Last of the Christmas Fair and a Christmas Party

Firstly, a little Christmas decoration for Sheila.

Sheila sent us best wishes for a great Christmas lunch along with a snap of herself holding the only concession to Christmas decorations in their European apartment, this little fabric stuffed Christmas tree.

And yes, they are all having a wonderful time over there in chilly Europe!

Our Christmas Fair was a great success, with pretty close to, if not record breaking sales.

The Cottage looked a treat, as usual, again....still...
The Garden committee do an amazing job, all volunteers who quietly just go about the business of keeping our Cottage grounds looking so wonderful.

Entrance to the Cottage is through the Atrium, which houses our Gallery and sales center throughout the year - always a great place for chance meetings!

Got a few update pics of the clever work done by the Yarn and Fibers gals, Karel was there, 'womaning' the sales table along with some help from another talented lady. 
The Nativity figures are always  popular, and scarce, only one or two sets are created each year.

Just look at all the other novel items these ladies create! Dolls for someone special, toys galore, mittens and gloves, novel tea cosies, christmas tea cosies, christmas decorations, scarves etc etc, the list just goes on.

Porcelain painters have extended their repertoir.  Along with the platters, plates and christmas baubles

 not to mention the beautifully painted figurines they create,

the gals have now branched into wall art in a big way.

Perfect for that small space you need a little visual 'something'.

The clowns were out in force, zooming around the entire Fair, chatting to one and all.

The 'Tea Patio' was a popular spot to rest, or catch up with old friends while nibbling and sipping,

and taking in some of the many Lions club stalls set up on the lawn.

Jan had all the right accessories to set the 'Tea Patio' mood for a fun and relaxing time.

The Wednesday Patchwork gals decided to go to the Pub this year.  Yep our Christmas Lunch was at the Chancellor Pub Tavern, in a room all to ourselves.....it was great, plenty of room to spread out, Marie, Wendy, Pat, Marcia and Sue did a great job, although there was a bit of a hurried conference at the beginning of the day, yep you guessed it, someone paid but didn't put their name on the attandee list...oops!

Not to worry, those talented gals soon sorted it all out and we were off to a great day.

Denise arrived with a bit of 'hot stuff' to share, a hunk and a half she met on hols, (doesn't that sound saucy? ) Stella was quite the 'star' she had her very own flashing christmas lights.

 Marie did a great job organising us (difficult at times) and presenting the games,

 

one of which was the game of counting points for what you may or may not be wearing, Inge beat the pants off us all with a combination of pearls, lots of them,  and buttons, my goodness, she had buttons all down the front as well as all down the back!!!

Sheila had invented a quiz based on members surnames...........now that caused a bit of consternation and fun I can tell you!

Lastly,  lots of laughter and squishing of envelopes when it came to passing along the 'secret santa' postcards each of us had made, a great idea from our Party Committee.
All in all a fun day.

Christmas Fair - today is the day

Yep, the Buderim Craft Cottage Christmas Fair opens today (Friday 27th Nov) at 1.00 p.m.

Craft Cottage will be joined on Saturday by the Buderim Libray and the Lions Club with over 50 Market Stalls for the Annual Buderim Christmas Fair.
The Fair spreads from around and through the Memorial Hall, into the Library and across the lawns to the Craft cottage, where you can sit on our patio for a refreshing cuppa and snack or lunch before wandering through the Cottage rooms.
There are some amazing articles for sale and even if you aren't in the market for a gift, a visit will be well worth your while just to see some of these beautiful and sometimes quirky pieces.

Patchwork Group have something for everyone!

Cute little stuffed toys, this little Miss has her family with her.















Christmas stockings in all sizes and styles. 

So, so many bags, there are beaded and fringed totes, pouffy bags and Santa Sacks

Beautifully created bags with a Japanese theme and a quilt to match.

A range of kiddies summer clothes, the cutest little frilly nickers but this outfit stole my heart.

I know a Grandie that will pop into that rather nicely, after all, you have to be a bit formal for Chrissy Dinner.

Talking of Chrissy Dinner, there is a huge range of mats, runners, coasters and trivets to dress your table, from the traditional to the modern.

Check out the cross over coasters, just the thing to deal with condensation on a hot summers day. - bottom left pic, the one with the demonstration champers glass.

Of course there are lots of quilts for you to view, everything from small modern,

Kiddies, Geometrics, Traditional and a Christmas wall hanging.

Here, a pictorial panel in pastels and a sloth of appliqued bears.

How neat are those button hole stitches! and yes, they are hand done, never ceases to amaze, the consistency of those stitches.

A Traditional pieced, a printed panel with loads of sparkle and a quilt for a princess, birds, butterflies and elegant bird cages.

