The Urban stitches kit....

It was exciting to open our pink bag on Saturday and to find the 4 patterns and kits as well as an Inspirations magazine and a wonderful stitch guide book. There were even some needles and scissors. Here are all the things that were in our bag. The stitcheries were also screen printed onto the fabric.

                                       

These are the patterns by Ric Rac and May Blossom.

These are the ones by Melly and Rosalie.

I worked on this one by Rosalie and here is my progress so far. There are quite a few more satin stitch circles to stitch!

Urban Stitching in Sydney

It was good fun to head to Sydney and go to the first Urban stitching day held in Sydney! It was held in Darling Harbour and this view was just lovely. We even had wonderful views of Darling Harbour from our hotel window. We did enjoy it all but missed Fiona this time, though she was in just the right place for their family at the moment.

 On Friday we settled in after a long, hot walk to the hotel! If only we had realised that the light rail goes right there. It wasn't that far but it was very confusing as to how to actually get to the Novatel! Thankfully we worked it out for the way back to the station as our bags were just a little heavier after a bit of shopping. We headed into town and browsed the shops for a while and then had dinner. On Saturday we were very excited to see the projects and to stitch for the day. These are the four lovely projects. Our bags had fully kitted patterns for each one of these.

 This was Melly's lovely little toy and stitchery.

 The one I started was Rosalie's little felt applique and stitchery p.ocket

 This little scissor keep is just lovely too.

 Simone Gooding was ill which was a shame, so we didn't get to meet her this time. The other tutors were Jodie from Ric Rac, Melly and Rosalie. We were also lucky to have Sandie from Winter Wood with her beautiful wool felt.

 There were gorgeous displays all around the room.

 Here are Allyson, Karen, Adrienne and Audrey stitching.

 This is what the room looked like during the day with everyone busy stitching.

 There was Show and tell too and here is Karen showing her lovely Red Home bag.

 Here I am with Barbara, Karen and Allyson ...just to prove I was there!

I forgot the food....

I completely forgot to mention all the lovely food we enjoyed at Urban stitches. We were at the Novatel and lunch was delicious. There were yummy salads and hot dishes but the desserts were amazing! What a shame you can't taste each one!

 Last week, little Audrey came to stitching. She comes most weeks and it is so lovely to see her growing and changing. We just loved seeing the little dress that Mummy appliqued for her!

Aunty Paddy can't resist giving her lots of cuddles!

There is a chance that our little grandbabies might be coming home on Sunday! How very exciting. 

Last pictures of Urban stitches

Here are a few more pictures of our day at Urban stitches. We enjoyed the day of stitching with these lovely ladies. It was great getting to know you.

 Melly, Rosalie and Leanne tried to get round to visit each table. Here we are with Leanne.

 There was so much to see but the Show and tell was a highlight. This lovely stitchery was one of last years' projects by Leanne. It has been done in slightly softer colours. I bought a kit with the original threads but might be tempted to stitch in these ones.....they do look like me!

 Here are just a few of the gorgeous quilts that were shown.

 This quilt was wonderful. The little pieces were only 1/2" squares!

 The same lady also make this hexagon quilt using 1/2" papers. Absolutely amazing.

 One of the highlights of the day was seeing the Vignette quilt in real life! Leanne had it with her and we were able to see the quilt so far! I have 3 sides done and have just started piecing the middle. It was motivating to see it.

 Just to prove that the little fellows are growing! Here they are and we were able to have a little cuddle. They are still in hospital but might be out next week. This is Ben with me.

 Lyndal is feeding little Sammy his vitamins.

A bit more of Urban stitches

Just home from my class Hobbysew. So nice to catch up again with all the ladies after a break over the school holidays. I took so many pictures as there was so much to see at Urban stitches. Each of the designers has their beautiful samples on display. They were very inspiring. These are some of Leanne's samples.

 These lovely creatures are Melly's.

 It was also lovely to see Rosalie's many samples.

 This new BOM by Rosalie is really lovely and I think I may have to get it but promise not to start till my others are done....or at least most of them! The blocks are screen printed on linen so that makes it nice and easy to just pick up and stitch.

 This is the hexagon quilt that Leanne had in the Vignette magazine. There were quilts all around the room and they were so lovely to see!

Urban Stitches 2012

Fiona and I had a wonderful time away in Melbourne to attend Urban Stitches with Melly, Rosalie and Leanne. It was such a special time. There were over 100 ladies there on Saturday and there was so much chatting and laughing all day. We flew down on Friday morning and enjoyed some champagne and a delicious tasting platter for lunch. We also managed a little shopping.

 We even has some stitching time in our room in the afternoon before finding a restaurant....there are so many to choose from in this area....for dinner. On Saturday we were welcomed with a lovely orange bag full of patterns and kits.

The kits were for these lovely projects. Rosalie's was this pin cushion, bag and scissor keeper.

 Melly had created this bag.

 Leanne had made some lovely doilies.

 The kits included all the Cosmo threads needed, the stitching fabric and fabric to complete the project. There were also some scissors, some fabric and needles too.

 Leanne had hand written all the name tags.

 I made a start on Rosalie's project.

 Here we are busy stitching.

 Here are our busy teachers, Melly, Leanne and Rosalie.

I took lots of pictures so will have to do another post soon.