Last Retreat goodies

These are the last of the companies who kindly donated items to make our Townsville retreat last weekend a brilliant success.

* Judy Hall from Punch with Judy -  3 of her popular online classes, so three very lucky people will have a choice to make from her website 
* Lucy Mogilin from Patchwork Orange in NSW http://www.patchworkorange.com.au/　 - an assorted bundle of goodies including embroidery threads, Roxanne glue, Fiskars cutting blade, patterns, a book and 2 Heart templateswhich were added to the Raffle prizes.http://www.punchwithjudy.com.au/shop/online-classes/　 * Rhonda from Sewco in Mt Gravatt QLD - cutting mat, coaster and rulers for each goodie bag.
* Fiona Jackson from Fiona Jackson designs - a complete kit for one of her amazing cushions.　 * Berry Patchwork Shop
* PAPERBARK WOMAN paperbarkwoman@bigpond.com　 PH 0408 892372 or 08 89417142　　  DARWIN NT 0801 - some lovely original fabrics 　
* Leah fromThe Quilters and Embroiderers Store, Salisbury QLD - a very generous pile of beautiful fat quarters for the goodie bags.* SnippitS Graphics from Jane Brook in WA - a lot of her original X Stitch designs of old buildings in Charters Towers, which retreatees will see on the bus trip　 * Fiona Hammond from Chiatanya Designs from Lake Bathurst NSW, just outside Canberra -one of her new Kumihimo brading kits and a cute little box containg a variety of Japanese seed beads, needles and threads.
* 222 Retreat from Kangaroo Flat, Bendigo, Vic- a $200 gift certificate for their crafters retreat in Bendigo.
* A Quilters Hive in Georgetown NSW
* Mulberry Lane Quilting and Crafts
* Threadbear, 58 Hargraves St, Castlemaine Vic.
* Steph from The Quilters Angel at the Village Green Highfields Qld
* Sandy Grey at The Silver Thimble, 113 Oak St, Barcaldine QLD - 2 beautiful layer cakes (of the fabric kind)

We're very grateful to all these businesses who have helped to make the Retreat special. We hope you'll return the favour by supporting them.

More Retreat donations

Generous people continue to contribute to our Townsville Retreat.

Sarah and Emma from Treehouse Textiles, Merricks Nth, VIC. have donated $50 　
Bronwyn van't Hof from Pussycat Quilts, Parkdale VIC has sent a $100voucherr for Patchwork Piecing. Check out her lovely work at 　
Quilted Kimono, Townsville, who will be a trader at the retreat venue, has donated 2 complete bag kits and a fabric pack all in beautiful Japinese fabrics. 07 4775 3380
　
Liisa Dawson from Quilters Corner, Keperra QLD www.thequilterscorner.com.au has sent a box load ofwonderful fat quarters, at least one for every retreater and then some.www.pussycatquilts.com.auwww.treehousetextiles.com.au

Gail Chalker from Sew Creative in Gatton QLD has donated some very yummy fabric packs

Sonia Melville of Craftbasket in Orbost, Victoria
  scissors, Perfect Circles and Perfect Stems templates.
Wendy Whellum from Legend and Lace, Daw Park South Aust www.legendandlace.com  0417084245 donated the Karen Kay Buckley Products, including
 www.thethreadstudio.com sent the most beautiful range of hand and machine embroidery threads, as well as beads, sequins etc.
Dale Rollerson from The Thread Studio

Thanks to all these businesses and we  hope you'll support them in turn.http://www.thecraftbasket.com.au/ 03 51541151 donated the lovely "Breakfast at Tiff's" quilt kit and pattern.www.sewcreativegatton.com.au

Retreat news and donations

Plans are well under way for our annual retreat, which will be held in Townsville this year. Full details are on the Retreat blog http://www.scqtownsville2012.blogspot.com/ but here are some highlights. 

Many retreaters will arrive on Thursday 28th June and will start to mingle with others or look around at some of the many places to visit in Townsville. It has became a tradition to have a pre-retreat dinner on Thursday night. This year, we will be having dinner in the Aqua Restaurant at Jupiters, a lovely spot, where you can eat as much seafood as you can plus lots of other great dishes and sweets.

