This weekend a bunch of quilting friends and I rented some lovely cottages at Neerim South to spend time relaxing, eating, quilting and touring this lovely region.
We stayed at Neerim Country Cottages set on five acres with beautiful rural views to Mt Baw Baw.
Their gardens are beautifully maintained, have a pool and a tennis court.
I took several photos this morning but the camera lens was not good enough to show the bees on this Bottlebrush (Callistemon).
As the weather turned out just perfect (around 26°C) some of us explored Yarragon Village and a trip to the local quilt store was not to be missed when they had a sale on.
Yarragon Village is renowned for its speciality shops (quality homeware, linen, lace, soaps, clothing) antique stores, eating places (wine, cheese, smoked meats) and Galleries.
One of the interesting places we visited, was Candalaraine Alpacas, that sells hand crafted Alpaca garments.
The store is located on their working farm where you can meet the animals up close.
This boy is particularly handsome and was not shy to stare at us !
Cappucino (one below) was given a treat of fresh cut roses... apparently all the alpacas on this farm love eating roses.
I think the owner said they have about 70 alpacas at the moment and she showed us one baby that had just been born in that morning.
I can't say that we all did a lot of sewing, but we had a great time together....
One of the girls had a quilt to baste ready for quilting and she progressed a fair bit with it.
I really liked the scrappy look of it.
gorgeous table runner! But I am sooooo jealous of your weekend away. It looks like soooo much fun and those shops look wonderful. Glad you had a wonderful time. Hope you did some retail therapy!
ReplyDeleteYes, I did a bit and not all quilting related...
DeleteYour table runner looks great.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have had a wonderful time at the retreat. Love the photos, the place looks so beautiful and green.
The alpacas are great. love to see so many.
The tumbler quilt is awesome. It looks huge.
beijos,
Teresa
Sounds like you had a fantastic weekend. Alpacas are sooooo cute!!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what a fabulous weekend, and a beautiful place to stay. I love your photo of everyone helping with the quilt basting :)
ReplyDeleteComo é bom curtir a natureza, a companhia de amigas com um mesmo objetivo comum. Deve ter sido dias maravilhosos, não tanto para a costura, mas para a troca de experiencias. Adorei seu table runner, o vermelho deu um destaque todo especial.
ReplyDeleteBeijinhos e boa semana
What a wonderful weekend you must have all had and in such a picturesque location. I just love the tumbler quilt and the scrappy look colours. Take care.
ReplyDeleteComo eh que alguem nao iria gostar de um table runner tao bonito??
ReplyDelete- Vermelho eh uma das minhas cores preferidas. Lindissimo.
What a wonderful place to have a relaxing weekend and with good friends.
Alpacas are cute and the wool so soft.