Great work and some progress

Lovely to see some beautiful finishes at stitching on Wednesday. Roni has finished this amazing quilt!

 This gorgeous shawl was knitted beautifully by Barbara for a gift!

 Barbara also made this lovely picture from an Anni Downs book for another gift! What wonderful presents.

 I have continued plodding along happily with my Stitch Therapy blocks. This is quite achieveable with a bit of fun stitching each day.

 This is how the piece is looking now!

 Another map was needed for Here, There and Everywhere so I made one of the river cruise and some other great places we have visited. We have been so lucky to see so many wonderful places and this river cruise was a highlight.

Weekend away and stitching

We enjoyed a lovely weekend in Lake Tabourie. The weather was good and it was fun to spend some time at the beach.

I have been keeping up with my Stitch Therapy 365. It is very enjoyable to stitch.

 I am a little behind with Here, There and Everywhere. There are a few more pieced blocks to make (I am going slowly and aiming to do one each day) and I am stitching an extra map.

 I am adding some of my own maps of some of the wonderful places we have been lucky enough to visit. This one is a definite favourite!

Some stitching and a party

A few more blocks have been completed for Stitch Therapy 365. These are fun to stitch.

 I am also slowly making these blocks for the borders of  Here, There and Everywhere. They are easy to make but you can't rush these things!

 Our church turned 90 this last weekend and so we had a Gatsby evening. Quite a few people dressed up which was fun. I borrowed my gear from a friend of a friend!

 Janelle, my sister in law, and Caroline and I were tasked with decorating the hall. None of us are terribly good at flower arranging but it all worked out ok. Janelle managed to borrow vases, beads and fake flowers so it was all quite festive in the end.

Yesterday we had an amazing service which included some wonderful music from the last 90 years! We even had trumpets, violins and drums to go with the organ, guitars and piano. The choir sang beautifully too. After the service this photo was taken to replicate one taken on the same day in 1929. There weren't many suits or hats in this one!

Stitching catchup

I did get some stitching done on the cruise and since I came home. I did end up with a terrible flu for quite a few days! It was so very tiring and the coughing was awful! Thankfully I am fully recovered now. Here are a few pictures of the ship.

 There was a glass walkway and this is what you saw as you walked across it!

I kept up with my Stitch Therapy 365 blocks. I warn you there are a lot of them! I did number 50 today. This is a fun project.

 My ninth part of Here, There and Everywhere came a few weeks ago. Am finally back onto that one too. This part is two of the borders so there is a bit more machining this month.