Registration starts at 2 p.m. on Friday 29th June. Friday night dinner will be a fun night!  Cathy Miller, The Singing Quilter, and her husband John are attending the retreat  and they are going to entertain us with her great quilting songs. Cathy is also bringing along a trunk show for us to enjoy.

On Saturday morning and afternoon, there will be a great variety of workshops. Local merchants are also bringing lots of good stuff for us to buy. In addition to live Show and Tell, there will be a digital Show and Tell, a presentation of our quilts and the stories of their making, put together for our pleasure by Mal (of Mem and Mal fame). It will run continuously over the weekend and will give us the opportunity to see quilts that would be too bulky to bring as carry-on luggage.

On Saturday night, we are taking a sunset cruise to Magnetic Island, followed by the Gala Dinner at Peppers Restaurant. Check the Retreat blog for more details of the high jinks planned for this night.

On Sunday Morning, there are more workshops and merchants, another opportunity to sit and sew,  share ideas and socialise. At Sunday lunch, the 2012 retreat committee will hand over to the 2013 retreat committee. But there still time to fit in a workshop or some socialising, before it's time to leave exhausted at 5pm. Some diehards will stay until Monday for the Shop Hop and trip to the historic Gold City of Charters Towers.

Now doesn't that all sound like fun?

Many quilting businesses kindly donate to our annual Retreats, and our Townsville Retreat is no exception. We're grateful to these businesses for providing goodies to make our Retreat memorable.

Liza Jewellery http://www.lizajanejewellery.wordpress.com/ - A beautiful sea shell with (real) pearls necklace
Robert Gordon Pottery, Pakenham, VIC - a range of goodies.
Dianne Mitchell from Attic Quilts, Berwick has sadly closed down but has donated a range of patterns and a lovely Attic Quilts Bag.
The Patchwork Tea House, Warburton VIC http://www.thepatchworkteahouse.com/  - 2 X packs of Four lovely overdyed cotton floss
Mrs Martins Quiltshop, Emerald VIC http://www.mrsmartinsquiltshop.com/  - a $30 gift voucher for in store
or on line.
Liz Stanway, Teddlywinks, Mt Evelyn, Victoria PH: 03 97364821 150 packaged patterns and 150 printed stitcheries
Jane from BeBe Bold, Lismore NSW PH: 02 66219188 http://www.bebebold.com/ - 3 Bag patterns, a bag kit
a Lamb kit, 2 Shakio kits and some fabric
Liz and Dianne, Aboriginal Fabric Gallery, Alice Springs PH: 08 8952 6163 http://www.aboriginalfabrics.com.au/ -  20 beautiful fat quarters of Aboriginal art fabric
Sylvia Barry, Fishpond World Ltd - One Block Wonders by Maxine Rosenthal
Kathy & Geoff Adams from Kool Kat Quilting in QLD, PH: 07 46968746 www.koolkatquilting.com.au
-  $100.00 Gift voucher

The support of all these business is very much appreciated so show your support for them by visiting their very inspiring websites or by saying hello and thank you in person.

More about the Townsville Retreat in 2012

The Registration packs have been sent out today to all who have sent in Expressions of Interest to the Treasurer of the 2012 Scquilters Retreat Committee.


Check out the retreat blog where there is all sorts of information, including the workshops on offer. Time is fast running out for SCQuilters wanting to attend!

Retreat 2012

Plans are well in hand for the 2012 Scquilters Retreat in Townsville from June 29 to July 1 next year.

The organising committee say, “Winter is when we know why we live in North Queensland, and we’d like to share it with our fellow SCQuilters. The weather is delightful at this time of year and it will be an ideal opportunity for our southern SCQuilters to escape their cold winter and experience our beautiful weather in North Queensland. Why not make plans to stay for a while and see some more of our beautiful North Queensland?”

Visit the site for the 2012 SCQ Retreat in beautiful, relaxed ,tropical,
Townsville!http://scqtownsville2012.blogspot.com/

The blog has the Expression of Interest form, ready for members to print off and send to the committee. There are also details about how to book accommodation, plus ideas for alternative accommodation in the area. And make sure you keep checking back, for new details are posted each week.

There is also a 2012 Retreat Yahoogroup so SCQuilters attending the Retreat can keep up to date with others who are planning to come.

We are looking forward to a wonderful time in Townsville in June/July 2012.