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GDITC 2011

Last weekend i headed up to Nundle for the annual girls day in the country (GDITC). The girls day in the country is an annual event organised by Kerry from Cottage on the Hill. Kerry organises a lovely day in Nundle where stitchers from far and wide gather to spend the day together, chatting, stitching and eating very yummy food. The GDITC has a guest tutorer and this year we were fortunate to have Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched. This was my second year attending this fantastic day

this is one of the fabulous projects we were given the kit to make
a lovely little wallhanging with lots of supper cute stitcheries
can't wait to start this.......


Our second kit
A gorgeous little wool purse, made using the beautiful hand dyed wools created
by Anni's clever Husband.


These cute baskets were filled with luscious sweets for morning and afternooon tea
The diet was at risk.......

Anni's show and tell was fantastic

Chookyblue organised a brown paper bag swap, those whom choose to participate
made a project designed by Anni Downs of a certain size, placed it in a brown paper bag
with their name.
the bags were swapped and all whom participated received a gift
it was really lovely

i wish i could say i received this lovely keycase or that i made it
but i didn't my friend Alison
made this beautiful gift, much to the delight of it's new owner.


Comments

hey i am so excited to see this post..........love the blog name and so pleased to meet you at GDITC.........great post......Alison's swap gift was lovely........
see you again next year..........the day was so much fun.......
Welcome to blog land, I am sure Chooky has been working on you this week.it was great to have you with us last weekend. I love your bird houses, they would feel very much at home with all of mine. Hugs Kerry
PS LOVE your font
I love how you came about your blogname as listed in your profile, very clever!
All you ladies must of had a ball with Anni and catching up with each other. I love all of Anni's designs and you have taken some lovely pics of them. I can see myself having to put a couple of her new designs on my 'to buy' list!
Lisa

Lisa
Anita said…
I love your pic at the top of your blog!!
I was at Nundle too, not sure if I met you or not - too many people to remember LOL
Hi ...lovely to see your post...well done. Great to meet you, and sit together for the weekend. I love your photos....looking forward to keeping in touch.....
How good was Nundle...and I was the lucky one who received the gift made by Alison and I was thrilled...love your blog....
Anonymous said…
Hi Patricia!
Great to see your new blog! Love the name, and look forward to seeing the pics you put up :)
Jo in TAS said…
Welcome to the blogoverse Patricia! Better wath that Chooky she likes to crack the whip on us bloggers from time to time, all in good spirit though!
Enjoy
Jo

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