Our hostess and owner of Knowledge & Needles, Ann
The finished stitching on display:
Sharon has stitched all of these snowflakes... of course she has to finish them too!
Close up of one of her snowflakes
Judie's fisherman, reminds her of her husband
Dinner Chez Dan:
Our Chef, Dan
The night's menu
Dinner
Dessert courtesy of Fran (recipe here)
Beatrice and Judie
Joyce and Sylvia
Shopping:
The annual ornament exchange!
All of the exchange ornaments are "disguised" in brown paper bags under our Charlie Brown tree
Best reaction from Bernie! She received Judie's ornament
Judie received Kathy's ornament she can't join us as she's on the road but she will often put an ornament in the exchange anyhow!
Sheila picked Sharon's ornament one of the most lovely ones stitched up
Anne received Beatrice's ornament, it was a big hit and we all want the pattern now!
Sylvia received my ornament! Will blog about it later
I got Ann's ornament!
Closeup of Ann's ornament that I received
Our "Charlie Brown" ornament tree after the exchange
As usual its over all too quickly, we all go home our separate ways and some of these lovely ladies I won't be seeing again for months, until the spring. Ann puts on a great retreat!
28 comments:
Great pictures Dani!
It was great seeing you again, and I agree it was a great weekend.
Great post Dani. The photos are wonderful! The gornaments are gorgeous.
What a great exchange, and I love the chef... What a wonderful time
Looks like a great time:)
Looks Like a happy fun time..the ornaments are so cute x
Great pictures. Look like you all had a great time. All of the stitching looks gorgeous.
Great pictures, looks like you all had a really good time! Love the ornaments!!!
Love seeing all the stitching and ornaments - what a talented bunch of ladies!
What wonderful ornaments....are retreats not the very best! I will contact you....blog on!
Looks like fun!
Beautifull
Thanks for sharing. How wonderful.
Looks like a fantastic weekend. Those ornaments are lovely, as is the rest of the stitching.
What fun! I always love seeing what Chef Dan cooks up. =)
Looks like you all had a great time. Love all the ornaments.
Linda
Oh wonderful photos I long to go to a retreat like this one day. Gorgeous stitching and ornies xxxx
Well done to your stitching friends on their beautiful work.
oooo gorgeous ornaments and can see why you all wanted that chart ...lol
its great to meet up with like minded stitchers and get on sooo well :) love mouse xxxx
Love to see all of your exchange ornaments. I agreed with your group and would like to get the chart for Beatrice's ornament. Can you post the designer?
Looks like a great time.
What pattern is the redwork santa sleigh one from?
Seems like you had a lovely time! All the ornaments are lovely and I recognize most of them but I'm also curious to know where Beatrice got her pattern for the santa with sleigh and reindeer. Did all of you obtain this information?
Have a nice week with lots of rest! ;-)
Ann
I always look forward to this post each year, Dani--such great ornaments everyone put together!! Love them all :)
Fabulous photos Dani! I'm glad everyone enjoyed themselves and it was such a successful weekend. Chef Butthead looks like he has come through again with that wonderful meal!
Oh god, there is always so much great stuff to see in these retreat posts! Everyone puts together such amazing things.
It like a good time was had by all! I love the Charlie Brown tree!!!
Such agreat get-together with a wonderful ornament exchange!
What a super get together, the photos are so joyous.,
Dani (and all the other readers) ... I've located the pattern from Beatrice everyone is talking about (and wants to have). It's from a book called "A Rainbow of Stitches". Will blog about it today or tomorrow on my website!
Greetings,
Ann
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