Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Wonderful weekend

Some time ago (we were trying to work out when...), Cathy of Cabbage Quilts put out a call to stitchers on the Mornington Peninsula to see if anyone would like to join her new sewing group.  The call came at the right time for me - I'm not usually a 'joiner' but I'd decided to push myself a bit and I'd been reading Cathy's blog for a time and felt the warmth of her personality come through her words and pictures.  Additionally, I'd been following Michelle's blog, The Quilted Tortoise, and she too shared Cathy's warmth and welcome - and a wicked sense of humour - and Michelle said she's go too - so I thought "why not?" - and I dragged my bff Liz along too.....

Best thing ever........

I've made some wonderful new friends.........Deb (72 Derwents), Emma (Treehouse Textiles), Kate, Miriam (Yellow Rose Quilts), Julie, another Cathy...oooooh, hope I haven't forgotten anyone!

Anyway, Cathy, Michelle, Emma, Kate, Deb, Liz and I went off to Ballarat for a weekend of stitching, chatting, knitting and shopping and had a fantastic time - Deb found a fabulous house for us to stay in - all 15 foot ceilings, wooden floors and central heating (it is pretty cold in Ballarat at this time of year) - and it was 2 doors away from Ballarat Patchwork!

Not a huge amount of sewing/knitting/crafting got done, but we ate well, laughed a lot, shopped a bit and had one or 2 wines to help the days along - perfick!

I did a little shopping - shops of note, Ballarat Patchwork, The Crafty Squirrel, Mill Rose Quilting, Such and Such and Cascade House.

fabric, twine, linen, threads, needles and a large offcut of wool fabric

Liberty from Mill Rose - aaahh, swoon!

beautiful crewel threads from Cascade House - they rival, if not surpass, Appleton..

I bought a hat from Such and Such - and they serve the BEST coffee

Fabulous weekend ladies - it was wonderful to get to know you all a bit better and so looking forward to doing it again.......
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7 comments:

  1. Shay28 May 2013 at 23:14

    Retail Therapy, friends and wine. Sounds like a perfect weekend to me !

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  2. Archie The Wonder Dog29 May 2013 at 03:01

    Sounds like a wonderful weekend!

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  3. Katy Cameron29 May 2013 at 04:27

    Sounds like loads of fun! There's been discussions of Brit Bee away days, but I suspect no matter what time of year we'd need the central heating ;o)

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  4. Michelle @ the quilted tortoise29 May 2013 at 19:25

    What can I say? Well, plenty actually, just not a lot I can say here on the blog!! It was the BEST weekend ever! Thak you Kay for making it such great fun mx

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  5. Cathy @ CabbageQuilts30 May 2013 at 15:40

    Ooh I'm blushing here!! Great blog post Kay, and awesome weekend away, I simply cannot wait to do it all again someday. So fabulous to have you and your bff in the group!!! xo

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  6. Miriam31 May 2013 at 13:00

    Sounds like you all had a ball!!! :)

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  7. Caz@theaccidentalquilter4 June 2013 at 08:02

    Sounds like you all had a blast! Thanks for sharing XX

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