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Looking for an exciting, fun sewing related retreat? These amazing retreats all take place at Alaska's beautiful Stillpoint Lodge in Halibut Cove, AK Check these out for more information! |
SLH & Stillpoint Lodge Judith Baker Montano is our featured instructor for the Spring 2012 Stillpoint Retreat. Yes, that means there will be a fall 2012 retreat with another nationally known instructor! Judith Baker Montano is a world renowned Canadian fibre artist, author, and teacher. She is the originator of the crazy quilt centerpiece method. Judith appears on TV shows such as the Carol Duval Show, Simply Quilts and The Quilt Show. She has produced tutorial videos and dvd’s; “Silk Ribbon Embroidery”, “Crazy Quilting”, “Embellishments”, and “Landscapes”. The videos and dvds are clear, concise and filled with information. Judith’s career has taken her from painting, to quilting, to crazy quilting to embellished embroidery artwork and into land/seacapes and underwater projects. Although her work keeps evolving, crazy quilting always appears in new designs, and she has turned it into a contemporary art form. She is renowned for her fibre landscapes, which incorporate all aspects of art and needlework techniques. As the best selling author for C & T Publishing, Judith incorporates a unique combination of her photography, watercolors, pen and ink illustrations and friendly prose along with her needlework designs and love of color. Visit her website for more of her amazing fiber art! www.judithbakermontano.com. We are so fortunate to have her be our first nationally known teacher at our SLH & Stillpoint Lodge Retreat! Stillpoint Lodge in Halibut Cove, Alaska is a beautiful facility, which has a relaxed, informal atmosphere. It is a place where your creative soul is set free! This is the perfect setting to explore the wonders of the ocean, not only in Judith Baker Montano’s workshop, but also during your free time. Stillpoint is the newest architectural award- winning wilderness lodge in Alaska. Visit their website, www.stillpointlodge.com to view the spectacular setting for this workshop. Retreat fee is $1200.00 and includes; lodging in a wonderful cabin, all gourmet meals and snacks, instruction, workshop fees, kayak lessons, 30 minute massage, guided meditation, yoga lesson, transportation from Homer to Halibut Cove on the ferry, tour of Gull Rock on the noon ferry, lunch at the Saltry Resturant, access to the boardwalks and art galleries of Halibut Cove, gift bag full of goodies, wi-fi, sauna and use of all the lodge facilities. Participants provide workshop supplies, transportation to Homer, gratuities for lodge staff, and personal items. Minimum 16 and maximum 20 participants.
Cynthia England is our featured instructor for the Fall 2012 Stillpoint Retreat. Our first retreat filled up within the first month so if you are excited you will want to sign up soon! Cynthia's stunning quilts have been winning 1st place ribbons at local and national quilting events since 1991 and have graced the pages of many quilting publications. Her most recognized quilt, Piece and Quiet, was chosen as one of the "The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts" in 2000. In addition to this award, Cynthia has won Best of Show twice in the IQA show at the International Quilt Festival in Houston for her quilts Piece and Quiet, in 1993, and Open Season, in 2000. Cynthia began quilting at the age of 13, her interest in quilting was piqued again in 1976 after seeing a display of the Texas Sesquicential quilts in a nearby mall. Essentially a self-taught quilter, she has made about 24 bed-sized quilts and over 70 wall quilts. Although she started with and occasionally still makes traditional style quilts, Cynthia's hallmark is realistically detailed pictorial quilts. Using skills she developed as a commercial graphic artist, she creates quilts depicting some of her favorite subjects: flowers, nature, antiques and architecture. After using applique to get the realistic effect in her early quilts, Cynthia gradually devised a machine piecing technique she calls Picture Piecing. This technique breaks the design down into pieces that can all be sewn using straight seams and allows her to include intricate details and shading without a single set-in seam. Her first quilt made entirely from that technique, Piece and Quiet, was so successful she was inspired to continue designing with the Picture Piecing method. This retreat will begin with a small project designed by Cynthia to get the basics of this technique. The pattern and kit for this project is included in the retreat fee. The following days will be filled with lectures, demonstrations and the chance to begin working on your own landscape quilt. Start sorting through your photographs to get inspiration and start collecting fabrics that look like nature! Visit her website to www.englanddesign.com to learn more about this talented quilt artist! Stillpoint Lodge in Halibut Cove, Alaska is a beautiful facility, which has a relaxed, informal atmosphere. It is a place where your creative soul is set free! This is the perfect setting to explore the wonders nature, not only in Cynthia England’s workshop, but also during your free time. Stillpoint is the newest architectural award-winning wilderness lodge in Alaska. Visit their website, www.stillpointlodge.com to view the spectacular setting for this workshop. Retreat fee is $1200.00 and includes; lodging in a wonderful cabin, all gourmet meals and snacks, instruction, workshop fees, one small landscape pattern and fabric kit, kayak lessons, guided meditation, yoga lesson, transportation from Homer to Halibut Cove on the ferry, tour of Gull Rock on the noon ferry, access to the boardwalks and art galleries of Halibut Cove, gift bag full of goodies, wi-fi, sauna and use of all the lodge facilities. Participants provide workshop supplies, sewing machines, transportation to Homer, gratuities for lodge staff, and personal items. Minimum 16 and maximum 20 participants.
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