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 always pick these for anything I do.

The night lead us into going to the pub for dinner then more stitching. Just fabulous with needle in hand..

The hotel was amazing. Even thou I live close by going inside this place and stepping back in time was amazing.


The photos above were the dinning room where we had some very delicious lunches and breakfast.

in the day if you look up the top that is where the band sat to play the music as people danced on the floor below. Absolutely beautiful.



This is the ball room with all the tables set up 

On the 3rd day we had Chris Judd as our guest speaker about her quilts  
After lunch we went to the patchwork shop in Blackheath and spent some money. Visiting the lookout on a very misty afternoon but  the water fall was running 


I don’t like to add any photos of other ladies works. 

I will add some more photos of around the beautiful Carrington Hotel

















I haven’t unpacked my works so stay turned and I will add photos very soon. 

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