We're thrilled to be welcoming Special Guest Instructor Sherri Lynn Wood to our Historic General Store and Studio Space in Sprucedale! Spend a restorative week creating and experiencing abstract piecing, designed to get you out of your head and into your hands and heart.

Join Sherri Lynn as she leads a group of sewists through a unique and immersive week of Piece Flow Joy and Quilting from the Heart over five workshop days in the Almaguin Highlands.

We hope you're able to join us from Monday July 21-Sunday July 27 for Piece Flow Joy! Select from our accommodation options, hosted and catered by our Getaway partners, Santosha Farm . Or opt for our Local Stay option, if you're nearby, this includes lunches and optional dinners. Review the Itinerary below and read all the details and register here .

Piece Flow Joy : Quilting from the Heart with Sherri Lynn Wood : Monday July 21 - Sunday July 27 - the workroom

Monday July 21
- Check-in time from 4pm onwards
*Welcome Dinner + Introductions
Tuesday July 22
*Breakfast
Morning Session 3hrs:
- Infinite Emptiness drawing warmup
- Rhythmic Flow, Abstract Piecing intro & demo
- Meditative patchwork exercise for improv chain piecing simple shapes
*Lunch
Afternoon Session 3hrs:
- Qigong warmup
- Rhythmic flow piecing continues
- Check-ins with Sherri Lynn
- Sharing Discoveries
*Dinner
After Dinner 1hr:
- Screening of Quilts In Women’s Lives
Wednesday July 23
*Breakfast
Morning Session 3hrs:
- Infinite Emptiness Drawing warmup
- Meditative patchwork demo/exercise for harnessing emotional energy through intuitive colour, shape, scale & rhythm
*Lunch
Afternoon Session 3hrs:
- Rhythmic flow piecing continues
- Check-ins with instructor
- Group Stitching Mantra (meditative stitching)
* Dinner
Thursday July 24
*Breakfast
Morning Session:
- Infinite Emptiness drawing warmup
- Meditative patchwork demo/exercise for incorporating random procedures and nurturing a collaborative relationship with your patchwork
*Lunch
Afternoon Session :
- Qigong warm up
-Rhythmic flow piecing continues
-Check-ins with Sherri Lynn
*Dinner
Friday July 25
*Breakfast
Morning Session 3hrs:
- Infinite Emptiness drawing warmup
- Meditative patchwork exercise for composing with radical acceptance (Yes And)
*Lunch
Afternoon Session 3hrs:
- Qigong warm up
- Rhythmic flow piecing continues
- Check-ins with Sherri Lynn
*Dinner
Saturday July 26
*Breakfast
Morning session 3hrs:
- Sharing our discoveries, reflecting on our patterns
- Final sewing time to prepare for the Evening Exhibition
*Lunch
Afternoon Session 2hrs:
- Studio clean up & preparing for the Evening Exhibition
*Dinner
- Evening Exhibition and Reception in the Workroom
Sunday July 27
*Breakfast and departure (Check-out 11am)

Monday July 21
- Check-in time from 4pm onwards
*Welcome Dinner + Introductions
Tuesday July 22
*Breakfast
Morning Session 3hrs:
- Infinite Emptiness drawing warmup
- Rhythmic Flow, Abstract Piecing intro & demo
- Meditative patchwork exercise for improv chain piecing simple shapes
*Lunch
Afternoon Session 3hrs:
- Qigong warmup
- Rhythmic flow piecing continues
- Check-ins with Sherri Lynn
- Sharing Discoveries
*Dinner
After Dinner 1hr:
- Screening of Quilts In Women’s Lives
Wednesday July 23
*Breakfast
Morning Session 3hrs:
- Infinite Emptiness Drawing warmup
- Meditative patchwork demo/exercise for harnessing emotional energy through intuitive colour, shape, scale & rhythm
*Lunch
Afternoon Session 3hrs:
- Rhythmic flow piecing continues
- Check-ins with instructor
- Group Stitching Mantra (meditative stitching)
* Dinner
Thursday July 24
*Breakfast
Morning Session:
- