Show and tell and a little trip

I am busy gathering some stitching and packing for a little adventure to Melbourne tomorrow for a stitching gathering at Millrose Cottage.  I have seen this lovely venue on lots of blogs and can't wait to enjoy the weekend there stitching and enjoying some lovely company. Fiona and I are flying out tomorrow morning and I am very excited to catch up with some of the girls we cruised with earlier in the year. The venue, cafe and quilt shop look so good! Will tell you all about it when I get back. 

It was lovely to catch up with the class girls again yesterday and many of them have been very busy stitching. Jayne's needlecase is looking really lovely and she is almost finished. Here is the front using the lovely Indigo range.

 Sue came in the evening and has finished this handy little needle pouch from Urban stitching earlier in the year.

 Linda enjoyed the weekend away recently at Galong and made this great quilt using some wonderful Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

I had best get back to my packing and organising!

Grandies

Thought it was time to post a few pictures of the grandies. Alice is almost 5 months and has found her feet to play with.

 The boys came to visit in their pjs on Saturday (it was 8am and we were in our pyjamas too!) and they enjoyed all the usual games including a ride in the office chair, some telly watching and some fun throwing cards around. They are growing up so quickly and are saying so many words too!

Not much stitching to show as there has been some secret stitching day projects to finish and kits to start!

A little stitching

I am supposed to be stitching my Stitching on the lake things but keep getting distracted! The only stitching I did on the ship was a little bit of finishing up on this block of Scandinavian Rose. So much stitching on these blocks!!

 Before I went away I did put together my Judy's dilly bag! I had to make the stripy top a little shorter as I just didn't have enough fabric. It is all hand pieced, not paper pieced, and it was very interesting learning this technique as I hadn't done it before. Thanks Judy,  for the lessons on the cruise earlier in the year.

 Yesterday I saw a friend who had just made this lovely cushion for a special little girl. I love the felt letters and the embroidery on each letter!

Holidays

We had such a lovely relaxing time last week as we cruised to Noumea and the Isle of Pines and then back to Sydney. It was a great time to just read and eat (too much) and just take it easy. I didn't even stitch much! Here are just a few photos of the ship and the ports.

Our first stop was in Noumea. This time we went on a bus tour to see a little more of Noumea. We went to the cultural centre which was interesting as the building was designed by Renzo Piano. He also designed a building in Macquarie Street in Sydney.

The lookout was lovely too.

On the next day we tended in to the Isle of Pines. This is a gorgeous spot to snorkle and swim. The water was a bit cool this time for me!

 There were lots of activities on board and we didn't go to many but it was fun to watch the "Belly Flop" competition!

These musicians entertained us in the afternoons with some beautiful music.

It was a lovely week away. It is a bit hard to get back to normal now!!!

We are heading away...

I have been busy packing my bag ready to head off for a week of relaxation on this ship!!! Trying very hard to figure out which books and what stitching or knitting or whatever to take! Such a worry! 

Show and tell

Classes started again on Wednesday this week and it was great to catch up with all the ladies that usually come and some new ones too. A few of them had lovely show and tell to share. Jayne had finished her little Christmas bag and it looks really lovely. I just love the fabrics she has used from one of Anni Downs' ranges.

 I wanted to take this gorgeous zippered pouch home with me but Sally wouldn't let me!

 Barbara has been busy getting ready for Christmas and has made this very special stocking for a special little boy.

 She has also whipped up this great patchwork pillow for her grandson as well!

Fun with the little people

Benny and Sammy are growing up so quickly and so enjoy parks! We are so lucky to have a school and several parks in walking distance from us. I wasn't there this day but just love these photos of the little men interacting.

 It was Lyndal's birthday recently and we enjoyed brunch at their house which was very special. It was a beautiful day and we went outside to get a family photo. Little Alice had on a very special crocheted hat that Mummy had made for her.

 This morning we went out for morning tea.

 The boys loved checking out all these amazing cakes!!! They did have a treat but had great fun looking at all the colourful "cakes" and "biccies".

 We then had a lot of fun in the little park nearby. Luckily the rain held off for a little while!