Many cups of Coffee and stops along the way via The Cobb highway which traces Long Paddock from Echuca on the Murray to Moama to Mathoura Deniliquin, Pretty Pine,Wanganella (of Peppin ram fame) and Boorooban,and on to Hay on the Murrumbidgee..I wanted to keep on going to to Booligal, Ivanhoe and Wilcannia just to cross the Lachlan and the Darling but there may have been repercussions...Here we are stitching in Hay...we made some beautiful Daisy Cotton Felt flowers too...I have appropriated some good ideas for them from the ladies ...I am putting them into the Pedlar doll for Mary at the Drapers of Mount Macedon in July in Gisborne and the new cottage garden box which is on the drawing board right now...
Of course there have to be high achievers in any group and winners too...Michelle from the Stitch Connection had some valuable prizes donated by Leutenneger P/L ,from Cottage Garden Threads and myself as well as many small prizes through the days.What a great group of ladies...all prepared to have a try at something new and so welcoming and happy to make a "southerner" feel at home....stayed with Tanya who has a lovely little dog and a husband who has an affinity for sparrows (not).
This was after my trip to Ballarat for the "Autumn Leaves" seminar fror the Embroiderers Guild of Ballarat...lovely to meet up with Ida Densley and to meet Jo Maxwell from the Elephant Patch in Creswick who has a lovely little shop which sells her unique embroideries, threads etc ...more about that later!!I had a lovely time teaching the techniques for the forget me not box...such a pleasure to spend time with like minded women who stitch...more soon.. Brenda
