Wellington Sewing Bloggers Christmas Picnic

Yesterday was the Wellington Sewing Bloggers end of year meet up - I didn't get many photos of the event itself, but here a photo of the food! You can't say that we don't put on a good spread.

We also had a secret Santa - with a twist, its kind of complicated - but lets just say it was a "bad" secret Santa where you could "steal" others peoples secret Santa packaging.

After much present stealing - I finally ended up with this assortment of goodies. I really had my heart set on having THAT zip because of the cool zipper pull.

We also had a sewing swap - which we have pretty frequently. The swap looked a little like this....

Here's what I picked up from the swap - a whole bunch of awesome patterns. I love them all - which one to sew first?

Finally as it was a sewing bloggers meet up I thought I best make something new to wear - this dress is SUPER simple as I'm pretty low on energy right now. It's the "Staple Dress" by April Rhodes.This is actually a "$5 remnant dress" as I bought the fabric from the remnant table at The Fabric Store!

Rich took a few more up close photos of the dress when I got home from the picnic. I'm not 100% convinced I like it or not? I always over think everything I make though and think its not good enough!

Hope you all have a great week - nearly time for Christmas break - hurrah!