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.
6 comments:
Belated birthday wishes for last Sunday! It’s great that you were able to celebrate with your sewing group. What a wonderful celebration! It is lovely to work together with like-minded people. Warm regards and all the best! Viola
Belated birthday wishes. It looks like you ladies had a great time on retreat.
Happy belated birthday Christine. Sounds like you had a fabulous weekend with sewing, eating out, friends and celebrating.
What a wonderful time you had Christine. Belated Birthday Wishes to you. I think your bags turned out great & sometimes its good to put our own touches on them. The Retreat certainly looked enjoyable. xx
Looks like a fun time was had by you all and a lovely way to spend your birthday.
Like your bags rather than the Paris one.
Happy birthday Christine! Wonderful birthday venue. I too like your bags the way you have done them.
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