Independent Study

five Day retreat

This is a fun class where students work on any creative project they would like, share knowledge and ideas with everyone, and totally immerse themselves in art and creativity for five glorious days!

This Independent Study Retreat is a great opportunity to stretch, try something new, finish up UFO's, and have support and suggestions.

Each student works on their own project. You get individual attention from me when you get "stuck" or just want feedback. This workshop is not a "how to" class with formal instruction, but I am available to do demonstrations corresponding to each person's needs. Everyone is invited to participate in those demos if they are interested. This allows for further learning and broadening of each person's knowledge.

We have critiques each day which are open to all of the students if they would like to participate.

I contact each student ahead of time to discuss what they will be working on so I can be prepared to help during class.

Here are some examples of what students have worked on in Independent retreats:

Designing a quilt - coming with an idea and designing and making the quilt in class
Dye-painting - painting a large quilt with dyes (for dye-painting, you need to have tried the technique before the class, either by following my DVD or having taken a class from me previously, because I don't actually teach the technique in the Independent Study Retreat).
Designing quilting - figuring out and creating the design for the quilting
Quilting - quilting a quilt with help on color choices on threads
Drawing - going further in drawing to understand more about shading, perspective, portraiture, or color in your pencil drawings
Color - figuring out how to choose fabrics for your quilt with color guidance
Finishing UFOs that were started but you just didn't know how to finish them

Date: June 18-22, 2025

Pricing:  - For students not staying at the retreat center: $600.

- For students staying at the retreat center: single room: $1,100 / double room: $925

The cost covers the 5-day class, use of classroom, use of the kitchen and bathrooms at the venue, two dinners, coffee, tea, & snacks, and all taxes.

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