Christmas in July 2017

It was a great day to get together and think of the chill in the air at Christmastime considering we were expecting a heat index of the upper 90's with high humidity.

The day started as everyone arrived and had a few quick minutes to catch up before class started.   First, we were treated to a nice goody bag.

And then the three projects for Christmas in July were shared.....

The first class was lead by member Robin T.   It was a gingerbread man stitched on DMC switchable cork.   Stitching on cork was something none of us had done before.   The piece consisted of stem stitch, french knows, adding buttons and then making your 'quilt' sandwich of backing, batting and stitched piece.  Finally it was stitched together with the buttonhole stitch.  The gingerbread man was finished with a tie to hang as an ornament.  The kit also included a pattern for the gingerbread girl.

The second class was lead by Lynn B.    She  provided instructions for a  snowflake humbug.   Lynn had a variety of blue flosses to stitch with and included variegated blue perle cotton to make twisted cord and tassel for turning the completed humbug into a scissors fob.   Beads were also part of the kit.






















The third and last class was lead by KarenAnn M.   She shared a hot cocoa mug complete with cookies and cinnamon sticks!  (stitched cookies that is!)  The gray linen made a pretty background for the red mug and gingerbread cookies.  KarenAnn will be finishing hers as a Christmas Card.   Another way to finish would be as a flat-fold or mounted on felt.



Thank you ladies for teaching the classes for the rest of us.

It was a fun day and it was nice to learn methods or finishes we may have never done before.  It was also fun to have some quick little projects.

Extra kits will be available for purchase at the September meeting.   The cost will be $6.