A lovely weekend....

This last weekend was the annual Stitchers Dream Day Out hosted by The Quilters Angel .... I am lucky enough to be allowed to attend both days.. one as a helper and the other as a stitcher...  its lovely..

Kris and I consider ourselves in charge of getting chairs ready.... don't they look so pretty?

.. and there is a little shop stall for those emergency items one needs at a stitching day

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.. and gift bags with patterns and starter kits for the projects....

.. display boards with samples of the designers work.... this year we had Julie Lovell from Calico Farm Designs and Bronwyn Hayes of Red Brolly....

... No pictures of the designers but they were both lovely... I have read Bronwyn's blog for years and was a bit celebrity tongue tied meeting her... I have to tell you she is just lovely, down to earth and was quite happy getting her hands dirty helping clean up at the end of Sunday... ooooh and she sat in my car!!!! woohooooo

Here are the samples for the patterns we got...

I helped with registration and had this lovely red tea cup with lavender in it... and a cup of lovely coffee from the lady with her van...

... and wonderful to meet friends... here is Susan....

... and Marilyn... and Robyn (no blog)

... and here is all the bloggers together... Susan, me, Kris, Marilyn and Narelle (who drove 3 hours in the morning to get there)

... pretty roses at the tea table...

.. and lovely cake.... 

Narelle stayed overnight and joined us on Sunday too and it was lovely to get a chance to sit and have a chit chat (just a little!)

On Sunday I got my pack and kit... my project was one of Bronwyns ladies designs.... I do love her 3 glamorous girls....

Christine Lyn and I dressed for Tea Time (which was the theme for the weekend)....

(we do look like the girls in her drawings don't we.. though I don't think they blatantly show off their legs!)

... and there was another lovely cake....

(by the way they tasted just as good as they looked)

When I got home I found a little parcel in my bag... I thought someone had dropped it by mistake but Narelle sent me a message and said it was for me from her ..

I lovely gift - a little hanger for my new home, a thread holder and all wrapped in fabric and tied with ric-rac...

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... obviously she had taken note of how my thread was during the day!

... so now it is sorted .... thanks Narelle....

A lovely weekend... I'm looking forward to next years already....

Right, Gotto Go....