Scrub Stitchin 2025 - Part 1

Christine & I at our Dubbo stopover

I can't begin to tell you what a Fun and Relaxing time I had right from the very time that Christine arrived from Melbourne to stay here overnight in Corowa.  We left early the next morning to begin Part 1 of our trek from Corowa to Dubbo ..... a slightly different trek from last year to add a bit of variety... 

Everything was packed into the car along with Tilly, Rosie and Hector who got to ride in the backseat

First stop was Cootamundra ( 3hrs)where the owner had organised to open the shop especially for us!

Then it was on to Young where we checked out the wool shop, dropped into another sewing place and picked up another Dilly Court book each from one of the opp shops to add to our collections. We parked across the road from this old Flour Mill which appears to be still be running

Burning off paddocks meant a bit of smoke just outside Grenfell ..... it was nice to go through the town as that was my Grandmothers maiden name.  I was surprised how big a town it is. 

And of course I needed to get a photo of the Towns Name in honour of my Grandmother who was such a support to us as a young married couple and who also taught me to crochet and budget.

passing through Grenfell 

We had quite the relaxing drive overall for our first day which would be our longest.

After a quick stop in Forbes we pulled into our motel in Dubbo which was right across from the Golf Club where we were able to take a short walk- lots of Kangaroos out since it was getting close to dusk.  It was a lovely relaxing walk at the end of the day.

Day 2 We left Dubbo, stopped in Gilgandra for a

coffee and checked out the few shops before heading to Coonabarabran where we visited both fabric shops.  

 By this time the trio had had enough of the car and ran amok in the patchwork shop before Tilly took some purchases up to the counter - lucky for them Deb was happy to have them visit! 

Tilly browsing the Tilda Fabrics for my upcoming Fusion Quilt I have planned

hmmm.... starting to play up a bit now

Ooooo These are pretty - do we want one of these??

Time to pay for our purchases...

And then the last little bit of driving before we drove into camp at Baradine! 

Time to get our stuff into the cabin and find where our places were in the hall with a lovely gift bag waiting for us.

Checking out our purchases along the way .... yep, just a couple lol and what is in the lovely gift bag behind Tilly?????  

The fabric, thread and needles cam as a kit which when Jo arrived we were given a class on how to make the Kawandi Project. Jo had one to show us which she had made into a project bag with the plastic covering and zip - I'm liking that idea so that's probably what I'll do with mine.

Jo explaining what all the bits of the kit are

And that's where I will leave you with Part 1 from the 2025 Road Trek and Scrub Stitchin ......