And Gather We DID!!

Lucky me! Last couple of weeks we have been visiting the girl in the UK and while there we went to Edinburgh, Scotland.....WhooooHOoooo!!

I got to go to The Stitch Gathering organized by the lovely Jo and her equally lovely hubby Jonathan and the crew from Avery Homestore.  Beyond that door was loads of fun!

After the meet and greet and lovely tea we found our secret partner and gave them their nametag....above is mine made by the very, very sweet Jenny....Thanks so much...I love it so!!:)

 Here is the one I made for her daughter Sarah....closed....

....opened!:)

 We also received our goodie bags and goodie they were!!! I totally forgot to take a photo but go look here and see all the swag we received and all the fantastic sponsors!!!!

There were many workshops to choose from but since I didn't have a sewing machine I picked the hand sewing workhops and first up was Cathedral Window pincushion....here we are getting ironing instructions from Jo.

 Next up was LUNCH! Check out that spread...and you really can't see all of it!!!

 (My block is second row third from the left...the village go round!:)

Something else we had to do before the Gathering was decorate our fabric ticket we had received in the mail several months ago. Jo is going to sew them all together and make a quilt to raffle at next year's event!  Aren't they all amazing?!!!

 After lunch was the next workshop...Fabric Origami & Japanese Embellishments also taught by Jo....it was very hard to concentrate because.....

 ....this was some of the view out our classroom windows!! We were on the 6th floor of Edinburgh Napier University at the Morningside campus ! So yes...I didn't get anything finished but I have been working hard to finish at home!

 Origami corsage and embroidered pincushion....yellow rose pin made for me by my other pal Jo...more about that later!;)

Here is the back of the pincushion.  I used a piece of Liberty fabric that I received in my goodie bag...perfect bit of fabric isn't it?:)

But here is one of my fav photos!  Sarah (I made her nametag), Katy,  Fiona and my dear pal Lynz.  Now that is beautiful!!:)

~d

ps....Jo and Jonathan...thanks for homemade goodness at your place and making the retreat something really, really special!!! xoxoxo