A Bridal Shower

  

The lovely young couple next door are getting married 

in a couple of weeks (after having to cancel their 

wedding twice due to lockdowns!). They only moved in last year 

and we have become friends with Chelsea and David. 

We were thrilled to be invited to their wedding 

and last weekend was Chelsea's Bridal Shower.

 

I made Chelsea some trimmed tea towels using Jennifer's tutorial here.

 

It's very hard to get a photo with the true colours. 

The blue is so pretty.

Of course I had to make Chelsea some of 

Fee's Glamorous Gloves here.

I think she liked them!

A matching shopping bag.

 You can roll it up and pop it into your handbag.

There was a colour theme for the shower 

and we were asked to dress in pinks, golds 

or turquoise, any or all. 

So my new dress I made was perfect to wear.

The room was decorated with bunting made with heritage lace.

It's a pity you can't see it close up. It was beautiful.

Last week I also finally got to catch up with Melody. 

After many cancellations due to Mel's ill health, 

it was wonderful to see her looking so well. 

I also got to meet the newest member of her family, Daisy.

To Sew Or Not To Sew!

Saturday I joined Chookyblue and the girls for some zoom stitching. 

I worked on my "To Sew Or Not To Sew" cube.

All the blocks ready to join together.

I have used all Tilda fabrics except for the background.

Even the inside looks pretty!

Stuffing time!

 

Ta Da! All finished.

What shall I do today?

 

 

 

This was such a fun little project.

The pattern is "To Sew Or Not To Sew" by Ellie's Quilt Place.

As if zoom stitching Saturday wasn't enough, Sunday

I headed off to Ballan for Chrissie's Timeless Treasures 

Needlework Gathering with Melody. 

We always have such a fabulous time there.

I was very lucky and won this bundle of 

Gail Pan's fabrics in one of the raffles.

Friday Night Sew-In On Retreat!

  

After being cancelled last year and postponed twice this year, 

Melody and I were finally off to NOTYQ retreat at Myrniong! 

Friday morning we headed up to Ballarat. 

We had our lunch at the Gatehouse Cafe at the 

Ballarat New Cemetery, "new" even though 

it was established in 1867! 

We were both good and had the healthy cauliflower stew. 

It was delicious.

 Then we went to visit Morgan at our favourite 

shop in Ballarat, The Crafty Squirrel.

 I forgot to take a photo inside on this visit.

 There are so many unique and gorgeous things inside.

We made our way back to Ballan and visited 

Chrissie at Chrissie's Timeless Treasures. 

This photo is actually from a visit there a couple of 

weeks ago when we made a quick decision to go to 

Ballan for lunch after we came out of lock down.

We also went to Mill Rose Cottage. 

These Tilda fabrics wanted to come home with me!

Next stop - retreat! My spot all set up for stitching. 

  

There may have been a champagne or two over the weekend!

  

And scones of course!

 

It was so wonderful seeing everyone after all this time.  

We all had so much news to share from over the

 past 18 months or so. There was such a feeling of excitement 

on Friday and by Sunday afternoon when we were leaving, 

it felt as though life was "back to normal"! 

I know it isn't but that's how it felt.

 

Friday was also Friday Night Sew-In with Wendy.

I finished stitching the binding and rod pocket 

on Lillian Elizabeth's Kitchen quilt. I've even got the label on! 

Will do another post on the finished quilt.

Friday Night With Friends

 My first project on Friday was cutting more strips for my new quilt.

I miscalculated how many half hexagons I needed, so back to 

the cutting board! I now need to cross cut the strips and then re-lay the 

whole quilt out so I can arrange the colours of the extra hexagons!

 Then I finished off block 10 of Lillian Elizabeth's Kitchen.

 

Saturday I continued stitching with my gorgeous friend, Melody. 

We attended the inaugural Needlework Autumn Gathering in 

Ballan hosted by Chrissie at Chrissie's Timeless Treasures Store & Studio. 

 I worked on block 11, stitching the little shelf and made a start 

on the spice jars. Mel and I only knew a couple of people so we spent 

more time stitching than going around the room chatting with everyone. 

It was quite strange not knowing anyone but we had a wonderful day 

and we're looking forward to the Winter Gathering in July.

 Thank you to Chez for once again being such a lovely hostess.

I'm hoping to do a post this week on my new sewing room 

now we have the house back in order from 

putting down new flooring. 

You may be a little surprised to hear what I've done!

Friday Night With Friends On Retreat

Friday saw Mel and I head off to our annual NOTYQ Retreat at Myrniong. So our Friday Night With Friends was also Saturday and Sunday With Friends! 

 

First stop - morning tea two minutes down the road from Mel's place! We visited a few shops along the way and we both were very good and didn't really buy anything. Just one of those "nothing jumped out" days.

This was the project I started on Friday night. It is "My Time, My Place Caddy" by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched.

 This is my first attempt at needle turn applique. For over twenty years I have always done buttonhole applique. I managed to stitch the first two trees Friday night.

By Sunday afternoon I had finished all the applique. 

Now I've just the stitchery part to go.

It was so lovely spending time with Mel as we hadn't been able to catch up since April! We had a wonderful time. 

Speaking of Mel, did you know she has a new blog? 

It is called Melody Matilda and you can find it here.

You can see what everyone else got up to for FNWF here.