Patchwork on the Rhine Tour

 I am home from a wonderful time away in Europe. The jetlag is slowly going away and I really need to share all the lovely places we have visited. We flew out on Wednesday and arrived in Frankfurt on Thursday morning. We then, feeling pretty awful, got on a bus and went to Obernai. We had a lunch stop in Strasburg which was pretty delicious. Obernai is a very cute town and we had a wander around before an early night.

The next two days were spent at the European Patchwork meeting which was amazing. We loved the variety of stalls and the wonderful quilts on display in churches and buildings in other villages.

Lovely to see Jane from Bebe bold there.

We had a little introduction to our projects for the trip and received the rest of our kits. 

I will share the quilts next time.

This and that

 May is almost gone and today really feels like winter with the rain and chilly weather. Good stitching weather....or knitting. I am having the best time knitting the Timely cardigan. Doesn't look too good in the photo but it is coming together.

Last week we hosted a biggest morning tea on Thursday and raised almost $4000. It was a lovely event with 3 tables laden with goodies.

Some lovely show and tell from Wednesday afternoon. Roni has finished this purse, some cute pears and a cross stitch picture!

Beth showed us this beautiful woven purse she was given as a gift. 

Anita has also finished this lovely stitching bag! A great pattern by Natalie Bird.

This is the golf course recently on a misty morning.

Finally, one mad boy swimming in his new pool even though the water is freezing and the miss with a new haircut.

Home

So lovely to be home again. I did miss my relaxing and stitching time this holiday. It was a bit too busy but it was worth it to see so many lovely places. We are back to normal.....seeing the family, lunch out with friends and all the usual activities. Sadly, we farewelled a lovely friend last week. Jo was such a special person and we will miss her very much.
It has been good to catch up with everyone. Just thought I would finish the holiday with the few things that I bought. I did get some gifts for the kids but they have those!

 It was great to catch up with the stitching girls last week (with my little assistant, Alice). We were so thrilled to see Jayne's beautiful work. So so motivated to get sewing!!!

 Roni has made these gorgeous decorations too.

 I did stitch one thing while away but needs just a few more stitches. I did do a few of my Stitch Therapy blocks before I went and here was what I was up to last week! I am busy catching up.