Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Handmade gifts

While at our quilt retreat my girlfriends and I exchanged Christmas presents. Its wonderful to receive hand-made gifts and quilters are soooo good at it.

Martha bought us all a packet of 5" charm squares in new funky Christmas colors and patterns. A little bit of a oriental look to the fabric. I added a yard of matching fabric for the liner and handle and made mine into this tote bag. It's bright and cheery and fun for the holiday season.



Judy made everyone a felt pin cushion.




Mary made quilted candle mats that also could be used for hot food mats.


Lillian made wallets and a check book covers.

This is the inside of the wallet with zipper and vinyl pockets.





2 comments:

Silk Fabrics said...

Thanks for sharing about handmade gifts. it was nice

Deb Hardman said...

What a great variety of ideas!

So now that I'm thinking about Christmas, what did i send you for your last birthday?

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