Sew Christmas

Around this time of the year with the cool air and the coziness of the long evenings,  I find myself browsing through  Christmas quilt books and magazines.

Sometimes just the pictures in my head materialize into a project, as is the case with this table runner.    

 Machine appliquéd poinsettias  

 Another simple one, machine embroidered  

This wall hanging of the Nativity I made for a silent auction at a fund raiser  

for my late Brother-in-law's Foundation 

Gilles Boudreau and Friends Cancer Help Fund.

 The guild had the privilege of having 

Suzanne from It's Sew Time come do a workshop on Saturday.  What a fun day we all had. The project was 

a Cathedral Window Table runner 

And she brought  

all kinds of gorgeous fabric from her shop for us to choose. "Shopping at home; does not get better than this"  

Suzanne  had a wonderful assistant, Christine  to teach the  class  

Here she is passing on her instructions to my sister, Simone.

And here is 

 my finished version of the Cathedral Window table runner ! 

I love the star around

                                      the Cathedral Window.
Next week-end is off to Amherst for the Fibre Arts Festival and the Karen Neary workshop on "Free Motion Feathers Workshop". My friend, Elaine and Sister Simone enjoy the time spent together at this event and this year there is an added bonus with the  new quilt shop in town Mrs Pugsley's Emporium . 
 Beth, the owner has a "Show and Tell"  planned for Friday evening. What a way to get the quilters together! 
Happy sewing...