Silver Threads & Golden Needles!

 Last Friday, Silvia (my sister-in-law), 

Sharmayne (Country Fragrance) and I headed to 

Sovereign Hill in Ballarat to attend the 

Silver Needles & Goldren Threads retreat 

hosted by Chrissie's Timeless Treasures.

  

Our venue in Sovereign Hill was the Charles Napier Hotel.

 

 All set to start the first of three days of stitching! 

Hector the Hairy Coo came along with us.

  

This was our first project we received. 

There was a Paris theme happening.

 

 Hector helping out with hexagons!

 

 While the bag was lovely, we decided it wasn't for us. 

We redesigned our bags and got quite a lot 

of comments on what we came up with. 

I'll use my Paris stitchery in another project.

  

Between all the chatting, eating, shopping 

and exploring Sovereign Hill, 

we actually managed to finish our bags.

 I think Hector the Hairy Coo approves!

  

The front of my bag.

  

And the back. Simple but elegant.

  

We received another two little kits 

plus lots of other goodies.

 Saturday night we went back to Sovereign Hill 

to see the Aura Light and Sound Show

about the Eureka Stockade.

 

Arriving Sunday for another fun day.

It was also my birthday so 

 I got to celebrate here again like last year.

 

Silvia and Sharmayne surprised me with

Devonshire tea at the New York Bakery.

  

We went out to dinner at the 1853 Craig's Royal Hotel.

 

 It is such a beautiful building.

 

 Cheers!

  

We all had the pumpkin risotto and it was delicious. 

I can highly recommend coming here.

 

We had such a fabulous time 

and all too soon it was over.

Family Catch Up

It's the end of an era for Mitchell. 

Mitchell started Auskick when he was 5 years old.

After playing junior football from Under 10's 

and playing 265 games, 

Mitchell has now hung up his footy boots.

Nelson, Noel, Mitchell and Dean. 

Noel and Dean went every week to watch 

him play. I was there at his first game and 

for his last! I did go to matches over the years 

but not so much when he was playing seniors.

 

 This is the only photo I could find 

of Mitchell at Auskick. 

I'm guessing he's about 7 here as 

Austin also started when he was 5.

From our big boy to our little boy. 

Kade is now 18 months old.

Where has the time gone!

Kade is such a little cutie! 

This photo was taken last weekend 

at the Hurstbridge Wattle Festival.

A Couple More Finishes

 

I've made a second Catherine Bag from

the Tilda Vintage Indulgence Box.

After seeing the bag on my Facebook, 

my friend Jackie asked if I could make one for her. 

I used a lot of the same Tilda fabrics as they 

were in my stash. This pretty fabric worked 

 well for the back of the bag. 

It will soon be winging itself over to the UK. 

I met Jackie when she came to see her brother 

back in 2023 and we instantly became friends. 

We visited her in Yorkshire on our UK adventure. 

Dean is heading over there soon so can

hand deliver the bag to Jackie.

I also joined the Pentagon Bowl Sew A Long 

with Lauren of Molly and Mumma.

This was a fun project to work on.

A New Quilt!

 

It's been a while since I've made a large quilt. 

 I finally picked up my quilt from my 

lovely long arm quilter, Leanne.

 

My version of the Tilda Jubilee Quilt.

This is my first large applique project and 

I'm so happy with how it turned out. 

Leanne has quilted it beautifully. 

It doesn't show in the photo but the 

background is tiny light blue stars.

It is also so much prettier in person. 

Tilda Vintage Indulgence Project #5

Tilly's Vintage Heart designed by 

Dawn Hay of Kitty Rose Cottage

from the Tilda Vintage Indulgence box.

So from this 

Little Box of Vintage Indulgence .........

......... to this! 

Five finished projects in one month. 

Must be a record for me.

I loved working on all of the projects and

I'm keeping them all for myself! 

It certainly was an indulgence for me 

as I wouldn't normally purchase something like this.