Party time with the Woolies!

Monday was party time with the Woolies, and I managed to finally get myself in a group picture by taking it in front of Pam's mirror. Unfortunately, Pam is almost hidden -- that's her in the back row on the right, peeking out from behind Mary.

We started with fabulous food, like this raspberry Danish that Mary made with crescent roll dough. Google "candy cane raspberry crescent rolls" and you'll find recipes. Somehow I didn't get a picture of the counter loaded with food, but we had enough for breakfast and lunch and it was all delicious.

We also gathered around the table where we had laid out small presents to share -- cute little fabric mice, gobs of trim to use in our wool projects, beads, hand-dyed embroidery thread, needle threaders ... and Pam used cherry Kool Aid to dye some black and white wool and gave us each a generous piece along with green thread.

Then we spread out the needle cases that we made since Pam challenged us last month to use some of her patterns. Linda made the three on the left (the top one is actually a pin cushion) to give to her son's mother in law, who is just getting into quilting.

Here's a closeup of Mary's, which she made based on a pattern in Sue Spargo's Fresh Cut book.

She customized the inside to suit her needs.

Here is Donna with her gorgeous case and its delightful details:

And here is a detail of Pam's:

Judy showed her wool reindeer, which joins the herd that we started making last year.

And we DID sew, in addition to eating and gifting and show-and-telling. Pam worked on this little reindeer table mat.

As a bonus, the sun came out after a big downpour on our way to the meeting. Sunshine, friends, fabric and food -- a great day!

 Have a colorful day