~GDITC~ Saturday

On entering the Hall at Girls Day in the Country on Saturday we were greeted with a
Cottage on the Hill mug and a lovely centre piece of pink flowers in a vase

Our kit for the day

comprised of a Lynette Anderson Easter Table Topper

Here's Lynette showing off the Sampler piece

A few Hexagons made

I caught up with Suzie

It was a windy day and chairs were required to hold the doors open

Dear Shez came around to the tables

Hello Girls would anyone like some fruit........being banana sweets lol

Our table

Kate received my Swap Gift

We were each given a stitchery by Lynette to use and make something out of it

I made a Stitching Towel to use as a protector for the table to lay one's sewing work on

Dawnie was prepared to fight for it lol

A copy of the Stitchery available over here

Thank You Lynette

I received my Swap Gift from Shez

a little bag which is  holding my Hexagons

Thank You Shez......I love it and my Hexies are still sitting there

During the day I caught up with Lynette

Kate proudly showing her cushion

And group Bloggers pic to finish off the day

There was more Show-and-tell that evening

Here is Susan with her gorgeous quilt

JoJo even became involved and showed us her new poster

And more Show-and-tell

I'll be back with more pics of Sunday

Happy Stitching......Dzintra

OPAM (One Project A Month).....March 2015

One small item for OPAM this month for the Girls Day in the Country (GDIC) Swap

A little stitchery was provided for us, by Lynette Anderson,  to stitch up and turn into something 

 

I used a tea towel......added a piece of linen and put the stitchery on to it and added some ric rac.

Tutorial for the towel can be found
at Jenni at Elefantz

Thank you Jenni!!!

Only thing is I called it a Stitching Towel.......
a towel one can take with them to lay on the table to protect their work from any sticky marks etc that may be on the table

The back

Kate was the one who received this Swap gift........so pleased it went to a fellow Blogger!!!

Thank you so much Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM!!!

~Friday at Nundle (Girls Day in the Country)~

This is the view outside our cabin

Lovely rolling hills with a creek out the front

JoJo on the verandah

Of course we had to go shopping

My purchases were beaded wooden bracelet and hat from Sac's on Jenkins

Thank you Teresa.......you make us feel very welcome!!!

And next was a wicker basket........'real' shoe brushes and not plastic

some bouquet garni bags and even a little cotton bag to put leftover soap into and use again

Some enamel plates........and the most divine smelling Lavender soap

All from Odgers & McCLelland Exchange Stores

JoJo's choice......a tea towel.....we pay her to wipe the dishes from the dishwasher lol

she then puts it in a purse and saves up for a big shopping trip

some little Cup Cake bases and soap

We went up to The Cottage on the Hill and were greeted by these brightly coloured table and chairs

The Cottage on the Hill is a Patchwork Shop at Nundle which Kerry runs

Kerry also hosts GDITC every year and does an amazing job

Thank you so much Kerry!!!

Every year the gorgeous Chooky aka Donna organizes a Swap with Drinks and Nibbles on the lawn

Chooky and JoJo have a little private swap going on between them

which JoJo just loves being a part of

Thank You Donna for doing this with JoJo!!!

(Love this pic)

JoJo's swap gift from Chooky

 JoJo gave Chooky a jar of her favourite Strawberry Jam which I didn't take a picture of

All Swap gifts together

complete with Shez checking them out lol

I received this Primitive Pear pin cushion from Jan along with a pear fat 1/4......a pattern and a little peg holder 

JoJo was double lucky along with Chooky as they both received 2 gifts

JoJo's gift here

mmmmm might have to snaffle that fat 1/4

Peg and Dale posing away

The papparazzi were out in full force lol

Now they're checking it all!!!

The food at Mt Misery for dinner that evening

Sea Scallops Mornay (unfortunately I couldn't eat them but they looked good)

A Salad

Prawns

A Tomato and Olive Salad

As part of the dinner we were able to go down into the Gold Mine Museum

This has been build over the years but there were some double metal heavy duty doors inside that blocked off the original gold mine which has caved in

Totally awesome

I'm a bit of a sucker for a bit of gold and fell in love with the Golden Horse Shoes so I purchased the bottom ones!!!

So sparkly!!!

I'll be back with Saturday's pics and our day with Lynette Anderson!!!

~Girls Day In The Country......Saturday~

Further to my previous post on GDITC at Nundle once we entered the door we were greeted by these delightful boxes with our project from our Tutor for the day.......Lynette Anderson

Fabric in the box from her latest design

and all kitted out ready to start!!!

The project was a bag and this is the front of it

the back

and my first hexagon!!!

Upon entering the Hall I spotted this quilt called 'Waiting for Santa' by Lynette and thought it looked very, very familiar

As it was I had seen it before in another version at Braidwood and fell in love with it there also

To see the post on this quilt have a look here

Needles to say I bought the pattern and have it set aside to start one of these days!!!

The centrepiece on the table

There was a Show and Tell featuring Lynette's made up items and I showed off my Simple Stitches needle case

Kerry hosted a Friendship Swap which was a needle case designed by Lynette

and Lynda received mine

I received mine from Suzie

Pic taken with Lynette

Some of Lynette's quilts on display

This one is Love Letters and I'm very tempted to do this

Perhaps next year when I go back!!!

There was a Show and Tell later that evening and here I am together with Chookyblue showing off our Gardener's Journal Quilts by Anni Downs

Note the different colours......Chooky has done hers in all greens

Some Kind of Wonderful also by Anni

 A group photo of us all

And the most exciting thing for JoJo was the next morning when Bruce McCumstie was telephoned by the owners/managers of the Cabins we stayed at and requested if he would come down and sign a CD that he is featured on!!!

Jo Jo purchased the CD in Nundle and it is called 4 Highwaymen depicting

Willie Nelson who Bruce was,

Waylon Jennings......Rob Wilson

Johnny Cash......Alan Bowles

Kris Kristofferson.....Bryen Williams

Thank you so much Fossicker's Rest and Bruce!!!!!!

Have been very busy here in the local production of 'Allo 'Allo by Bay Theatre Players and will be back to post on that!!!