Last night was our annual guild Christmas party and we always have a gift exchange as part of the fun. Several months ago we were all given a fat quarter of Christmas fabric to use in making a gift. I am always amazed at the beauty and creative and variety that the ladies (and one male) come up with each year. Here are some photos of the gifts.
I'm sure that looking at the photos you can guess which fabric they gave us to work with.
Anyone who made a gift gets a number and they randomly give away the gifts in that method. Nobody gets to choose what they win, but that makes it that much more fun and fair to everyone.
You can use as much or as little of the fabric in your gift and whatever other fabrics you choose. I saw one gift that put the fabric on the back. Not everyone likes the same fabrics, of course, and that is highly permissible to use the fabric that way....I did the same thing one year. I happen to really like this fabric because I like black in quilts and the red and green were very "Christmas-y".
I won that round table topper at the top with the poinsettias on it. Very nice! I have a little table that it is perfect for.
Our husband and wife team made the two Christmas tree hangings.
A nice Indiana Cardinal in the middle of that star!
I made the big fat runner on the right. I was using the Lover's Knot pattern, but turned the middle knot into a square motif instead. I thought it looked better that way for some reason.
It's a great place to get some new idea for making something, as well as the fun of receiving a gift that is hand made by someone else. We quilters tend to make so many things for others, that we don't get a lot of quilt gifts ourselves......since people assume we know how to make our own stuff.
Cute snowmen runner!
I love anything Log Cabin. I'm getting ready to make a small log cabin lap quilt with a really cute Chickadee fabric that came out this year.
Nice redwork
There were some gifts in bags and baskets that I didn't get good photos of, but I think I got most of the larger hanging items.
Towels and potholders, I think.....several nice kitchen gifts
Aren't those little pine cone ornaments cute? They look like a lot of work!
A basket with a puzzle and some other things.
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2 comments:
Wow, there is so many cute ideas here! I cannot pick a favorite. A lot of work. I like the table runner you made. I don't know how many times I have sat and looked through these. At least 3 or 4.
Hi Mary! Love this idea...we do something similar at our Guild at Christmas, but it's a quilt block only. Love all the different Christmasy items your group made!
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