Thursday, December 15, 2011

Holiday Gathering 2011

Yesterday brought the 15th Annual Holiday Gathering.  We had a great time and fortunately the weather cooperated this year with temperatures near 60.  Our party was held at Mimi's house---thank you Mimi!

Everyone brought some great food along with their recipe so that we can put a cookbook together.  We also do a show and tell of current projects and a rug show.  I didn't get pictures of the show and tells but took pictures of the rug show.

Here is the finished picture of the project I gave everyone for their gift.  The sheep is hooked into the wool.  I finished the edge of my pillow by inserting strips and the edge with a hemostat tool---works great!



Here we all are gathered on the steps at Mimi's.



And now for some pictures:


This is a picture of our guild rug which is being raffled off---proceeds benefitting the Spiva Art Center in Joplin MO which was devastated by the tornado earlier this year.  Anyone interested can contact me---$5.00 for one ticket and $10 for three.  We sold quite a few tickets yesterday---It is a large rug---about 38 by 50.  It will be given away on February 25th at the Lenexa hook-in.


There were lots of geometric patterns this year---
 Star Geometric hooked by Peggy
Pinwheel  Quilt---about 34" by 58" hooked by Jo Ann---I did a smaller version of this earlier in the year when I worked out the pattern---much more impressive in the larger size!

 Two Kilim pillows hooked by Kate
This is the  same pattern as the pillows hooked as a runner---I didn't get the binding finished but I used the opportunity to give a little finishing lesson on how I did the binding.  At the top of the picture is a glimpse of a bird nest hooked for me by my good friend Jody---I had to bring it to share with the group.  Love it Jody!!!
 A great way to use up leftovers!
 
Cheltonham, a Martina Lesar pattern hooked by Kate


 Another scrap rug hooked by Marie

A great wall hanging hooked by Phyllis



This next group of pictures will show the popularity of some 
Susan Quicksall rug patterns.


 This is Amy's Crazy Horse runner in two parts---too big to get in one picture!
 Crazy Horse rug hooked by Cheryl
 Crazy Horse rug hooked by Wanda
 Seed Basket hooked by Sally---love the tongues!

Amy's Floral pillows---found the perfect wool for the pillow backs!

That's it for today---will post more pictures tomorrow!

What a wonderful group of very talented ladies---I am very thankful for the great year I have had with them and hope everyone enjoys the holidays!!!

3 comments:

  1. Looks like you had a great Christmas gathering. Please ask Amy to start posting on her blog again - I miss hearing from her and seeing her great work!

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  2. Love your pillow and what amazing rugs and colors.
    Cathy

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