Birmingham Quilters Guild's annual Christmas party
I have several excuses: I've been busy, my back has been hurting, and my internet has been down. Pick one.
I spent the entire morning and half this afternoon working on the sewing room, cleaning and organizing. I made a lot of progress but had to stop before I was absolutely finished because the muscle relaxer and ibuprofen had worn off. And just in time, the internet was back up.
I had a busy busy weekend. Saturday evening, I attended our neighborhood Christmas party at Karen and Paul's. Sunday I attended my church's beautiful Christmas cantata; and after church, Ramey came over and we had a nice supper of collards with sausage and cornbread. Then we watched "Cowboys & Aliens." The movie was fun, but not a masterpiece.
Actually, I passed on two scheduled weekend Christmas parties because of the back problems, and left early from the neighborhood gathering. But I feel like I had a gracious plenty celebrating as it was.
Yesterday, I attended Birmingham Quilters Guild's annual Christmas brunch. The board always supplies the refreshments for the Christmas party. As block-of-the-month chairman, I'm a member of the board. I made Elvis Presley Cake. It was the first time I had made this cake, and boy was it good--and extremely easy. I shudder to think how many calories are in each serving. But that didn't stop me from enjoying a couple of servings. (Dieting is suspended until after the holidays.)
My Elvis Presley Cake
Below are some more photos that I took at the guild party.
Sheryl tells us about her Christmas Jelly Roll quilts.
Lisa is making this quilt for her dog Maisy. The prints are all doggie-related.
Two members of Second Friday Bee made aprons for all their bee's members.
The pattern, "Lilly's Apron," is by Busy Bee Designs, and you can find it HERE!
More aprons, and each one is different.
This is the guild's Christmas Block of the Month, "Christmas Candy Sticks." Members turned in 56 blocks, which Denise E. won. I'm going to post instructions for all the blocks of the month here on my blog, and I'll try to get to that this week. There has been a holdup getting them on the guild website.
This blocks maker did some fussy cutting.
Virginia B. received this sweet miniquilt from her secret bee sister.
And after Show-and-Tell, it was on to the feast.
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On 12/13/2011, Debby Messner said ...
Hope you feel better. Sounds like you are still being very festive this season already. You are a busy girl. Happy Holidays.
On 12/13/2011, Barbara Anne said ...
Love the quilts, aprons, BOM, and the feast!
Hope you're feeling lots better and am glad your internet is up and playing nicely again. I missed you!
I was on a roll yesterday and finished large diamond #5 for the tree skirt and was working on large diamond #6, when our neighborhood had a power outage just after we heard a distant Boom! and Pop! sound. That put a stop to the sewing machine so I wrapped some Christmas gifts: me, paper, scissors, tape, a pen, and labels. No electricity needed. Happily, as the sun was low in the sky and it was getting cold, the power came back on just 2 hours after it went off.
Today I finished diamond #6 (the last!!), trimmed all six big diamonds, and have sewn four together, making 2/3 of the tree skirt. I still have lots of handwork and binding to do after adding the last two big diamonds. Hope I get finished so it gets to GA before Christmas!
Didn't mean to write a book!
Hugs!
On 12/13/2011, door exit sign said ...
Sounds like a great... I impressed by that it such a great festival.. Every picture looking wonderful and impressive.
On 12/13/2011, Dolores Tanner said ...
I think u should list that Elvis cake recipe!!! It looks yummy!
On 12/15/2011, Kai said ...
No excuses for absenteeism required, especially at THIS time of year! Heavenly DAYS, Girl! You are WAY more a social butterfly than I am. So many fun activities! I always love seeing the quilters' gatherings! And I LOVE that style apron! To ME, it makes sense. I always receive waist aprons which are, for ME, a ... well ... WASTE. I need coverage on the TOP where I tend to spill & splatter. If I'm frying something & grease pops, or stirring something that tends to bubble and splatter, it DOESN'T land on my lower BODY. And when I wash dishes, I'm ABOVE the sink. So those aprons ROCK! (Ooops. Sorry. Speech over. LOL!) Re: the Elvis cake - I'm guessing it has 'nanas & peanut butter somewhere in the ingredient list. Yum.
On 03/06/2012, a-frame barricade said ...
Such a great activity done by everyone. Everything is perfect in this post. They are looking so awesome in aprons. I impressed by that great festival.
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