Our first quilty retreat, the Penola Patchwork Party, was held in Penola South Australia on the weekend of 22/23rd June 2024
The weekend was a fun one of sewing, quilting, stitching as well as chatting, meeting new quilty friends, eating delicious food, laughing and having lots of fun….. all in the historic country town of Penola in the South East of South Australia.
The Penola Patchwork Party is for anyone who loves sewing and / or quilting! People were welcome to bring their sewing machines to power through any project they liked. There were some who brought just hand stitching – we had tables set up for both.
And there was lots of chatting and laughing and fun!
There was morning, afternoon tea and lunch on both Saturday and Sunday provided by Ian Perry of the Red Shack Cafe in town (and yes, his Portuguese tarts are to die for!). Soups, casseroles and fabulous home baked bread featured!
There was a separate room where we took our breaks, giving us a chance to get social with other people.
There was a Said With Love pop up shop for a fabric fix, and any orders put in before the retreat were brought with me for free shipping.
There was also a second pop up shop from local Limestone Coast shop, The Rural Stitch Co!
And of course Penola main street has some interesting shops such as homewares and antiques, clothes and winery cellar doors!
And of course there were all the wineries out on the Coonawarra Terra Rossa strip…. the partners and family joining us for the weekend had some fun tasting at those!
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