Retreat and stitching

 Four of us went to Mittagong to the Berrima Patchwork retreat. It was a lovely time of some stitching, lots of chatting and enjoying each others company.

We also had a wander to Mittagong and visited this lovely patchwork shop, Thread Botanica, and some lovely gift shops too.

There have been some lovely finishes over the last few weeks. Beth has finished her Santa hanging and it looks so good.

Jayne has been very busy and stitched this gorgeous cross stitch and the delightful pouch below from a kit she bought at Craft Alive recently.

Roni has also put together this gorgeous cushion!

Stitching weekend

 Last weekend, the Wednesday night girls enjoyed a lovely weekend of stitching. We didn't go away but met each day and had a very special time. Thank you Anita and Deanna for organising this for us. We enjoyed the venue and the food and the little special touches that the ladies provided for us. 

Deanna even brought along a little shop!

Home again

 We headed back to the airport on Thursday for our flight but just needed to visit Chrissie's shop in Ballan on our way. It is always a delight. I couldn't resist this cute tin and some ricrac and earrings!

Here are some of the goodies I bought during our time away. At AQC I bought a kit from Anni Downs which I loved, some pigma pens and some woven wool felt.

In Daylesford, I couldn't resist this beautiful Scottish cardigan. I tried to buy one in 2019 when I was in Scotland but had no luck! Very naughty but it is gorgeous.

Not much to show on the stitching front even though I was away a whole week. I appliqued and stitched the front of this pouch and knitted most of one sock on a circular needle. It was fun to learn a new skill. I did prepare some hexies and started another stitchery. My stitching is obviously slow stitching or perhaps I chat too much!

Harcourt and Clunes

 We spent several days stitching at the retreat in Ballan, We were spoilt by Chrissie with delicious meals and really had to do very little other than chat and stitch.

On Sunday we went to Harcourt for a wonderful destash that was happening there. It was too tempting and I came home with lots of goodies.

We then drove on to Bendigo to visit the Maree StClair Quilt shop. It is a gorgeous shop and was well worth the visit.

We also had a day out to visit Clunes. On the way we just had to stop at Creswick and enjoy some gorgeous cake and coffee and the French Patisserie. We also visited the Creswick Woollen mill

We then headed to Clunes to visit the gorgeous Textile exhibition. It was amazing and it was a delight catching up with Christine Lethlean! We haven't seen each other for a long while so it was very special.

Here are just some of the wonderful exhibits.