A super evening

The guild had their Christmas get together at a new, just opened, restaurant  and it was perfect. About 50 members came together for a beautiful dinner of Acadian Foods and a Pot-holder exchange.

Member Rose Marie makes beautiful Cross Stitch and she presented me with one ..

 The Quilter's Sampler . It is beautiful!

Everyone who brought a gift of a pot holder got to pick one. We then had a  parade of Pot-holders ...

Here are just a few....

 Danielle

Ariane ( grand-daughter)

Deanna

Clara

Denise

Sidney

Geraldine

Jeannette

Eva

Elaine

Leona

Paula

Here are mine made by my friend Anna

Rose Marie

Lennie

Elise

Every one of the pot-holders were absolutely gorgeous and what fun we had showing off our gifts.

When we went to Amherst for Karen Neary's workshop in October she introduced us to the use of a corsage pin while sewing on the machine. It is the perfect tool to press out unwanted pleats, or tuck in that turned corner.  

Like Oprah or Robin I wanted to share my favorite things with the members and so....

 everyone got a corsage pin!!!!  

and it made a big hit! 

The prizes were not elaborate cars or bundles of cash but I don't think anyone could have had more fun then we did with our pot holders and corsage pins.

Being together and enjoying each others company was priceless!

Hope your Christmas is a blessed one and the New Year full of peace, joy and serenity♥♥♥

What is happening?

Like

most households .. lots is happening. At this time of the year I like to do little projects and I am focusing on Hostess gifts for all the social activities we get invited to.

I made a few sets of these 

 Burlap Coasters and these

 Fabric Bowls.. perfect for Christmas candies...

For the Guild's Christmas Party (tomorrow evening) we are having a pot holder exchange. 

And here are the ones I made. 

I am also working on more place mats  

 This pattern was soooo eye catching, I just had to make them. You know when you have a pattern that talks to you? Make me!

Last Saturday we had a workshop at the Guild for the Juniors and they made a  

 A Christmas potholder .. a great job done by everyone.

One of the members at the guild is terminally ill and she had fabric to make a quilt but could not do it so the guild members got together Friday evening

and we sewed her quilt.

It was a  fun evening as we offered our sewing talents in prayer for our fellow member.

Simply Christmas

The quilt on my header is the first appliqué quilt I made and the first I hand quilted. I did the primitive hand quilting with the black

Pearl Cotton. This quilt keeps my fourth Grand-daughter

snug as as a bug

Miss Émilie! Age 4

Snow is on the ground and.....

the decorations seem more appropriate...

Friday was the day I started to decorate with the intentions of only doing a few boxes

but one box led to another and soon I had

 

  put some out all day. It seems they don't look right if everything is not displayed together...

I had no intentions of putting my tree up yet but

                                          There it stands ... in the family room

I choose red this year because it is bright and I know grand-son Miguel's first Christmas will brighten our Holidays

I managed to take a break in between the rooms and glanced at  my Quilt World magazine only to find a quick and interesting project. 

A Holly Leaf Fabric Bowl... a fun and easy project to make!!!!

Happy decorating!  Now comes the baking...

Ahh! The Prairie Points

I only made the Prairie Points once and always loved the looks of any project with them in it.

 The runner is my own design and the fabric is

Northern Cardinal by Holly Taylor.  

Beads dress it up nicely. 

The Guild had its annual Christmas Tea and it was a great success..

We are all ready to welcome the guest to the tea

Grand-mère and her two girls Ariane and Laurène in our special Christmas aprons.

The Hall is all ready

Christmas music is on and the decorations are up...

The food is getting ready.. the kitchen is buzzing..

and now it's time to relax and enjoy

coming to Yarmouth Dec.4th

Bernina Embroidery Club Project for November...

Quilting in the hoop.. Christmas Table topper

 Holly Berries Design  

Christmas Tree napkins

 with the Holly Berries Embroidery Design

Put it all together.. Voilà

Grand-daughter Laurène inspires me

Laurène is making a Christmas table topper for her mom (daughter Yvelle) for her birthday on November 6th.

And here it is is all finished...

It inspired me to make Yvelle some Christmas place mats using some of  the same fabric for her birthday also.

Set of 12 

4 different embroidery designs.

 

I enjoy making  this pattern.

They fit so beautifully on the table.

Yvelle's house décor is all country.

The pattern is "Designs to Share with You". www.designstoshare.com

Tomorrow is my embroidery club class at Knit and Stitch in New Minas and I am soooo looking forward to doing that project. Dianne sent me the picture and YES it is a Christmas project. I will have pictures..