Retreat Weekend for 8 to 20 Participants
Also known as “No Teacher Retreats”
This modestly priced weekend package is designed to bring your Group to the Strong House Inn and experience an extraordinary weekend of quilting or crafting.
Our spacious Quilt Room offers cutting stations, ironing stations, excellent natural lighting and night lighting for those all-night sewing and crafting marathons.
- 2 nights lodging, 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch, afternoon tea and your activity room set-up. Cost: $245ppdo/$320so
- Each additional night would be $122.50 per person, double occupancy and $160 for Single Occupancy.
- Dinner can be added for $35.00 per person, plus tax.
No Frills Quilt Retreat for Less than 8 Participants
- 2 nights lodging, 2 breakfasts, sewing room set-up and usage - $225.00 per person based on double occupancy.
- Each additional night would be $112.50 per person, double occupancy and $150 for Single occupancy.
- Additional Meals cannot be added to this package.
Details for Either Package
$150 deposit per person is required to guarantee your space. Room deposits are fully refundable if we receive cancellation notice up to fourteen days prior to your scheduled arrival minus a $25.00 administrative fee. Cancelled reservations with less than 14 days notification will result in the loss of your advance deposit. Guests arriving later or departing earlier than their confirmed dates will be responsible for all of the original room nights booked. We cannot make exceptions for weather or personal emergencies. This package cannot be combined with any other packages.
Quilters In Action
Upcoming Events - Quilting Class Schedule:
2009 & 2010 Course Descriptions
“Mastering the Art of Machine Appliqué”
– Nancy Briggs - $410ppdo/$500so
Experience and practice with the spectrum of supplies, techniques, stitches, machine adjustments and much more that contribute to successful machine appliqué projects. Choose your own appliqué project and after your practice session, embark on the fun and satisfaction of creating memorable finished pieces for yourself and gifts for others. Choosing a small project (table runner, wall hanging) for the weekend workshop should allow ample time to complete the appliqué and even begin the quilting.
Quilting Retreat includes: 3 nights lodging, 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 teas, sewing room set-up and quilt teacher.
“No Teacher Weekend” - SOLD OUT
$245ppdo/$320so
Same description as the Nov. 6th weekend (below).
“No Teacher Weekend” - OPEN
$245ppdo/$320so
This weekend is for you. This modestly priced weekend package is designed to bring you to the Strong House Inn and experience an extraordinary weekend of quilting. Our spacious Quilt Room offers cutting stations, ironing stations, excellent natural lighting and night lighting for those all-night sewing marathons.
Quilting Retreat includes: 2 nights lodging, 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch, afternoon tea and your sewing room set-up.
“No Teacher Weekend” - SOLD OUT
Same description as the Nov. 6th weekend.
“No Teacher Weekend” - OPEN
$245ppdo/$320so
Same description as the Nov. 6th weekend, plus Champlain Valley Quilt Show. NOTE: Quilt Show admission not included.
“No Teacher Weekend” - SOLD OUT
Same description as the Nov. 6th weekend.
“Oakridge Stars” or “Twister”
- Deb Tucker - $430ppdo/$505so all inclusive weekend*
Choose one of two spectacular patterns to work on during the weekend that both feature Deb's patented tool the "Tucker Trimmer". The Oak Ridge Star project will have a choice of two different sizes and the Twister project will have a choice of one size. Both original quilt designs feature machine pieced blocks and pieced borders. The Oak Ridge Star is rated intermediate and the Twister is rated confident beginner and above. Students can expect to make a number of blocks and a sampling of the border during the retreat. So pack up your sewing machine, rotary cutter and mat and join us for a fun weekend of quiltmaking.
“Finishing School”
- Deb Tucker - $675ppdo/$875so
Spend the week working on those projects started long ago, but have set aside for some future time. Deb will share here expertise from 25 years quilting experience from design to individual projects and figuring yardage to completing the top, basting, quilting and finishing. Lessons in specific areas will be given on an "as needed" basis with hints and tips shared throughout the week. Several planned side trips (hopefully to a quilt shop or two) will break up the sewing and make the stay a complete experience. The food, fun, fellowship and finishing are sure to have students feeling quite fulfilled by the end of the week. An excellent course for those needing a little help, motivation or time to get the job done.
Finishing School included: 5 nights lodging, 5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 afternoon teas, sewing room set-up and quilt teacher.
“Solitaire” or “Rangeley Stars”
- Deb Tucker - $430ppdo/$505so all inclusive weekend*
Explore one of two fantastic quilt designs, both using Deb's "Tucker Trimmer" tool. The Rangeley Star project features various size stars in three different settings - table runner, wall hanging, or queen size quilt. The Solitaire project will be offered in several sizes as well. The Rangeley Star can be made as a scrap quilt or a limited 4 color quilt and the Solitaire will be made with a 5 color palette. Rangeley Stars require intermediate level skills (only because of the sizes and number of pieces that need to be cut), and the Solitaire requires confident beginner skills. Come join in the fun as you learn new skills and make a wonderful new quilt.
“Creative Play – Show your colors”
– Lonni Rossi - $430ppdo/$505so all inclusive weekend*
Color! Design! Embellishment! Does just the mention of these words give you a headache? Fear Not!
This fun weekend is filled with creative play that will lead to surprising solutions for all of your projects. Lonni will demonstrate machine couching, bobbin drawing and embroidery; we’ll explore fused shapes and other ways to add texture and interest; you’ll experiment with Tyvek, Angelina fiber, Lutradur and working with Tulle and different kinds of fusibles! A class you don’t want to miss!
