Knitting and the Night quilt guild Christmas Party

A baby's knit hat and a pair of booties for a brand new baby.....arent they just TOOOO cute!!
Illes house done to the NINES...as they say....sit down dinner for 24 NO problem for our Ms. Ille..the hostess with the mostest....also favors for all 24!!
So there are tables in the living room under the palm tree Christmas tree...isnt it a hoot...complete with lovely pink flamingoes!
An upclose shot of the tree....loverly....with our Chinese auction Christmas ornaments...
Even the midstairs landing has its own tree AND a reindeer.....
AND the entrance hall has one...that makes THREE...
This is the front door...oops make that FIVE trees....KAY do you think you live here??? I know you wish you did:>
Kay out of the front door...

Kays very charming baby quilt......a cunnying nine patch with an oriental print of small children destined for a friend who is adopting a chinese baby....sorry its so blurry...the camera went beserck much to all my friends delight...they are now blurry and unidentifiable in the pictures...
So the eating has commenced...this one is NOT toooo blurry....
Finally some of the participants NOT blurry....including our hostess Ille on the left, Mary Verdery, Linda Yehle and Paula Matson...l-r


Quit talking get your food and come and eat ladies!!! I think they are having fun but its hard to tell its sooo blurry!!!

A class with Lura Schwarz Smith

Our quilt guild hosted Lura Schwarz Smith today and everyone had a great time...Lura is well known as an TOP award national award winning quilter who makes intricate quilts with faces drawn with tsunieko inks....We had people from as faraway as Raleigh, Atlanta and Charleston driving to take her class...she did a great job and everyone drew some great looking faces with the inks she specializes in. She always found something positive to say about everyones work.

This is what I drew in class today . Fabric drawn with tsunieko inks which can be bought at www.jukeboxquilts.comThis is the original photograph...she is a cutie...Kim's niece...guess i will have to give this to Kylies mom or to Kim to give to Kylies mom! I think it would look good framed under the Christmas tree for her mom...right now I cant think of another thing to do with it...

Practicing shading with the tsunieko inks...
Lura teaching...she was a great teacher...working hard all day long using every teachable moment she could find...

Ann Stalnaker and Ille Waters working hard on inking thier grandchildren.
Marlene Seabrook-O'Bryant drove from Charleston to take the class...Marlene is a very interesting person...the first woman hired by the Citadel...and she is also a hoot...I run into her all over the place at all the best quilt spots like International Quilt Festival...a few hundred thousand quilters but I found Marlene!! or did Marlene find me? We do that alot at quilt shows!
Marsha Boasso having too much fun...knowing Marsha she was picking on Connie....and MARSHA WHY didnt you take all your l eftovers home with you...I didnt need them:>
Connie...I hear her now...I can do this I will learn how to draw...
Diana...another of our travelers...from Raleigh NC drove down 5 hours to take Lura's class...