is keeping for herself.
Lorraine found a H U G E crocheted afghan that she is taking apart and then putting back together again in a smaller usable size. Lovely colors. Hard to think of someone getting rid of something they put so much work into.
Leila is working on a wall/table size quilt. Shown first is the back. She is hand sewing this together. Wow - does she do a great job.
Then you turn it over and are even more astounded with the pattern.
Susie was working on some applique and the rest of us were doing some much needed visiting and sharing of how to's.
Our Christmas dinner was very exciting with all the new recipes and wonderful things to try out.
And of course we can not forget the desserts. No, we did not eat part of that cake before dinner.......one of the husbands had a taste test to see if it was good enough and safe for us. hahahahaha
Show 'n Tell is always so interesting. Judy had made this dresdan plate candle mat for the guild challenge in Clay Center and won Best of Show with it. We had watched her work on it and it was great to see it finished and to hear how well she placed.
Deb looked on line and found out how to bind with different fabrics on both sides. She brought in a doll blanket that she had done this technique on - Now she has to have a hands on class and show the rest of us what she learned. The folded over binding that you see here was yellow with designs, with the front edge out of blue. Deb said the corners were a dream to do.
The quilt itself is pretty, the two color binding brings it up another notch.
Vevia did the BOM project at the Manhattan guild this past year a little differently than "Robb-n- Graves" presented it. It was 12 blocks approximately 8 1/2" x 11" each, in
applique. She shrunk the patterns down, placed them on point, and embroidered them. Small log cabin blocks finished the setting.
Machelle is rushing to finish this pirate quilt for a grandson. Glad she brought it in so that we could see it - so many different looks in that disappearing 9-patch pattern. Great job Machelle - take a picture for us please.
After a little bit of talking about next years projects and clean up, we were all on our way early.
2013 was a great year. Till January....................
Wishing everyone a blessed Christmas, safe holiday travels and a wonderful New Year.
