Our annual retreat

Most of the group was able to get away on our annual retreat to Vickery Quilt and Craft Retreat in Alexandra. We thoroughly enjoyed the long weekend full of laughs, chatter, good food, sewing and crafts, brisk morning walks, cosy wood fire, an excursion to the local Quilt Show and snippets of the annual biggest event in town - the Truck and Ute Show!

Anne's Tilda quilt basted for hand quilting:

A new item for Jennie's "Seasonal Treasures" menagerie:

Colleen whipped up some big hexie blocks in quick time:

Louise finished off her daughter's beautiful crocheted poncho:

 True to form, Karyn made a quilt top in 2 days, with many of our scraps incorporated into it:

Louise added extra rows to her top, added a white border and made up the binding:

After careful cutting, Anne sewed and sewed hexies for a "one block wonder" quilt from a Kaffe Fassett print, here are about a third of them:

Lisa did our heads in with the maths in her two projects and the use of wool crepe. The red and white segments wouldn't come together so she moved on to the black and white and put this together just before hitting the road. In fact she could often be heard saying "crepe" over the weekend, at least I think that's what she was saying ...

Leita and helpers sewed up all her remaining Amitie pattern kaleido blocks which look amazing:

Sue knitted away on a gorgeous jacket for a relative's baby: