Sew Along Retreats for 2015 - What fun!

Following on from the fun we have had in the past few years with our Sew-Along Retreats at the beautiful Avalon Homestead in Toodyay, we have organised more for next year & we would love you join us! These events are planned to be a great opportunity to relax, unwind and get creative and if the past few years are anything to go by the weekends are always very productive with mountains of gorgeous projects completed by everyone.

ACCOMMODATION

All accommodation is twin share, all with their own ensuite facilities. Linen & towels are all provided so plenty more room in your suitcase for fabric!

MEALS

A buffet breakfast, cooked lunch and dinner are all provided for you. There is access to limitless tea and coffee during the day as well as a fridge should you wish to bring your own refreshments. You are welcome to BYO wine, beer and bubbly.

ON SITE EXTRAS

There is an on-site craft shop so don’t panic if you forget scissors, needles etc. The shop does also

have a small supply of fabric and wadding.

TO BOOK

We are always over subscribed for every retreat so in an effort to make it fair for everyone we will open bookings at 10am on friday July 25th. Submit your booking request by email or fill in the booking form found on our retreat page & email to Jemima on Friday July 25th. Unfortunately we cannot except any bookings prior to that date and time.

Bookings open at 10am on Friday July 25th and will be done on a first come first served basis.

You will find cost information & more details on our Retreat page here.

We look forward to you joining us in 2015

Jemima and Claire

If you are interest to see what we have been up to in previous years click on the link for Claires blog to see some recently posted photos.

Sew Along July, 2013 Retreat - A Picture Roundup

If you have ever wondered what a room full of creative women looks like then today here is an insight into what a bunch of ladies get up to on a Sewing and Stitching Retreat.

Up at the beautiful and picturesque Avalon Homestead Claire and I hosted 22 eager women for a weekend promised to be filled with inspiration, sewing, stitching, learning and laughter.

A massive bunch of Kaffe fabric cut into wedges to be turned into a quilt

The start of a Tokyo Subway Quilt

A stash of fabric that was being turned into an Under the Umbrellas Quilt

As the weekend went on those who were completing the Under the Umbrella Quilt workshop began to pin their blocks to the design board and it did not take long for this to fill with lots of colour from different ladies

Not only were there quilts being sewn but there were lots of ladies making bags, cushions, aprons, table runners, hobby bags, round cushion stacks and so many more beautiful projects.

A lovely neat stack of Liberty strips all ready to be sewn........... and then the creative part of jumbling them all up to be sewn in a random fashion - to make the stunning blocks you see below.

A Twisted Lone Star quilt

Some of the other quilts that evolved over the weekend. So pretty.

And here we all are! Looking forward to the next Retreat (already)!

Thanks to everyone we hope you had a wonderful, productive and relaxing time just as we both loved teaching you all.

Jemima and Claire