Sew Peaceful
Paper piecing for everyone, taught by experienced teacher Anne Hall
Tel: (250) 468 1534 Email: sewpeaceful@telus.net
Bowser, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Upcoming Classes & Retreats
** FULL ** Christmas at Honeymoon Bay Retreat
1st - 4th December, 2024
This retreat will be a fast sell-out! Honeymoon Bay is transformed at Christmas into a truly magical haven. Complete with Christmas dinner, Secret Santa and maybe a couple of extras, you will surely enjoy this wonderful start to the festive season. Experienced CI Anne Hall will be teaching a small but popular Christmas project, the Qiltworx Poinsettia, suitable for beginners upwards. This is a great skill builder. You can even have the kit designed in your choice of colours. Or, you may bring an existing paper piecing project for help (if you need it), Alternatively, bring whatever you like to work on, and come for the beautiful food and peaceful ambience at Honeymoon Bay.
Open Retreat + UFO projects
Honeymoon Bay
6th - 11th September, 2024
Experienced CI Anne Hall will be offering a retreat where the choice is very much yours. You may bring an existing paper piecing project for help (if you need it), or for beginners, Anne will work with you to suggest a suitable beginners project from a choice of different designers. She can provide just the pattern, or a fully labelled kit from her collection of beautiful batiks. You will get help every step of the way! Alternatively, bring whatever you like to work on, and come for the beautiful food and peaceful ambience at Honeymoon Bay.
** FULL **
Contemporary FPP Retreat + UFO projects
Honeymoon Bay 2023
17th - 22nd April 2024
Introducing a talented new Canadian designer, Cristina de Miranda from Ships and Violins. Anne Hall will be teaching Cristina's designs during this retreat, offering a choice from five different blocks from Cristina's "Constellations" series. The projects are versatile. You can make a combination of blocks, a single block, or multiples of the same block to make it whatever size you like. Anne will be offering kits and patterns, and will be able to colour them in your choice of colours. Alternatively, you may bring UFO projects to work on. Or a combination of both!
2024 Mystery Retreat, Honeymoon Bay
14th - 19th July, 2024
The next Sew Peaceful mystery quilt retreat is open for registration! And, we have a full first day, as you will be able to arrive from 9.30am. We will aim to start the mystery as soon as everyone has settled in. This always books up FAST! You will get a 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice of colour ways in advance, but you won't know which one you actually get. It will be a foundation paper pieced project from Quiltworx, build of elements from existing quilts and put together in a unique way. You may choose to expand it to a queen. To see previous projects, click on the button below.
** FULL** 14 Day Great Alaska Explorer
14th - 28th September 2025
Finally, we secured the quilting space for a 14 day Alaska cruise! Well, 7 days is never enough. Quiltworx CI Anne Hall will, for the first time, be teaching a MYSTERY Quiltworx project for all abilities. And, for experienced Quiltworx paper piecers, there will be the 2025 Technique of the Month. Already got lots of projects on the go? No problem - bring one of those! We will be departing from Vancouver, BC, on the ms Noordam for a 14 day cruise to Alaska, and then back to Vancouver. So much sewing time, but also time to relax and regroup. Your quilting room will be available 24/7! This cruise will fill up very quickly, and is limited to 20. First come, first serve!
**FULL** Wait list started
17 day circle cruise to Hawaii
5th - 22nd October 2024
Come and join us in another fun-filled 17 day cruise to Hawaii! Quiltworx CI Anne Hall will be teaching several designs for all abilities. Already got lots of projects on the go? No problem - bring one of those! We will be departing from Vancouver, BC, on the ms Koningsdam for a 17 day cruise to Hawaii, and then back to Vancouver. So much sewing time, but also time to relax and regroup. Your quilting room will be available 24/7! This cruise will fill up very quickly, and is limited to 20. First come, first serve!
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