Dates: March 22 – 24, 2024
2024 Rates: $480 for double occupancy / $595 for single occupancy
RETREAT DETAILS
- Single, Double, Triple Rates include:2 Nights of Hotel Lodging, Quilt Instruction, Sewing Room Fee, and Meals: 2 dinners, 2 breakfasts and 1 lunch.
- Alcohol is not included but can be purchased for an additional charge. All alcohol consumed in public places around the Inn MUST be provided by the Strong House Inn. If you bring alcohol on property, you may enjoy it in your room only. This is a Vermont law and a condition of our liquor license. Please note, we hate being the “bad guy” but we will enforce this policy out of fear of losing our license. Thank you for understanding.
- You will receive your supply list and pre-cutting instructions one to two months prior to the retreat.
- SEWING ROOM ARRIVAL: Arrival is between 1pm-3pm on Friday, March 22, 2024
- INN CHECK-IN: Hotel check-in will take place at 3pm or as rooms become available.
- INSTRUCTION BEGINS: Instruction begins at 4pm on Friday, March 22, 2024
- HOTEL CHECK-OUT: Hotel check-out will be at 10am on Sunday, March 24, 2024.
- SEWING ROOM BREAKDOWN: Sewing room breakdown will begin at 11am, on Sunday, March 24th, and must be completed by Noon.
Join us in lovely Vergennes, Vermont for a weekend of sewing, chocolate, pampering, and fun!
Spend the weekend creating this beautiful Rainbow Drops quilt. Here’s a quick and easy pattern based on 5-inch squares. Grab a charm pack, or dig into your stash for 5-inch squares. With two different layouts, you can make one quilt, or the other, or both!
Project size: 39″ x 39″ or 39″ x 45″; Skill Level: Confident Beginner
This quilt retreat at the fabulous Strong House Inn includes use of the specifically-designed quilting room with cutting stations, ironing stations, excellent natural light, and extra lighting for those marathon night sewing sessions.
The rates of $480 ppdo/$595 so include 2 nights lodging, 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 2 casual dinners, and an afternoon tea to break up your long sewing day.
Reservations are required in advance, with a $250 deposit to guarantee your space. Make sure to review the cancellation policy then make your reservation by calling the Strong House Inn at (802) 877-3337 or clicking below
Professional Quilter ~ Teacher ~ Judge ~ Designer
I am totally addicted to quilting, and enjoy associating with other quilters who are equally addicted. I’ve been quilting since 1995, teaching since 2004, and judging quilts since 2007. My specialty is precision machine piecing, and I’m always trying new techniques, gadgets and patterns.
I have been fortunate that some of my quilts have won awards across the country, including at A Quilter’s Gathering, Home Machine Quilting Show, Images at the Lowell Quilt Festival, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, International Quilt Festival in Houston, Machine Quilters Exposition, Machine Quilting Today Upper Midwest Show, Maine Quilts, Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival, Milwaukee Machine Quilting Show, MQX Quilt Festivals, National Quilting Association, Quilting With Machines, Quiltweek Lancaster, Quiltweek Paducah, Road to California, Southern New Hampshire Quilt Festival, Utah Quilting and Sewing Marketplace, Vermont Quilt Festival, and the World Quilt Show – New England. Several of my quilts were juried into the AQS show in Paducah in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, winning ribbons in 2015 and 2017. My FreeFall quilt was juried into the International Quilt Festival in Houston.
As an award-winning quilter, I lecture, teach workshops, and give demonstrations at guilds, quilt shops, and quilt shows across the country. I enjoy teaching, especially to beginners.
