A few lovely days away at a Forage slow Stitch Retreat
I am just back from a lovely few days away at a wonderful retreat at the Carrington Hotel in Katoomba with 30 like minded women doing a slow stitch retreat with Lisa Mattock. Starting at 10 am Tuesday the 26th April 2022 I heading up to Katoomba bags packed not really knowing what to expect as this was my very first retreat..over the years I have a few classes on different crafts but this was fairly new to me.. We settles into the ballroom which was nicely set out for us.i got to sit next to the most delightful lady by the name of Marjory..we hit it off from the first 5 mins which was so good..both really quite new to the slow stitch scene.. Our first intro was to start stitching a retreat bag which Lisa had supplied.. We had a guest speaker for the day Kathy Doghty from Material Obbession who gave a talk about her quilts..while I love quilts and quilt making I’m not into a lot of bright fussy fabrics. I’m a lover of French General type colourings and pastels I seem to alway...