Quilt Retreat

Mother’s Day Quilt Retreat with Crazy Mom Quilts
May 11th – May 13th, 2012

Spend a weekend quilting with Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts in a beautiful prairie farm setting in the rolling hills of Wisconsin. Amanda has been quilting for 11 years and has quilted over 200 quilts! Spring is the perfect time to get away from home and enjoy some time with your sewing machine. Bring a friend (or your mother?) and learn many different kinds of free motion quilting. Also, pick up some great new ideas on how to use your walking foot. Other topics covered are: threads, needles, batting, how to choose a quilting design, and basting techniques. Quilt 12-20 sample blocks and learn a quilt as you go method to turn them all into one wonderfully textured quilt! Also, as a part of this workshop, you are encouraged to bring your unfinished quilt tops to get input from Amanda and the group on quilting ideas.

Where: Bethel Horizons Retreat Center, Dodgeville, Wisconsin

Cost: only $250 per person—all inclusive! This includes meals all weekend, lodging AND your machine quilting workshop!

*Bring your own linens, or they offer linens and towels for an additional $10.00 per person.
*There is a microwave & fridge available to use for drinks and snacks.
*Meals are provided for the entire weekend. Please let us know if you have any food allergies or preferences.

Time:
Check in: 3-5pm on Friday
Check out: 2 pm on Sunday

What to bring:
Your machine, quilting platform, sewing machine manual
Walking foot and free motion foot (also called a darning foot or an open toe foot)
Sewing basics: thread (plenty of it!!!), needles, pins, scissors
Quilt sandwiches basted and ready to quilt (twelve to twenty 17” square--further details will be given closer to date)
Fabric scraps for a scrap swap (optional)
Quilts to show and tell
Finished quilt tops for advice from Amanda (and the group) for how to quilt
Linens: sheets, pillow, blankets and/or sleeping bag, and towels
Toiletries
Hiking shoes if desired (the center borders Governor Dodge State Park which has miles of hiking trails)

Registration: (click here to download the registration form)
All payments will be done through Pay Pal. Please email Amanda Jean at crazymomquilts@yahoo.com to sign up. In the subject line please put “Mother’s Day Retreat”. Amanda will send you a pay pal invoice. After your payment is received, you will get a confirmation email.

Spots are limited, so sign up now!
Bethel Horizons Retreat Center: bhorizons@bethel-madison.org
Address: 4651 Cty Hwy ZZ, Dodgeville, WI 53533
Phone: (608) 935-5885 on location

Directions from Madison:
Hwy 18/151 west for about 43 miles. Exit Hwy 18 to Dodgeville. After 1 mile turn right onto Hwy 23 North. Follow Hwy 23 for about 6 miles and turn right onto Cty Hwy ZZ. After 1.2 miles, look for the Bethel Horizons sign near the mailboxes at right.