Bloggers Group Xmas Party

Today I went to our blogger group's Xmas party break-up at Garden City.  As always we had a great time with lots of eating, talking and a little stitching on the side.
We had a Secret Santa Swap also and the person who was to receive my gift was Sandi.  Below is what I made. A Christmas wall hanging and a bon bon with chocolates.

The bonbon has a Theadora button on it.

I received my gift, beautifully wrapped,  from Teresa. It was a lovely table runner containing some pretty Xmas fabrics and stitcheries.

Thank you so much Teresa I love the runner and the little Xmas Angel ornament. My space sure looks messy doesn't it? We all got a few extra bits and pieces too.

A bon bon with fabric & wine glass markers, some choccies, a little lace angel , a felt star with more chocolates  & a fabric star ornament. Thank you to all the wonderful ladies who gave these extra goodies.
Below are some photos of the day.

Everyone catching up, lots of secret gifts, lots of delicious food.

Just a few of the secret gifts.

A big Thank You to Maree who organized the day, we all had a wonderful time. All too soon it was time to head home so I will close with a photo of our fun loving Helen, wearing flashing Santa earrings and a Rudolph nose.

Teresa, Sandi and I all came with Helen so the fun didn't stop till we arrived home. Thank you for the lift Helen,  very much appreciated.
Till next time........ Happy Stitching............

FNSI, Stitcher's Inc May Blog Meet

Last night I joined the quilters on the other side of the world for FNSI.  My sewing machine is away having a service so I  worked on Secret Sewing preparation for lots of swaps that I have coming up.

Top left: I cut out the last pieces to finish my SKOW Bag, Traced out  stitcheries  for several swaps and chose fabrics for Xmas swaps projects. 

This is all I can show of my prep as other than the SKOW bag, it is all Secret stuff and will have its reveal at a later date.
Today I attended the Brisbane Stitcher's Inc blog meet.  It was held at the Community Room at Garden City Shopping Centre with about 15 ladies attending.  We had a fun day stitching together .  It's always lovely to meet new friends as well as catch up with old. I was lucky enough to win the door prize.
Below is the gift I received from Maree, a pin cushion and a lovely Willow Valley Store vintage stitchery pattern.. I already had the Vignette mag that came with it so I gave it to one of the other ladies to read.

Thank you Maree.
Maree also brought along some Cottage Garden Threads from her shop Ollie and May for us to buy if we wished. I bought 8 of these beautiful threads. I have used them in a few projects lately and love stitching with them. If you go over to Maree's blog you can check them out along with other goodies she has for sale.

Below are a few photos from today.

Above and below everyone stitching except me of course.

Above and below, a bit of show and tell, De and Susan's SKOW bags, on the right Sandi with Xmas reindeer toppers and Helen with her Anni Downs Pin Cushion.  All beautiful work girls.

Thank you for a wonderful day ladies. I look forward to the next one.
Now for some stitching.........  See you next time............   Hugs........