Last weekend I was lucky enough to spend
three days in Ballarat attending the
Silver Threads and Golden Needles Sovereign Hill Retreat
hosted by Chrissie of Chrissie's Timeless Treasures
with my sister-in-law Silvia.
We received two kits to work on.
The first project was a Christmas bag.
My bag is the one on the right.
The second was a pins and needles case.
I managed to get the stitching part done.
My finished pins and needles case.
In between stitching, we would explore
different parts of Sovereign Hill.
There were so many lovely goodies here.
Silvia and I thought it would be fun to
have an old fashioned photo taken.
We just had to pose stitching!
Don't think I'd really like to wear
these dresses everyday!
I celebrated my birthday on Saturday
and Noel surprised mewith a special
delivery of these beautiful flowers.
I was also lucky enough to win this sewing case
(on my birthday too!), together with a toffee
apple that are a specialty at Sovereign Hill.
Mitchell has claimed that! LOL!
Before dinner on Saturday night, we walked
the whole way around Lake Wendouree.
For my birthday dinner, we decided it
would be nice to go to
Craig's Royal Hotel which was built in 1853.
How beautiful is this staircase!
They were booked out for Saturday
night so we went on Sunday.
Ballarat has beautiful gardens along the
main road. I really liked these butterflies.
We had a fabulous time.
There was lots of laughter, chatting, eating,
exploring and shopping and we even managed
to get some stitching done too!
I'm actually surprised with how much we actually
got done as we kept wondering off.
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