Sew ‘n Spa Retreat - Coming in Fall 2008!

 

Stitchin’ Heaven 2nd Semi-Annual Sew 'n Spa Retreat
at Brookhaven Retreat Center

This is a quilting retreat that is sure to delight your senses! If you want to feel invigorated and renewed, make plans to join us and your sewing friends at this one-of-a-kind event joining two of our favorite things - spa and sewing.  It would be a great time to get together with relatives and friends so don't forget to invite your mom, your sisters, and your aunts.  Oops...don't forget about Granny!  If you come alone you will be sure to have many new friends before the retreat is over. 

WHEN

October 14th -18th, 2008

WHERE

Brookhaven Retreat Center located in the beautiful piney woods of east Texas, just 50 miles north of Tyler, 100 miles east of Dallas, and 100 miles west of Shreveport.

LODGING

Stay in lovely and spacious rooms, each uniquely decorated in Texas Casual Elegance. All of the rooms are very nice and clean. They are offered at this retreat as triple, double, or single occupancy (no one shares a bed and no one sleeps on a top bunk!). Brookhaven Retreat Center has a main center that has a large wrap-around porch overlooking a beautiful lake for you to sit back and enjoy the view. There are 2 very large lodge style auditoriums for us to use so we will have ample sewing space and no one will need to share a sewing table!

DELICIOUS DINING

At the Brookhaven Restaurant will meet all of our dining needs - Full Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks and more with savory buffet-style meals. You will not go hungry - that's for sure!  Drinks (iced-tea, coffee & water) and gratuities are included.

QUILTING

Dotti and Lucy will instruct you through our Debbie Caffrey mystery class!    We will have fabric kits available in 3 color/fabric choices or you can feel free to bring fabric with you from your stash. Fabric for the mystery class is not included in your registration fee.

In addition to the Mystery Quilt we will have these projects for you:

• Lucy will teach you how to make a really neat item that you are sure to love
• Our "Mystery Teacher" who will guide you through making a special project

Fabrics for these classes will be included in your package price.  Feel free to bring your own projects from home to work on as well as we will have LOTS of free sewing time!

The retreat center is set up in such a way that you will have access to the sewing rooms as late in the evening as you want to stay up and sew and you don’t have to worry about disturbing anyone.

FUN STUFF

We have a special tote bag for each attendee filled with some fun goodies.  Also, you can participate in:

• Our Sensational Silent Auction
• The Stitchin' Heaven Scavenger Hunt
• An Ol' Fashioned Block Swap (details will be included in your registration pack)
• Show and Tell (start now deciding what quilt we will want to see!)
• ...and our famous "Death by Chocolate Buffet" one evening at the shop.

CHALLENGE OPTION

Once your registration is paid in full, we will maill your pack of 6 "orphan blocks" that were left over from a block of the month program from past Stitchin' Heaven programs. We will ask you to take these blocks and make them into something beautiful. Not everyone will get the same block, so they're guaranteed to be different and unique. At the retreat these projects will be put on display and the participants at the retreat as well as the employees at Stitchin' Heaven will vote on their favorite. A $100 shopping spree will be awarded to the winner.

SPA OPTIONS

We will have some of the finest massage therapists and estheticians in the area on hand to provide spa services during your stay at the retreat. Spa appointments must be made in advance, however and are not included in your retreat package. Services offered are as followed:

• 60 minute full-body massage: $80
• 30 minute massage: $50
• Full facial: $70
• Mini-facial: $35

RETREAT PRIZES

We have become famous for our retreat prizes and this retreat will be no different! For each $10 you spend in the store you will be given a ticket that will be entered in a drawing for some really fantastic prizes. The drawing for the prizes will be held at the shop on Saturday at noon. Our grand prize will be a queen-sized beauty, fully quilted, even with the binding on it! We are sure you will be very pleased!

SEWING MACHINES

Bring your own or let us know if you need a loaner (we have a limited supply on hand). Here is another really cool thing: Each participant at this retreat will have their own table in the open sewing area! No sharing required.

GETTING HERE

The closest airport is Tyler (Pounds Field) although we are only about 100 miles east of DFW. The flight to Tyler from DFW will add some expense to your trip. Some auto rentals are very inexpensive these days especially if there are multiple people sharing the expense. Let us know if you choose to fly into Tyler and need someone to pick you up there.

WHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER?

One thing we can say about Texas, is if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes because it will change. We recommend cool, casual clothes, comfy shoes, and maybe a light sweater for the evenings. The temperature in October is usually in the 70s-80s, so it is quite comfortable.

HOW TO SIGN UP

• Register online.
• Stop by the shop.
• Call us toll free 800-841-3901.

PRICES

• Single Occupancy - $595.00
• Double Occupancy - $350.00
• Triple Occupancy - $295.00

Refunds :

We must be notified by August 1 if you cannot attend to give you a full refund. If you find out after August 1 you cannot attend we will do our best to find someone to take your place so that your fee can be returned to you.

This Cost Includes :

• Four Nights Lodging
• Food
• Prizes
• Instruction and all Activities
• Fabric for the Takeaway projects are included.
• Fabric for the mystery quilt can be purchased through Stitchin' Heaven (after all, we know what it looks like!) or you may feel free to bring fabric from your stash. Includes all taxes and gratuities.
  

Does not include transportation costs to the retreat center.  Spa services are an additional fee.

Eleanor Burns Retreat!

Stitchin' Heaven Presents...

Eleanor Burns
at Brookhaven Retreat Center

March 11-15, 2009

Twenty five years ago Eleanor Burns introduced her first Quilt in a Day book, cultivating a quiltmaking revolution. She presented her unique style, a diverse combination of cutting and sewing applications, creating new techniques altogether. Quilting techniques that replaced scissors and templates with rips and strips, bringing rotary speed to patchwork. She also presented an incredibly rapid stitching system, applying the method of assembly-line sewing to piece work. This invited all types of sewers to participate in an age-old tradition. Her concise, step-by-step directions were easy to grasp, allowing the possibility for anyone to be successful at making a quilt. Eleanor Burns gave quiltmakers techniques that compacted months into merely a day, a quilt in a day, spreading her vibrant enthusiasm within everyone. She motivated thousands of want-to-be quilters with needed-confidence and assurance. Altogether, the impact of her influences opened the door to a renewal. Her efforts sowed the seeds that have grown into many techniques that are commonly used today. Since then, her name and techniques have become synonymous with quiltmaking because her contributions and life's story are equal in inspiration and fate brought to the art of piecing a beautiful quilt.

Magic Vine Quilt

Grow a flower garden in beautiful fabrics to grace your bed or wall as Eleanor Burns presents Magic Vine.

The patterns for Magic Vine originated in the 1930's in a newspaper quilt column written by Florence LaGanke Harris. As part of a series, LaGanke presented one new pattern each week. In addition to the pattern, the reader was treated to a fictitious story about a quilt group and their leader, Nancy Page. In the group, they shared stories, and decided on what colors to use for their flowers.

Twenty-two flowers are appliqued in rows with twinning vines. It is magical because of the variety of flowers that grow on the vine. The vine grows quickly, like the magic vine in Jack and the Beanstalk.

Whimsical flowers and leaves are easily made, using light-weight paper backed adhesive or the quick turn method using non-woven fusible interfacing. The outside edges are finished with a variety of techniques: satin stitch, blanket stitch, blind hem stitch, and hand applique.

Victory Gardens

Victory Quilts represents a look back in history to the 1940’s and life on the home front during the War years. This Sampler Quilt offers patterns and techniques for 20 blocks, each one representing a slice of history with a story to tell.

The blocks are traditional patterns, popular during that era and each one a symbolic remembrance: Sky Rocket recognizes the tragic bombing of Pearl Harbor; Broken Sugar Bowl brings to mind rationing during the War; Signal Light recalls air raid warnings; Army Star honors our Armed Services.

Along with strip piecing, Eleanor teaches her techniques for squaring up triangle pieced squares, appliqué, flying geese patches, Y seams, and much more. Make a Sampler Quilt “set on point” or straight set.

Quilts Through the Seasons

Eleanor has created a palette of quilt patterns to symbolize the months of the year.

Quilts Through the Seasons offers a whole year of patterns in various skill levels and quilt sizes. Some patterns are designed to be quick and easy while others offer a challenge as skills develop.

Join us for this great opportunity! The retreat will be held at the beautiful Brookhaven Retreat Center located in the Piney Woods of East Texas.

Sign up online today, call toll free 800-841-3901 or stop in!