Last weekend I headed down to Yorkshire for the first ever Thread House Summer Retreat. This was held at the wonderful High Trenhouse centre which is set in the most amazing countryside, close to Malham Tarn. As I said to the slightly shaken attendees, who arrived after quite an alarming drive up steep slopes, hairpin …
My working life is roughly divided into four parts: MyBearpaw Studio and Shop Stitch Gathering Retreat The Thread House Retreat Quilting/Sewing Patterns for publication I always joke that I’m part of the gig economy as I need to run at least four businesses to survive! Actually I am only partly joking and sometimes I can …
For this year’s Thread House Retreat we thought it would be fun to make a quilt using all the workshops and techniques we would be doing over the weekend and offer it as an exclusive pattern to all our Retreaters. And here is the finished result – the Thread House Retreat Medallion Quilt! This year’s …
And so our second Thread House Retreat has come and gone! We returned to Folly Farm in Bristol with another 45 Retreaters from around the world for a jam packed weekend of workshops, fabric, frolicking and fun! We started things off on Friday afternoon with a fabulous goody bag (thank you to all our amazing …