Russellee
has had a very busy six months and I would like to thank all those who attended
one of our retreats either scrapbooking or patchwork.
The year
started off with our first UFO retreat for the year in February. This was followed by the 3rd
Australian Quilting Cruise. Ladies came from all parts of the country as well
as five from New Zealand.
We arrived
home from the Cruise on the 9th March and this was followed by our
first Scrapbooking Retreat for the year. Helen Godden fitted her ‘Crack Pots’ workshop into her busy schedule in March.
Eleven ladies from around the area as well as one travelling from Victoria. We thank Helen and her mum for doing this for
us.
Sandy’s
Quilters from Canberra also came in March. This was their fifth year of coming.
To finish off March I had my sister’s,
Pam, 70th birthday at
Russellee.
Laraine and
I took some time out and attended the Norfolk Island Quilting Retreat with
Michelle Yea. Both Tony and Bill came
with us as we had a very enjoyable 10 days of quilting and sightseeing. Norfolk is a beautiful place.
I made and
effort and finished a project of raw edge appliqué and entered it into the
Tumut Art Show in the fibre art section and to my surprise it won and I also
sold it. I find it very difficult to get
the time to finish projects for competition and it was hard going getting the piece
finished but it was worth the effort.
A group of
lovely ladies from Sydney came for a five day retreat at the end of April. Some of these ladies have been on our cruises
and one was also at Norfolk. It was
wonderful being able to catch up with them again.
Robyn Taylor
from Wagga came over and gave these ladies a workshop on her Fabric Mosaic
technique. They also invited Roz to join
in and the resulting pictures were stunning.
In May a
group of ladies came for their third Mothers and Daughters Card Making weekend. This group come from different areas of the
state and use the weekend to catch up with each other and make some beautiful
cards.
I also had a
thread painting weekend in May. It has
been three years since I presented one.
Had ladies travel from Sydney, Mittagong, Wagga and The Rock as well as
local. A small group but the results
were great.
The end of
May saw Tony, James, Liam and I head off to Uluru for a road trip. (Tony’s
idea.) It was a long, long way but the scenery was spectacular. I have lots of inspirational photos for
thread painting and hope have one done in time for the Desert Sands Exhibition
in August.
Back home
and another UFO Retreat. This Retreat
was a bit different to our other UFO
quilting retreats as we had two knitters and a lovely teenager working on an appliqué
project for her HSC. It was great to see
the younger generation interested in sewing.
I am working
on two quilts for the Canberra Quilt Show in August. Nothing like a bit of pressure to get things moving. I promised myself that this year I would
enter some of my work into shows. Have managed
one and two more to go. (I hope).
As to the
rest of the year. July is fairly quite
as far as Retreats go but August has two retreats plus I am doing two craft
shows to promote the cruise and the retreats.
October is
our Bail Quilting Retreat. We still have
one spot left on this. Two ladies are coming
from New Zealand to join us at Bail.
I am planning
to have another UFO Retreat 7 – 9 November and a Thread Painting workshop 6-7
December. In between I have a
scrapbooking retreat plus three private retreats.
The second
half is going to be busy but life is best when busy.
Take Care
Dorothy
