I'm sure it's some sort of disease because, I'm totally incurable. Each year I make a New Years Resolution that I am going to finish all my projects during the year; but I always start more.... so my pile never ends!
With travel and discovering new places being our focus this year; I thought as I travel, I might be able to make a small dent in my stitchery WIP'S basket...... so I brought these along with me.
These cute cats, which I found in a very old English Magazine were a set for a stitchery quilt. I put two of my favourite one's together and added the little dragonfly so that the design matched the fabrics. Don't know what I will end up making out of it but they are finally out on my table and I am looking forward to finishing them. Not much to do actually; so here's hoping the project is finished before next years New Years Resolutions....lol!
My new discovery in the lovely State of Western Australia is a town called; 'New Norcia'.
This town is one of Australia's "blessings". It is a 'Monastic' town; one of the very few in the world and is owned and operated by Benedictine Monks.
The Monks established a monastery in 1846 and went on to build an Abby Church, some twenty homes, a hotel, a roadhouse, flour mills, boarding schools for boys and girls with associated school facilities and a collection of farm buildings and workshops.
The self sufficiency of the Monks and the people who lived in the town in the early days was outstanding. Spending time in the Museum; reading about the lifestyle and viewing the solid practical tools that were used each day; had me feeling that we have "lost something" in our drive to live in a modern world.
The architecture, art work and internal features of the buildings were "stilling".....here are just a few pics that we had approval to take.
Lovely stitcherys you finished Judith.
ReplyDeleteYes The Monestery is a really wonderful building. I am lucky to see it often as I drive through to York for my sewing retreats.
Good luck finishing some WIPS. Perfect portable works. Isn't New Norcia the most interesting place. We visited in 1997 when we were over there on our motorcycle. Mostly we camped, but we actually stayed in the Monastary's guest house, which was a wonderful peaceful sactuary. The temperature was about 40 degrees when we were there, but we still did the walking tour of all the buildings. It is a very special memory.
ReplyDeleteJudith thanks for your sweet comment, the cat stitchery is very lovely, I always hope that I one day will finish some of my WIP's, maybe one day.
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beautiful photos and the cat stitchery is gorgeous
ReplyDeleteHi, Judith. Thank you for visiting my blog and entering my giveaway. I love that you took your stitchery with you. Gorgeous pics. I'd love to visit.
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