i invite you to come along with me on this day trip we took on wednesday this week. it started out because one of my friends remembered a pie shop in olinda (in the dandenongs) now outer suburbs of melbourne, we remembered it from a few years ago! so my valet and his wife came and picked us up ready for the adventure. in pursuit of these pies we had to pass by some patchwork shops!!!! now we could not do that, pass by!!!! so first stop was gail b's patchwork , i had never been there before and i think i was so flabbergasted that i did not take any photos to show you. there is a sea of fabrics and sewing requirements at the back of the family ceramic tile business! a very warm hello was given and we went on a discovery journey and made some purchases!
then it was back in the car and onto the next stop foothills fabric & threads where sandra gave us a warm welcome and offered us a nice cup of tea, which we declined, you see our driver was waiting!
then our next stop was mrs martins quilt shop
our driver pulled up just next to this beautiful display of japanese windflowers and down the garden path we found the shop
another very warm welcome from karen and we went exploring here also
lots of good christmas projects and ideas here
then it was to the olinda golf club for lunch, we found a good table to see the view, some comfortable chairs and as we were not driving a bottle of wine was ordered! how appropiate the name!
pursuit !!!!! we had started our journey in the 'pursuit' of pies we remembered, it was a good drop of wine to have with our lunch
so after we had enjoyed a sit down, a glass of good wine and our lunch we proceeded to olinda shopping area to find the pie shop in our minds. but alas, it is no longer, it was noel's pie shop, we had a cup of coffee in the same shop, but noel and his pies have long gone! our driver's name is noel, could he be the old pie man? no he is the very patient husband of a good friend who seemed very happy to take us on this journey. three cheers for noel !!!!!
always a few more bits of fabric you NEED !
this was after i had brought home another purchase of bits last friday from amitie, so i believe i have a problem! i started my scrap quilt to use up some of my bits, i now find i am buying bits, thinking that a few scraps of them would be good for the same quilt. but i have also seen a sneak peak of some new scrappy designs from JENNY AT AMITIE. looking forward to those!
a good day was had by all and thanks to my valet and his wife, if we had a bus you could have come too!