As you can see from all the blogs, we had a marvellous time....and are counting down the sleeps until next year. Some of us made swap gifts from Anni's designs...

I made a tissue packet cover from my favourite Flower Sugar fabrics...

and I was fortunate enough to receive this fabulous needlebook made by Pauline from Calico Crossroads...all the way from Tasmania! I love it...gorgeous fabrics & beautifully stitched...I will treasure it Pauline!

Here are Saturday's swap gifts all in one place!

  Not a swap gift, but made by dear Bronwyn for my birthday...holds my special scissors!

 Oh well, back to reality...miss the fun, but look forward to next year!

As you can see from all the happy posts, it really is a great weekend!

It is the fourth year that Kerry has hosted the GDITC & every year is fabulous.

Kerry and Anni...

true friendship....helping with binding...

  Dinner at Mt Misery on Friday night...lots of happy faces!

  Stitching & catching up before dinner! Is that a swap present under construction I see?

 A gathering after the big day!

 Solving the problems of the world...or working out how to hang the quilts!

 A recovery breakfast before our journey's began...

 Guess who?

Lea & Bronwyn

Anita, Julie, Dale, Lea & Bronwyn

 More pics tomorrow...lovely Nundle!

Well, after all the excitement, all the preparation and all the emails, GDITC is over for another year!

Thanks to the super organised Kerry from The Cottage on the Hill and her band of fabulous helpers it all went off beautifully, and we can only dream of next year!

The amazingly talented Anni Downs was our tutor and we were blessed with her sweet calmness guiding us through the day. She is a great teacher and the nicest person...it was great getting to know her...and hopefully we haven't scared her off! It was nice to share our creations with her and be inspired by what she is designing.

What is wonderful about this weekend is seeing the bloggers...old and new...carrying on conversations started last year...catching up on news. I love you girls and miss you all...the laughter, the jokes, the shared interests and best of all hearing that voice singing out in the darkness..."Hey Cardy...can you be quiet!" Oh, it felt like school camp all over again! No scary teachers this time, just a motherly Chook!

Here is the first project....

I am fiddling with mine (so what else is new?)...

new patterns to covet...

Then there were completed Gardeners Journal quilts...

and their proud owners!

Miss you girls....counting the days till GDITC 2012!
So many more pics...will post them soon!

Tuesday was spent in the company of a pleasant group of ladies & Brigitte Giblin at Southern Cross needlework. I never seem to do much stitching but come home SO inspired. Brigitte shares so much inspiration & it is lovely to see what everyone is working on.

A new quilt of Brigitte's...

some beautiful  hexagon framed diamonds...

Brigitte's original quilt...

Then on Saturday we went to Armidale to visit DS for his birthday...

a teenager no more!

A wild and wet trip home...

over the ranges...

Rainbows pointing the way to ....

NUNDLE! One week and we will be there for GDITC 2011!

...looking forward to catching up with old friends and maybe meeting some new ones!