Saturday 14 April 2012

School holidays



On Easter Monday we spent the day at Raglan, an hours drive away which makes it our nearest beach.  It was the perfect day and so beautiful.  Charlotte and Josh loved spending the day in the water and enjoyed being with their cousins.  Tuesday night we went out for dinner for Paul's belated birthday, yum!  And yesterday we went for a walk through an arboretum, the leaves are just starting to change colour.  The lighting was a bit gloomy so I don't have any photos worth sharing.  On the sewing front I have finally pieced and traced blocks 8 and 12 of my Vignette quilt, whew!!  I had refused to put my Vignette fabrics away this week until I had sewn it together, I am so pleased it is at this stage today, now I can slowly plug away at the stitching.  The last photo is a gift that arrived yesterday all the way from France, from Florence as a give-away for her 150th post.  Can you see how gorgeous and tiny her stitching is?  I love the pincushion and the colours are perfect for me.  Florence also included the decorative pins in my parcel, have you ever seen pins so cute?  Thank you so much Florence, I love my gift!  Wendy xx

18 comments:

  1. Fabulous pictures from the beach... I love the one with the children... with the colours and reflection... the vignette is going to be lovely with all those colours... lots of stitching to do now... and what a lovely gift to win ...
    Hugz

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  2. Your gift from France is lovely, does Florence make the pins?
    Mmmmmm Vignette quilt is AOK in my books.....love the fabrics you have, quite different from what others are using. Raglan is a lovely spot.

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  3. Those pics at the beach remind me of growing up in Nelson with my cousins. Rabbit Island was a favourite for days out & Aunty's family picnics. I agree it is great to see Vignette in another colour scheme - lovely. What a gorgeous gift & all the way from France. Blogging certainly brings us all together. Tracee xx

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  4. Love the beautiful scenery in the beach pic.
    Well done on your Vignette progress. It is just beautiful, keep plugging away at it and it will be finished before you know it.
    Gorgeous pin cushion and pins! Lucky you.

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  5. what a lovely post Wendy,and such lovely pics,congrats on your win.xx

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  6. Those pins are adorable. Your day at the beack looks like lots of fun. We have to drive about an hour to get to the beach as well. Its fun when we get there.

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  7. Beautiful photos at the beach and what cute pins. Lovely progress on your Vignette, just think, after this double pannel there will only be one other double stitchery pannel left! (The 2 cnr ones wont feel so bad ... well that is what I am telling myself) :o) Have a great week, hugs

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  8. Hello Wendy,

    The beach photo's are stunning, you captured the moment so well. Lovely quilting and what a lovely pincushion and pin. Enjoy the school holidays.
    Bev.xoxo

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  9. What beautiful pictures! Your Vignette quilt is coming right along, and what a beautiful gift! I still have been afraid to start my stitching on the Vignette quilt because I don't know what to put behind the embroidery...what are you using?

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  10. Nothing nicer than spending a day at the beach....
    Yes Florence does beautiful stitching.She was my swap partner once. Love the pincushion. She also sent me some of those gorgeous pins and I have put them into a frame.

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  11. What a gorgeous beach , really enjoyed the photos .Your quilt will be lovely and the pincushion is just sweet ,lucky you:-)

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  12. You live in such a beautiful place Wendy, the beach looks fantastic, and I love your giveaway win, such perfect stitching.
    lily xx

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  13. Hi Wendy! I'm new to your blog and I love your beautiful holiday photos and works! I live on the beautiful south coast of New South Wales in Australia and we seem to enjoy similar stitching! Will follow with interst - thanks for the inspiration! Love your daily verses too! xx Fiona xx

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  14. Looks like your holidays are going well - great to spend some time at the beach too.Good on you with the progress on your Vignette quilt - it really is going to be lovely, and I do love the gift you received from Florence, pins and all - lucky you!

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  15. I'm very happy you like my pincushion !!
    It's wonderful to live next the sea ! you're very lucky !
    And congratulations for your Vignette blocks !! Mine is still at the very far bottom of my cupboard...
    Florence

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  16. Easter is such a nice holiday, enough time to hang out with family and still just warm enough to go to the beach. :)

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  17. Hi Wendy
    Very nice picture on the beach, your blocks are very nice and it is a very nice gift you received from your friend, lots of nice details and I love the color,
    Hugs
    Laura :0)

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  18. Love those pins, how cute, very nice pincushion, I have the book that this is in, loads of nice projects!

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