The Corbridge Christmas Tree Festival
We were all very excited to see the Corbridge Christmas Tree Festival at St Andrew’s Church, especially as it was cancelled last year – it is DEFINITELY worth visiting, especially as all the trees are so creative and many are absolutely stunning.
A special mention must go to our staff member Helen Coombes, who used her crafty talent to quilt our entry – a beautiful Charlotte Straker Christmas tree, complete with the initials of all our current residents. The residents helped by cutting out all the bauble shapes and Helen then made the quilt with all their names picked out in stitches. Helen told us that “I wanted to make something to celebrate all of our lovely residents. It took around two weeks, and I used sequins and different chrismassy fabric and the residents helped me by cutting out the shapes.”
Pam Crawley, our manager said, “Helen has made a beautiful quilted Christmas tree and I know everyone who sees it will be impressed by her vision and talent. I’m proud that we’re displaying it in the Corbridge Tree Festival.”
Our residents wrapped up warmly to make a visit to the Festival last week. They LOVED looking at all the different Christmas trees and discovering all the different touches that made up each exhibit.
Alan said “they’re beautiful, absolutely beautiful and so much work has gone into them all.” Muriel loved them all, and told us “They were lovely and it was a wonderful afternoon. Some of the trees are amazing. It makes me feel so christmassy.”
Thank you to the relatives, volunteers and staff who helped our residents visit the Festival.
