Xmas cactus and retreat goodies

After seeing Wanda's post with here Xmas cactus, I needed to go look at mine to see if it had blossomed and it did!

So here are some of the goodies I brought home from the retreat. I will show the last of it tomorrow. I was so tired when I got home from work yesterday that all I could do was take pictures of my goodies and then do nothing. I am still tired. One more good night's sleep and I will be ok. I do love all the different things people come up with for table gifts. Most people bring a few extra just in case. I received these cute pincushions.

Some candy

These are a mix of dangles to add to a zipper pull and holders for floss.

I received this cute jar with goodies inside. The goodies were trims and things for finishing smalls. There was a lot in that little jar!

I got some skeins of floss, a tiny pair of scissors and some do-dads. The bag has weathered jingle bells in it which I will use for finishing a small.  Everyone needs a little from with sunglasses!  That little glass piece in the first picture is an emergency needle that you can hang on a necklace!  LOL!!

One lady had brought these beautifully decorated cookies her daughter made that looked like a tomato pincushion! It is too pretty to eat, but some ladies did eat their cookie and said they were delicious.

Since there were four designers, we received four kits - meaning, the charts, floss and fabric! This kit is to make a scissor holder and fob, a tiny pin cushion, and a tiny needlebook. I took a picture of the pin cushion beside a tea bag tag so you could see how tiny it is. It has a bee theme. Everything fits into the tin. The designer assured us that the instructions were so anyone could stitch and finish each item.   This kit is going to my sister since she likes bees and is good at stitching fussy little items. Merry Christmas Kathy!

The next sampler came in lovely box. It is a reproduction.

The third project was another reproduction sampler. It has lots of different animals on it and there are a lot of colors! Look at all that floss!

The last project was another reproduction, but a completely different style. It is a German sampler and they gave us a skein of silk floss! I have never stitched with silk so stitching this one ought to be interesting! The person that owned the original sampler gave it to the designer so we passed it around to get a good look at it.

The shop also has quilting fabric. They have some beautiful fabric, but it is all $12.99 a yard - yikes! I don't really need any fabric, but I had to look at the 70% off bin. I found these three bolts and each one had a bit more than 8 yards on them. I thought they would be perfect for some baby quilts.  You had to buy the whole bolt but after doing the math the fabric was only $3.88 a yard! It had been marked $12.99.  I forgot to look to see what brand it was.  I will let you know tomorrow.  

There was a room of marked down fabric I missed so I went back on Saturday and found this darker fabric that I thought would be a nice accent color. It from a different line, but I think it works. It was 40% off and I bought 3 yards.