Thank you all, some great ideas, we'll definitely have a game and I liked the quiz idea. The pincushion swap sounds fun too. We're going to have a great night. Julia2

A homemade pincushion exchange is lots of fun. We gather each persons as they arrive and they all go in plain brown bags then after the refreshments we each pick a bag at random and the maker is revealed. Its a fun way to start your own collection of pin cushions and it takes the place of gift exchange.

I really like that idea, Marion.

My contribution: Bad weather not in the countryside (Storm at Sea).

a quiz game involving block names? Woman in the water is Lady in the Lake, fat birds in the air is Flying Geese, etc.

Wendy, you must have some interesting parties!

We've done a quiz in past based on our quilt groups history etc.

Pass the parcel is good everyone starts with one, a story about Santa is read out and every time right or left comes up you pass it in that direction.

A better one is giving a gift - the first person picks from the pile and the next one then picks one but they can exchange it with the first. The next person picks a present from the pile and can exchange it with one of the others and so on. Great way to fall out and offend people

How about a Christmas signature block exchange? Everyone would make 25 (4.5" unfinished) signature blocks, using Christmas red and/or green prints, to exchange. It would be a great way to remember who all participated.

One thing that my group is going to do at our Xmas party is a fat quarter exchange. We had to shop for 2 co-ordinating fat quarters but the fun part was to find a unique container to wrap them in. Everybody who brings a gift to exchange goes home with one. There is usually some sort of a game to facilitate the swapping and many such party games can be found on-line. Good luck with your party. Sounds like you have a few good ideas. Nancy in western NY

Hello Everyone,
I run a small Quilting Group called Severnside Stitchers here in the UK. We have 25 members and they would like to have a quilt related Christmas party in early December after a successful one last year. I'm short on ideas and would appreciate some suggestions. I've chosen the theme of Scandinavian Christmas and am toying with a mini workshop and possibly a game or two plus food (any ideas here too).........................
We will be bringing our latest challenge along on the evening, this was to make a kitchen related item with a given fat quarter along with your favourite recipe (we hope to make these into a book later in the year with some of our projects). Help Please, Thank you, Julia2