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forever always online forever always online links instagram facebook blog recipes tutorials archives monday april 16 2018 ooops i did it again retreat scrub stitchin 2018 so back here i blogged about a retreat and how fate determines what happens well last weekend it came to fruition i would have to say from the feedback so far its up there with the top retreat events i have organised and today marks the 1 week from post retreat hangover its taken me this long for my feet to land the lead up to the retreat was crazy for me with me being home only 5 days in 14 so packing and organising a retreat that was 7 hours away just left me feeling like i was in a whirlwind thank goodness for my level headed co pilot and photographer extraordinaire and wonderful daughter bianca i ve been asked to pop a link to her instagram account she needs followers wink wink as most of the photos in this post are hers so our 5 day road trip retreat began of course with an early start that lead to coffee and we had to travel on lots of long straight roads before arriving at our destination of camp cypress in baradine which is close to the warrumbungle national park my partner in crime in organising this retreat chookyblue was there ready and waiting for us to begin our set up and kit packing and before long our main dining hall went from an empty room to this set up for 36 lovely ladies with the far end of dining hall set with roses for breakfast lunch and dinner after months of planning and many weekends gathering together chooky and i can finally reveal our wonderful project we designed for the ladies to work on over the weekend and what was enclosed within these lovely brown paper packages you all know i love to sing that song brown paper packages tied up with string these are a few of my favourite things our accommodations were comfortable and all the ladies were happy with the amenities what was amazing was the grounds bianca did capture some amazing photos of the venue in all lights our friday night was our fun dress up pretty in pink evening we dressed the dining hall accordingly and if the ladies weren t already showing us that they were having an amazing time this evening was the pinnacle of the weekend friendships and a united tribe was forged and after a few drinks the shenanigans evolved from confetti balloons snap chats and weddings it all happened considering how much sewing developed over the weekend i think friday night perhaps not much productivity evolved or perhaps it did but in the light of day on saturday mornings early start the night before s shenanigans may have proved a little harder for some bacon and eggs the breakfast of champions was needed for the surprise trip we had planned the ladies were told to be finished breakfast and ready with sun screen hats walking shoes and a little hand stitching outside the dining hall by 8 am and the big bus arrived and then they all started what where when even the driver was under hush hush we headed of on a tour of the sculptures in the scrub walking tour in the dandry gorge this was a 3 km walk through some beautiful bush land and apart from my bloody knees it really was beautiful but yes after asking if there were more stairs when i was halfway through and being told i don t think so i did swear out loud when i encountered that walking up stairs then down a light incline meant that we went up then down lower than we started we definitely had to go back up and those last stairs were my undoing but even with 2 knees that are shot i did achieve it in 2 hours so i have to be proud of myself 18 months ago i wouldn t even have tried it and the views and sculptures were worth the next 24 hours of agony really and bianca was amazing to keep my spirits up when the pain was excruciating and the view leaving the scrub was just as stunning looking back over the warrumbungle s so what did i work on well relaxing was important but down the rabbit hole quilt grew a little and really just enjoyed watching everyone work on their projects including bianca that english paper piecing really took some concentration but my excitement was hearing her say she would like to make a quilt using this technique i secretly knew that she would once she started we had finishes our winning three on our made podium yes the commonwealth games featured over our weekend the kits in those lovely brown paper packages the ladies received came in these colour ways if you are interested i have some of the charm packs still available and the pattern just message me for prices other completed projects over the weekend as there were many here is just a few we managed to capture one of my lovely gifts from a time passed when i through this tiny project in disgust at a weekend away last year the lovely diddles retrieved it and finished it for me it will now be a precious memory reminder that from something broken can come something precious the other gift from our make it or fake it is a lovely stitched note book i slipped it straight into my handbag before taking a picture one of the lovely ladies decided prior to attending the retreat that we could all join in a block share and create this beautiful gift for chookyblue without her a lot of us would never have crossed paths so i helped with some email details and kept it all sush the excitement of donna s face was priceless and more can be seen here on susan s blog one of the two charity quilts that we created over the weekend this is the cream and classic quilt range of 12 inch pieced blocks the other was a white and brights quilt i didn t manage to capture a photo of this one on the wall below are the two blocks i created for the quilts the one on the right is cream and classic but the photo is a little too bright compared to real life and it came to an end the local paper came by and managed to snap a picture of us all here we are new and old friends from all walks of life from down south out west and up north of this amazing country we all call home nic from nyngan described us best over the weekend she understood the magic of being with like minded women working with fabric threads and needles we stitched as one tribe finding that tribe is hard but once your do magic happens and love abounds and well silly people like chooky and i we decide we can do it again watch out 2019 scrub stitchin lists are formed heading home was just a spectacular in images those warrumbungle s are spectacular as was the sunset and yes we saw the hippo chooky till next time hugs posted by sonia at monday april 16 2018 5 comments labels retreats roadtrip scrub stitchin older posts home subscribe to comments atom about me sonia i am me mother lover friend and daughter i live for the moment i work in my office studio on our farm i am inspired by colour i love my family to read to sew and antiques i need to relax more sit back with the herbal tea and just watch the cows and chickens free range spoil me look after me just enjoy life its too short i live in a 100yr old farmhouse that we are renovating i believe in fate and everything happens for a reason i grow more each day through my children s eyes i eat dark chocolate without guilt my passion grows daily for my love of vintage and making our farmhouse a home view my complete profile proud owner of forever always translate nuffnang advertising function var nn document createelement script nn type text javascript nn src http synad3 nuffnang com au ss js var s document getelementsbytagname script 0 s parentnode insertbefore nn s nextsibling sonia original pattern for sale join me on facebook sonia bowers create your badge follow me on pinterest labels christmas christmas gift giving crochet forever always hope quilts patterns photoaday quilting scrapping sewing tutorials baking market vintage finds popular posts christmas gift giving tutorial quilted mug bag kris kringle gift giving for my sewing group is coming up i love this little group we gather and bring out cups sit and sip and stitch in catch up creating retreat and more well exhausting but exhilerating the retreat is been and gone its so scarey all the lead up and its over in a blink from the feedbac creative thursday so far just a few goodies i whipped up today amongst the other chores that i had to do loads of new stock went up here oh and i signed up 12 tags of 2012 tim holtz well to wake up to tim s blog post today meant that i was itching to play again and couldn t wait to tackle the resist technique tha a weekend away reconnecting and recharging feeling totally exhausted but recharged at the same time after having spent another amazing weekend with these fabulous ladies kylie and followers gditc 2015 with lynette anderson gditc 2014 with lynette anderson gditc 2013 with sue daley chateau hexagon 2013 bom stitch a long 2013 stitch a long 2010 2010 fa ornament swap secret santa 2013 secret santa 2012 secret santa 2011 secret santa 2010 secret santa 2009 secret santa 2008 go back in time go 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