WORKSHOPS

Retreat Dates

Workshop Outline

Your Hosts

Treat yourself to a relaxing week in S W France enjoying your favourite pastime.
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Take our flexible option - we can organise a week to your specifications, bring your own group with or without a tutor.

The programme for the retreat is flexible and geared to individual needs. There are four/five full days of workshops. A free day is optional. Within the large work room each guest will have their own dedicated work station and sewing machines are available if required. Other equipment and materials will also be available.

RETREAT DATES 2011

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

Jane Rollason: 12—18 June 2011

Landscapes or seascapes: Push the boundaries of your creativity! Your favourite picture, photo or postcard reproduced in fabric. Not as complicated as you might imagine, great fun, easy to do.

Visit: www.janerollason.com

Katharine Guerrier: 26 June—2 July 2011

Scrap quilt sensation—Triangle dynamics: Forget ‘formula quilts’, this workshop will teach you how to manipulate simple shapes using quick piecing techniques to create a unique piece of work. Each piece created will be different, using as many fabrics as you have in your collection.

Visit: www.katharineguerrier.com

Ferret: 11—17 September

Design & Quilt a wholecloth quilt. We will be using traditional block designs as a basis for our wholecloth design, then bringing it to life with coloured threads. Don’t worry if you aren’t comfortable with free motion quilting, tuition will be provided on that, but you can make the whole quilt using just the built in stitches on the machine. Patterns that are too much effort to piece suddenly become simple when you quilt them.
Alternatively, learn to free motion your own quilt top or Ferret is only too happy to discuss what ever individual topic you want. Be inspired whilst enjoying a wonderful relaxing break.

Visit: www.ferfab.co.uk

Anne Baxter: 25 Sept - 1 Oct.

Navaho Blanket quilt: Inspired by the Native American Indians this quilt features geometric designs creating an ethnic quilt reminiscent of the blankets this tribe were so famous for creating.
The design includes Thunder and Lightning blocks topped and tailed with simple geometric patterns including some Seminole. An untraditional quilt with lots of new techniques to learn, a very exciting experience.
Friendship Star's: Interesting traditional design with the inclusion of smaller friendship star's in the sashings.
Battenburg Layer Cake: A simple and attractive design, fun to piece

Anne's UFOs are always welcome.

Battenburg layer cake	Friendship stars	Friendship stars with Dala horses

YOUR HOSTS

JOAN CROOKS



Joan is a qualified Interior Design/Soft Furnishing Consultant who now divides her time between U.K. & S.W. France. A keen patchworker for many years and a member of ‘Patchwork de France’. Her responsibilities will be to assist the tutor where necessary and to ensure that everyone is happy, having fun and the course runs smoothly.

Some of Joan’s work

BRIDGET WRIGHT



Bridget and Peter have lived at Hors des brumes for 12 years renovating the property and running a successful gite business for ten years. Bridget is a trained Home Economist and is responsible for running the accommodation and catering. She has recently discovered patchwork and is an enthusiastic member of the local French patchwork club. She aims to provide a five star service with interesting, healthy meals and will cater for individual dietary requirements where possible.

Some of Bridget’s work