Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers Day 1

Where do I begin.......

All aboard for our weekend away.....

Teresa.... Sandi..... Norreen and me......

after an early start we did stop for a very early cuppa.....

what is a cuppa without food.......

On reaching Toowoomba we stopped at the information centre to get a few ideas of things we might like to see and do.....

messing about as usual.....

Plans for a busy weekend....

Japanese Garden Ju Rakuen

Photo heavy here....

Our home for the weekend  "Rose Cottage" Air bnb in Newtown..... 

After unloading the car we were off again.....

Spring Bluff Railway Station.....

what a pretty place it is.....

 we also had lunch here.....

 We had our evening meal at the "Park House Cafe"

it was so good.....

Day 2 to follow soon.....

Toodles.....

From mess to pleasure......

Oh dear......

the plumbing is stuffed, will it ever be back to normal.....

Soon I hope.....

We .... the Tuesday girls ventured out to see the "World of Craft"show.....

we had a great day even though the show wasn't quite as good as we had expected but it is new so hopefully it will improve as time goes on.

Morning Tea at the show......

One of the stalls and

look who we bumped into at the show.....

can you see Lynda there......

We also visited the "Bella Paperie" scrap booking store.....

then lunch at "French & Mor"

The following Tuesday we met at Nor's home....

here she is showing us her lovely new bag....

Well done Nor....

Teresa made us a yummie cheesecake which didn't last long as you can imagine....

Fun times as usual......

Toodles.....

PPPP

I have joined "The Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade" for the first time.....

Thanks to  Ida and Sis for this fun Parade.....

This pincushion was a kit that I had put off making for a longggg time, I'm so pleased with it and can't really understand why I didn't make it earlier....

It was a fiddly little devil..... lol

I do love this cute little pincushion..... 

bought this one from a craft shop, just couldn't leave without it.....

These are among my favourites.....

what did I just say ?????

they are all my favourites......lol.....

From the tiny cup and saucer pin cushion to this one.....

it is very big ... 

what is a pin cushion without the metal stand......

I do love working with wool so this one was fun to make.....

I bought the kit at The Home Patch shop in Bathurst on a recent trip there....

Big ones......

smaller ones.....

Old Worlde' ones.....

Gifts, swaps, gifts from me to me and bought ones.....

and more on my "to do list".....

Oh dear .... I do think I have a problem.....

There is nothing more tempting than a pretty pincushion.....

if you would like to join in or just check out all the beautiful pincushions then go here.......

I did try to find an ugly pincushion but alas I couldn't see one anywhere in my collection.....

This has been such fun.....

Toodles.....

FNWF

A very  productive night for me..... 

it is fun knowing so many lovely girls are stitching together in cyber land.....

I finished my tweeny weeny Hexigon purse.....

pattern by "Hugs and Kisses"

Also finished a "Simple Life" stitchery......

pattern by Hatched and Patched.....

Did some preparation for "Fleur" 

I'm off to see what the other girls got up to.......here

Toodles.....

FNWF

I'm joining in the FNWF tonight..... I have a little something I need to finish....

So pop over here and get stitching.....

See you there.....

Toodles.....

Pin Cushion Parade.....

I do love a pretty pincushion so I will be joining the fun at the "Pincushion Parade" 

if you would like to join in then just go here to read all about it.....

Toodles......