Beautiful wedding

We had a wonderful time celebrating Sarah and Kevin's wedding on Sunday. The church was a lovely old one in Newtown.

Sarah looked gorgeous and Kevin looked very handsome.

Gorgeous bridesmaids.

My beautiful girls with their Pa.

Ma and Pa after the wedding.

Sarah is very artistic and had wonderful ideas for the wedding decorations. They were so lovely. This is the Table board.

Here is the beautiful cake.

Each table centre was just so beautiful. Note the pencils so we could do the wordsearch and the cloze passage! Sarah is a primary school teacher.

It was a large wedding party. Here they all are including the 13 month page boy who was so very cute.

It was such a lovely time and both Kevin and Sarah seemed to enjoy every minute. It was so special to share this day with them.

Sydney

We headed to Sydney this weekend to attend a family wedding and went up early and headed into town. I have decided the only real benefit to turning such an old age is the Seniors card as I went on the train for $2.50 and could have gone to Manly too! We had a wander in Hyde Park and then enjoyed lunch at a cafe.

We also wandered through the Strand Arcade. It is such a lovely arcade.

There were starry patchwork blocks everywhere.

And some lovely windows.

I especially liked the Easter windows in the chocolate shops. Yum!

The city was busy with buskers and beautiful street art.

Our reason for being there was to go to see Jersey Boys. It was wonderful! We had seats in the second row from the front which were fantastic.

Stitching on Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday and Wednesday were busy days with work and classes. Barb brought her lovely quilt in to show that she made in a class at the shop. Looks great.

Josie is a bit like me and loves Christmas. She has just finished this beautiful hanging using some gorgeous buttons.

On Wednesday evening, Audrey brought her quilt again and it has been beautifully quilted.

Just check out the lovely stitched label for her 90 year old Grandma. So special. I am sure she will love this gift.

Heidi also brought a quilt to show us. The fabrics work so well in this quilt.

Gorgeous flowers and Vignette progress

My house is full of the most beautiful flowers given to me on Saturday for my birthday! I have been so spoilt.

Vignette Progress! Here is the beginning, middle and the end of the block 2 and 3 border. Whew! What a lot of lovely time spent stitching. I think I need a break now while I catch up on some other projects.

A very special Birthday Celebration

As you may have guessed, I am about to reach a very significant age tomorrow! Yesterday, I enjoyed a wonderful afternoon tea party with my family and friends. It was so special. I have had some lovely celebrations before but never a party. Thanks to my lovely girls, and their supportive husbands, who catered for most of the food and the gorgeous weather we enjoyed a really special time. My "naughty" (naughty as there weren't to be gifts!) night ladies gave me a special gift along with with this beautiful handmade card made with a gorgeous stamp.

My daughter. Lyndal, had this cake made but decorated it herself with a stitching theme. Fairly appropriate! Isn't it wonderful? Not so sure about the 60!

There was lots of yummy food.

Some people left lovely gifts and flowers. I'll share the gorgeous flowers tomorrow.

This special card plays music when you open it! Just love the picture.

A dear friend who couldn't come sent this fantastic pop out card.

There were so many beautiful cards and I have really enjoyed reading them all.

It was such a special afternoon. 

Wednesday stitching

It was so nice to catch up with the stitching ladies on Wednesday at the shop after missing a week. Karen had been so busy and had finished her appliqued and stitched bag using some Japanese prints. It has turned out so well.

She had also finished this lovely bag from a pattern by Cinderberry Stitches. She attached the handles with fabric bows so they can be removed if the bag needs washing. What a great idea and also so practical.

It was so nice to have Audrey with us in the evening and she had made two quilts since we saw her last! This one is from a book by Melly and Me. It is so effective.

I loved this one as she has used the gorgeous Blackbird designs fabric, Wild Rose. Audrey has made this quilt for her Gran who is turning 90 soon.

Barbara has been REALLY busy. Look how many blocks she has made of the Tis the Season quilt. They look so lovely, Barbara.

I have been stitching and stitching on the Vignette border and it is nearly finished!