I set off for Scrub Stitchin' on Monday, to give myself two overnight stays and a bit of roaming about on the way, before heading to Baradine for Scrub Stitchin' on the Wednesday...
I had a few things to do before I set off but finally just before 11:00 am I got on the road...first stop was the painted silos at Colbinabbin. So well done, the reserve is immaculate with good parking and great information boards to compliment the murals...
A short hop along to the next stop at Rochester...a visit to the quilt shop was obligatory before a short walk across the railway line to the painted silo...lovely local fauna and bird life...
On the back wall of the bakery, which the railway line runs behind, is a witchy mural...I had a few things to do that could be ticked off in Echuca so I added a stop in at South Fabrics to the list...well, it would be wrong to skip a patchwork shop! ha ha ha...I averted my eyes from the temptation of the walls of fabric bolts and concentrated on what I was actually looking for - how restrained!...
The haul from two patchwork shops was small but made me happy...
From Quilting Patch at Rochester shop the pattern and fabric - I have a few of Sonya's mandala patterns (the platypus one is in progress) so I couldn't resist adding the echidna to the collection - and the bonus was seeing the samples in the shop and being kindly allowed to take pics of the detail, I just love these patterns...the fabric is just pretty and refused to be left behind. South Fabrics I thought would be the obvious choice to find a 6" drunkards path acrylic template and I wasn't wrong, except that I read it upside down as 9" so picked up the 5" as well figuring one of the sizes would do the job I wanted...it was only a couple of days ago that I realised it is the 6" after all...good thing I didn't find another one on my travels!
I finally managed to cross the river into NSW but by then it was after 2:00 pm and time was marching on and I had to get to Hillston for my motel booking so I skipped stopping anywhere else along the way, except for getting fuel at Hay. I had planned to take the Lachlan Valley Highway through Booligal, as I hadn't gone that way before, but the road was closed between Hay and Booligal so that route is on the list for another day, maybe next year.
Happy Stitching...
8 comments:
Fun little purchases along the way. I hope you enjoyed the retreat.
I always love seeing those silos, just amazing. Good to have so many quilt shops to visit. xx
You did have a fun sight seeing trip. Those silos are amazing. I also, recently visited South fabrics for the first time. It is a beautiful shop.
Happy travels ... the silo art is amazing!
They are great silos aren't they. We managed to find them last year. Sounds like you had a good day looking here and there. Love the Sonya pattern - I have one here somewhere!!
Those silos are stunning.
Amazing silo pictures. These are a great asset to small towns
does that mean you can make twice as many drunkard path blocks????
the silos look great.......
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