Those are just some of the patchwork goodies for sale this year.

Walking back through the Cottage, gals and guys were busily working away at setting up their displays, even so, they very kindly gave permission for some pics

Fabric Artists have another delightful range of dyed silk goodies, nic nacks, note books, jewelry, scarves, (oooh the scarves, so much luxury for such a reasonable price!) totes, bags, wearable art and even the most lovely framed silk paintings for your wall.

Two more wearable art pieces frame this beautiful under the sea wall hanging.

Caligraphy Group have a range of goodies along with the all time favourite greeting cards and notebooks, such as this ever so delicate verse written as the ocean waves carrying a tiny yacht on the crest, little wonder this work won it's creator a first prize ribbon, you will have to visit to enjoy the beauty of this piece.

Jeff of the Mixed and Multi Media group does stylish work using stainless steel, timber and cutlery.

This piece is
'Stiletto-Diaz'

 While new member Silvia has created some rather whimsical homes for little critters using gourds.
Cobweb Cottage and Mudcrab Manor are just two of her creations.

Cobweb Cottage is home to a tinsy little mouse who keeps the cottage spotless with her little broom.

Needlework Group have many of the ever popular beautiful creations as well as some lovlies with a new twist.
Beautiful lace work on linnen, beaded and embroidered wall art, sweet little doilies - always a favourite.

Christmas Angels, lavender and lace sachets, lace and embroidery trinket boxes, sweet little embroidered mice, and you can just see a tiny slice of a delightful embroidered white bear.(bottom left-wearing a pink bow ;0 )

Another favourite that generally sells early, beautifully stitched and embroidered lawn nighties, just the thing for our hot summer nights, baby smocked dress, elves and bears. Just a few of the many delightful needleworked items for sale.

Potters Group have turned out some whimsical and some stunning work .
A murder of crows and an amazing banksia pod.

The final pic - 'Season's Greetings' replete with stunning candles, from the Potters,  just how special would this be in your entry?.

Hope you can visit our Christmas Fair, it's promising to be truly spectacular.

It's All About Christmas and a 'Heads Up' for Bailey

Yep, the 2015 Buderim Christmas Fair is almost upon us.

Today was sign in and set up day, with groups busily scooting around and moving in display props it was all excitement and go go go.

Show and Tell started off with Marcia presenting a lovely 'Thanks for being Leader' gift to Sheila.

Sheila is zooming off on a holiday with some of her family members, so what better pressy than a travelling bag, and yes, her ipad will fit beautifully!

    

But wait, there is even more.
Lainey created Sheila's bag and
having a little fabric left over
added a cosmetics bag,
a foil lined security wallet
and a coin purse.
All in Sheila's fave colour of blue.

Have a great trip Sheila, and don't forget to e-mail us some selfies now you have that ipad under controll.









Lots of Charity quilts have been donated, Estelle stitched two of these.

Two other sweeties from the previous week but no details on who created them, so if they are yours - let me know so I can update the pics and give credit where it is due!

Michelle has finalised the lay-out of her beautiful crazy squares and sashed them but as yet hasn't started the quilting.

and why hasn't Michelle started quilting this darling?

Her daughter is getting married in the near future and Michelle has been working on these.

How special for your wedding day, stitched by Mum

This one is for the flower girl, palest pink

Next project of course is the Bridesmaid/s bags, then a deep breath and perhaps a start to quilting.

Now Bailey, this is what your Gran bought along to share with us today.

Isn't it just the cutest?!

and Bailey, Gran was heard to say "I'm not sure I will use it"....well it that isn't an opening to get yourself a pretty new tote I don't know what is.

Betty presented a workshop to us recently as a fundraiser for Movember making these cute little 8 point folded stars.

There was lots of ironing involved at the beginning, but Pat was right on the ball there.

Betty was as busy as a one armed paper hanger, the only pic was of her speeding past.  Boy that gal can move!!

There was quite a bit of waiting for instructions after the first step.

 But then everyone was off and running

Some lovely stars were created, some to be used as Christmas gift cards, some will be sold at the fair.
Hope to see you there.

Decisions on Thursday

Sheila popped in to visit the Thursday night gals and found Michelle with a bit of a dilema, organising the layout of her beautiful crazy squares.

 A couple of Michelle's squares from an earlier post

When it came to time for show and tell Yola had this lovely piece to share, appliqued Australian native fauna wall hanging, soon to be winging it's way overseas as a gift for two lucky little girls

Just a little something for you all to start thinking about,
Yep,
Christmas is coming....
and so is our fair...

Pencil Ink it into your diary's folks, not to be missed!! a wonderful day out for the entire family, so much to see and so much to buy.