“Embellishing”
– Jane Masenas - $350ppdo/$425so all inclusive weekend*
Bring a project you are working on to get ideas about completing. If you have questions about embroidery, beading, embellishing, or silk ribbon embroidery, this will be the weekend to get them answered. Jane shares a variety of her quilts for inspiration. You do not need to be a quilter to enjoy this weekend. The embellishing ideas can be used on clothing, purses, pictures and other projects.
“Take the Old and Make it New”
– Karen Dever - $385ppdo/$460so all inclusive weekend*
Do you have a vintage or antique block sitting in a drawer or stuffed away in a closet and have no idea what to do with it? Let's "Take the Old & Make it New" by using that old block with new fabric to give it another life and create a contemporary textile. Karen will show several examples of what you can do and then we will brainstorm ideas - sky is the limit! Let's work together and create a one of a kind quilt.
"Bon Applique Class"
– Leslie Cook - $385ppdo/$460so - all inclusive weekend*
Working with this simple design from a collection of blocks inspired by nineteenth century quilts in Jeana Kimball's wonderful book FORGET-ME-KNOTS, all the tricks of needle turn applique will be explored to help smooth curves and sharp points. This charming block can be framed, become the center of a wall hanging or may inspire you to make an heirloom of your own. Come, relax and enjoy taking the A (for anxiety) out of applique.
“Fire and Ice Mariner’s Compass Stars”
– Carol Doak - $445ppdo/$530so - all inclusive weekend*
Using just one block design from my new book, Mariner's Compass Stars, begin to create this 46"x 46" wall quilt featuring the Iceland block. Learn assembly line paper piecing, and all the tips and tricks for joining the sections to create accurate blocks every time. These blocks look complex, but they are so easy to make using these tried and true paper piecing techniques.
*All-inclusive Weekends include:
2 nights lodging, 2 breakfast, 1 lunch, 2 dinners, afternoon tea and your sewing room set-up and quilt teacher.
Gather your friends to spend a exciting and pampering weekend at the Strong House Inn, call 802-877-3337.
Our Quilting Instructors
Nancy Briggs
Nancy is a retired oncology nurse, but her love of quilting has gone back many years. The past 8 years quilting has become an obsession with her! She is currently an employee/manager of an upstate New York quilt shop and has been an instructor there for 4 years. You will love her enthusiasm, patience and knowledge. Her classes promise to be lots of fun.
Leslie Cook
A hand appliqué instructor since 1992, Leslie has taught hundreds of women to appliqué, passing on her enthusiasm for quilting and her passion for needle turn technique. Recognized for her unique sense of color and fabric choice, this award winning quilter has conducted workshops at area quilt shops and guilds as well as trunk show presentations around New England.
Karen Dever
Karen is an award winning quilter and is also a teacher, designer and an AQS Certified quilt appraiser and member of PAAQT; in addition, for many years she has been collecting antique and vintage textiles and enjoys the challenge of incorporating them into contemporary textiles. She presently works and teaches at The Village Quilter Quilt Shop in Mt. Holly, NJ while also lecturing/teaching to guilds in the mid-atlantic area. She has had several designs published in various quilt publications.
Carol Doak
As a best-selling author, with over a million books in print, she is also a celebrated teacher, lecturer and award-winning quilt maker. Carol Doak has greatly influenced the art and craft of quiltmaking for more than a decade, both in the U.S. and internationally. It is no secret that Carol has helped raise the popularity of paper piecing, her trademark technique, to heights never before seen in to world of quiltmaking. Since taking her first quilt class in 1979, Carol has made over 150 quilts, several of which have been awarded Blue and Best of Show Ribbons. Carol's quilts have been featured on the covers of most national quilting magazines. Her lighthearted approach and ability to teach have earned her high marks and positive comments from workshop students worldwide. Visit her website at www.CarolDoak.com
Jane Masenas
Jane has been doing needlework since she was five years old and this will be her sixth year with "Quilting In Vermont". When she moved to Vermont in 1975, she became part of a church group that quilted beds quilts to earn money for the church. Since 1973, Jane has been an elementary school teacher and has collaborated with school teachers and the Shelburne Museum to integrate the arts, including textile arts into the school curriculum. Her quilts have been published in Miniature Quilts magazine. To date she has had 14 of her quilts published. Her personal trunk show is not to be missed.
Lonni Rossi
Lonni's art quilt work is recognizable for its use of fusible elements, unusual fibers, and the obsessive threadwork that typically covers the surface of her quilts. Her focus is on design, textural details and graphic impact. She is constantly exploring new techniques to achieve textural surprises; not only in her quilts but also in the images and textures she creates for fabric design.
Lonni was a professional graphic designer for over 30 years. She has taught design at Moore College of Art & Design (her alma mater), as well as Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. She was a co-founder of Art Quilt Elements (the former Art Quilts at the Sedgwick). She has had one-woman art quilt shows in Philadelphia, Houston, Germany and England. Her work has been published, and juried into numerous national and international quilt shows. Since 20001, she has licensed her unique designs to Andover Fabrics, Inc. and in 2006, self-published her first pattern book. Visit her website at www.LonniRossi.com
Deb Tucker
Deb has been an avid quilt maker since 1981 and a quilting instructor since 1983. For several years she worked as the pattern editor for Quilting Today and Traditional Quiltworks magazines until resigning to care for her then very young children. Kids now grown, Deb is again very involved in the Quilt World.
She teaches, lectures, judges both nationally and internationally. She markets a line of patented tools (Rapid Fire Hunter’s Star, Tucker Trimmer, Wing Clipper) and patterns worldwide along with vending at numerous shows across this country.
In 2008, Deb was a candidate for “Teacher Of The Year” presented by Professional Quilter Magazine.
She currently resides in central Pennsylvania with her husband, two college children, and five “helpers” (cats). She is an enthusiastic, knowledgeable instructor with much to offer all levels of quiltmakers. Visit her website at www.studio180design.net
