Christmas Meeting -Quiz, competition, Origami Stars - Shelagh Swire. Secret Santa, Jacobs Join December 5th 2022

Our members arrived laden down with food for the Jacobs Join, present for Secret Santa, entry for the competition and folded strips of material for the stars. They were all prepared for a good fun day.

The entries for the competition were numbered and hung on a wooden tree. Members had taken lots of care and they all looked beautiful, and gave the room a festive air. Thank you to everyone for taking part,

                                          

We started off the day with a Christmas Quiz based on stitches and types of embroidery. The members were in 5 groups with a scribe. The clues to the stitches were read out and the names recorded with a little help if needed. There were also 3 picture rounds. There was lots of giggling over answers and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

We then had a break for tea/coffee while we voted for our favourite bauble. They were all so good that it was an almost impossible task but Shelagh won the bell again,

This year our little making session was origami stars led by Shelagh Swire. Because of the complexity, she set up the order of folding and weaving for us to follow and  supported us when we needed help!

 We had already done the folding and the ironing of the strips at home so we could concentrate on the weaving and folding. The range of colours was mouth watering as members started folding and weaving their strips.

Once the central squares were in place there was more folding, snipping off excess and pushing the ends into the folds with tweezers. Many of us had found another use for our eyebrow tweezers!!!!

Slowly points began to appear and although the folding was tricky with Shelagh's support stars began to appear.

Well done to all our members for persisting with their stars and producing such wonderful tree decorations.

A big thank you to Shelagh for supporting us through the folding and weaving and I hope you were well pleased with what we had produced.

Secret Santa was next and thanks to everyone for the beautifully wrapped presents. Every member went home with a token Christmas present.

Next the important bit - the food! All the kind offerings of delicious food, much of it hand made, was set out on the table producing a wonderful feast.

Members set up their tables to share the food and  started serving themselves buffet style. The food was much enjoyed and there were also second helpings! Everyone wished each other a Merry Christmas.

Members had a good fun day and a big thank you goes to all members for their contributions to make it a successful day.

Happy Christmas to you all!

Requirements list for Origami Christmas Stars

 

Finished Pieces

Alison has finished making her delightful bauble that she started at the November meeting. It is very charming with a mouse family decorating the tree for Christmas with all sorts of  added details for the viewer to find.

Thank you Alison and what a pity you are unable to bring

 it to the December meeting.

 Joan has finished her felt piece that she started in October. She has constructed a felt pebble-like pattern and then machine stitched with hand stitched highlights.

The stitching has accentuated the pattern and provided texture so you feel you want to touch it.

The colours and textures are very beautiful.

Thank you Joan.

Hanging Baubles - Janet Tabarandak November Meeting 2022

 Janet, one of our own members, arrived with armfuls of fabric,  ribbons and a collection of beautifully embroidered baubles that she had already made to inspire us.

The designs ranged from baubles to robins and from Santas to Christmas trees.

 Janet showed us that we could use a range of materials for applique and the choice of fabrics and stitching was up to us. Our members were brimming with ideas for their own bauble.

They chose their background fabrics, then the applique fabrics and threads. Within minutes patterns and pictures began to emerge,

More and more detail was added and the baubles began to look more and more Christmassy! 

After a day of cutting and stitching, Christmas decorative baubles began to appear and Janet gathered us altogether to look at the wide range of creativity on display. Not one of the baubles was the same. Each small embroidery was individual and delightful in its own way.

Members took home their nearly completed bauble to finish at home by decorating the frame, adding a hanger and tidying up the back.

They will bring the finished pieces back for the December meeting where they will form the entries for the Christmas competition.

It was a very good day and all thanks go to Janet for her ideas and support as we made our baubles.

It will be good to see them all completed at the December meeting.

Thanks again to Janet.