There was a great turn-out for the Christmas meeting, and it was a lovely afternoon of chat, stitch and cake. Highlight of the afternoon was viewing the results of the ‘Take Two’ challenge (reminder: the challenge was to stitch a piece to be presented on a pre-set canvas size, using only two colours). There was a grand total of 43 entries, and everyone was impressed by the variety and quality of the work. Entries included a wide range of modern, traditional, hand-stitch, machine-stitch etc., and it really reminded us all what a varied group of stitchers we are. The £1 per vote charge raised £76 for the Air Ambulance.
Here are a few of the entries, with people studying them and trying to decide which to vote for. You can see the winning entries below that. At a later date, I’ll put up an image of each entry – that will take a little longer, so I wanted to get the winning ones up sooner rather than later.
![](https://www.southdownscreativestitchers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/20191210_143659-800x450.jpg)
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![](https://www.southdownscreativestitchers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Third-place-by-Daphne-800x800.jpg)
![](https://www.southdownscreativestitchers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Second-place-by-Cobi-800x800.jpg)
![](https://www.southdownscreativestitchers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/First-place-by-Mary-800x800.jpg)
![](https://www.southdownscreativestitchers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chairmans-Choice-by-Sylvie-800x800.jpg)