Retreat Memories

Browse our galleries of quilters, friends, and teachers past and present - and let us know if you've got contributions to add to our collection of photographs. We'd love to share yours here.

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  • Old Nova Scotian Quilts
    Old Nova Scotian Quilts
    by Scott Robson, Sharon MacDonald
  • Visual Coloring: A Foolproof Approach to Color-Rich Quilts
    Visual Coloring: A Foolproof Approach to Color-Rich Quilts
    by Joen Wolfrom
  • A Garden Party of Quilts: 7 Pieced Projects for Flower Lovers
    A Garden Party of Quilts: 7 Pieced Projects for Flower Lovers
    by Joen Wolfrom
  • Points of View: Landscape Quilts to Stitch and Embellish (That Patchwork Place)
    Points of View: Landscape Quilts to Stitch and Embellish (That Patchwork Place)
    by Valerie Hearder
  • Fat Quarter Frenzy Two
    Fat Quarter Frenzy Two
    by Susan Purney-Mark, Daphne Greig
  • Simple Stained Glass Quilts
    Simple Stained Glass Quilts
    by Daphne Greig, Susan Purney Mark
  • Fat Quarter Frenzy
    Fat Quarter Frenzy
    by Susan Purney-Mark, Daphne Greig
  • The Quilted Garden: Design and Make Nature Inspired Quilts
    The Quilted Garden: Design and Make Nature Inspired Quilts
    by Jane Sassaman
  • A Month of Sundays - Family, Friends, Food & Quilts: Slow Down & Sew - 16 Projects, Precut Friendly
    A Month of Sundays - Family, Friends, Food & Quilts: Slow Down & Sew - 16 Projects, Precut Friendly
    by Cheryl Arkison
  • Sunday Morning Quilts: 16 Modern Scrap Projects Sort, Store, and Use Every Last Bit of Your Treasured Fabrics
    Sunday Morning Quilts: 16 Modern Scrap Projects Sort, Store, and Use Every Last Bit of Your Treasured Fabrics
    by Amanda Jean Nyberg, Cheryl Arkison
  • Canadian Heritage Quilting: Quick Creative Designs
    Canadian Heritage Quilting: Quick Creative Designs
    by Karen Neary, Diane Shink
  • Japanese Garden Quilt: 12 Circle Blocks to Hand or Machine Applique
    Japanese Garden Quilt: 12 Circle Blocks to Hand or Machine Applique
    by Karen Kay Buckley
  • The Joy of quilting.
    The Joy of quilting.
    by Swim. Laurie.
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Friday
Apr072006

From scavenger hunts to show-and-tell: what to expect

The Mayflower Quilters Retreat features a choice of one of three workshop streams, as well as independent study during which quilters gather in the cabins to collaborate and share ideas. Each workshop stream is three days in length, giving students in-depth teacher guidance as they explore new avenues of creativity and skill.

The Retreat has hosted American, British, Canadian and Nova Scotian teachers, with a goal of variety—ideally, we offer a choice of design, sewing machine or hand technique workshops. Evening activities bring the whole group together—teachers do brief presentations on their own work, and a 'Progressive Show and Tell', always a highlight, leads us on a cabin-by-cabin visiting evening to display and admire our own quilts and quilt-related treasures.

A 'Get Acquainted' event (such as a scavenger hunt) is always entertaining. Finally, on the last evening, we tour the workshop rooms to see what each class has accomplished—always a treat.

Reader Comments (1)

I'm excited to learn that Michele Gagne is coming in 2007. I took a one day machine quilting class from her in Ottawa this past spring (2006) and she was awesome. I learned so much from her and she was very dynamic and outgoing. If machine quilting is your thing or even if you have not ever done it, she will guide you through it with lots of enthusiasm.
July 5, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterKris Wilson

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