If you read a previous post I wrote regarding this years gift exchange in my Threads quilt group (eleven members strong), you know that we changed things up a bit from previous holiday gift exchanges. This past September at our fall retreat, we decided that each member would purchase a charm pack of Blitzen by Moda, and use the charm pack to make a gift for the member who's name they had drawn. A few simple rules... use only the fabric in the charm pack; if needed, you can purchase extra fabric for the binding or backing only; you can use all or some of the charms.
Nor hosted our Christmas party on Monday evening. After a delicious buffet meal, sips of caramel apple cider, and show and tell of completed projects, we nestled comfortably in the living room. With a warm fire crackling, tree lights blinking, and carols playing in the background, the show began!
What a array of prized possessions we came up with! Each unwrapped gift was meet with ohhhh's and ahhhh's... and applause! Here are all of the projects grouped together.
Here are pictures of the individual projects... every single one is unique!
This was a very enjoyable group project. We marvelled at the uniqueness of each of the gifts... all so creative! We marvelled at Rosie's scrap leftovers... what a clever idea to save them and present them to Sandra! We marvelled that all of the projects incorporated a different block pattern. And we just marvelled at ourselves... because we can!
Fifteen days to Christmas... put on some Christmas music and sing along while you're cutting, piecing, sewing, and quilting!
Happy Holidays!
Nor hosted our Christmas party on Monday evening. After a delicious buffet meal, sips of caramel apple cider, and show and tell of completed projects, we nestled comfortably in the living room. With a warm fire crackling, tree lights blinking, and carols playing in the background, the show began!
What a array of prized possessions we came up with! Each unwrapped gift was meet with ohhhh's and ahhhh's... and applause! Here are all of the projects grouped together.
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| One charm pack per member - Blitzen by Basicgrey for Moda... can you believe this? |
Here are pictures of the individual projects... every single one is unique!
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| Paula's gift to Queen Dee is a mini rectangle within a rectangle. Paula is relatively new to quilting, and did a great job machine quilting this project on her own! |
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| Sandra's gift to Paula - this mini is just stunning! |
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| Queen Dee's gift to Sarah is a mini table topper and includes coasters! |
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| Janie's gift to Kathy... that's me! I love it! |
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| Nor's gift to Diana... complete with fresh pine greenery! |
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| Mari's gift to Janie... admittedly, the rules were broken... but that's because Mari knew that Janie wanted a certain sized topper for her kitchen table... and we forgive her for breaking the rules... cuz we're easy! |
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| Sarah's gift to Nor is a pinwheel and half square triangle delight! |
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| Carole's gift to Rosie is this pin cushion and the mini quilt in the picture below... the pin cushion deserves it's own picture, so you can see the detail of Carole's hand written date. |
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| And the cute mini to go with the pincushion! |
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| Rosie's gifts to Sandra... snowman coasters, snowman door hanger, mini quilt, ornament, and two hot pads. Please note that Rosie included the leftover scraps... they are the little strips on the right side in the picture... talk about no waste! (click on the picture to see an enlarge showing). |
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| Diana's gift to Carole is a 3 dimensional pinwheel block pillow! I wish I could have shown off the 3-D effect of the pinwheels better in the picture! |
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| My gift to Mari... I totally forgot to take a picture at the party. I guess I was thinking that I already knew what it looked like! I took the picture above a few days after I finished it... I'm glad it was still on my memory card! |
Fifteen days to Christmas... put on some Christmas music and sing along while you're cutting, piecing, sewing, and quilting!
Happy Holidays!
Wow, wow and wow!!! An incredibly talent group of ladies. Every project (group of projects) is delightful.
ReplyDeleteHigh five, Ladies!!! Kathy, thank you for sharing.
Fun, fun, fun! I love this idea and almost wish I was in a quilting group so that I could copy it. Every gift was a winner--love it when everybody wins! Thanks for the individual photos, Kathy. I felt like I was there for the unveiling. : )
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for a challenge! Love all your gifts!
ReplyDeleteHow cool! I love the idea of everyone being given the same thing and then letting their imaginations work! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! A wonderful display of creativity!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun! I can't believe all the variety and creativity. Thanks for sharing your great day.
ReplyDeleteSuch a talented group of quilters! All of the Charm pack challenge projects turned out beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHow fantastic to see them all together! What a talented group!!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how no two items look alike, though you all use the same charm pack. Beautiful gifts all of them.
ReplyDeleteblessings, jill
Wow! Amazing all unique and from a charm pack!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! I love to see so many different results from the same base. The mini orange peel is incredible.:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea! I especially love the photo of all the projects together. Such cute ideas!
ReplyDeleteThey are all so different, what a fun idea for a Christmas exchange. I bet everyone is happy.
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing all these ideas from the one charm pack idea! Such a variety and I think that would have been so fun to see each open their gift...I could easily hear the applause and chatter!
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