Hi and welcome to this section of the website...below you will find a brief outline. Complete retreat programs and details of tutors and workshops will be posted on the 1 December 2009.

Robyn Alexander – Secret Garden. – Felting with exquisite embellishment and exploring a wide variety of
hand embroidery technique.

Rosalie Dace (South Africa) is a full time quiltmaker and high profile international tutor, whose work reflects her passion for colour, pattern and texture While she values the traditions from which our quiltmaking has come, she believes that a quilt should say something about its time and place in history. This and her awareness of being a South African artist give her work its particular character.

Sue Dennis - Whole Cloth Design – creating unique and individual fabrics and Garden View exploring a multitude of creative techniques.

Brenda Gael Smith – Traditional Patchwork with a Contemporary Twist.

Lorraine Parker – Landscapes featuring Silk paper, photo to fabric transfer and embellishing.

Jane Sassaman - (USA) Contemporary Quilt Artist, fabric designer, author and teacher whose critically acclaimed work inspires creative confidence in aspiring textile artists of all backgrounds. Jane’s quilts are known internationally for their bold designs celebrating the energy and miraculous beauty of garden flowers, plants and nature.

Nic Bridges – Painted Surfaces for Quilters. Developing Designs in Abstraction.

Deborah Louie – Machine Quilting with style and individuality

Liz Scobie – Inspirational 3-D Machine Embroidery - adding NEW DIMENSION with colour and stitch.

Lisa Walton – Textured Treasure – producing through surface design a collected inspiration to use to create a pieced wall hanging.

Mariya Waters – The Secrets of Turned Edged Applique by hand and machine. Learn and be inspired by this extradinarily successful artist and international Award Winner. One of her most outstanding award winning quilts -"Renaissance Revival" (years in the making) now hangs in the National Quilt Museum in Paducah (USA).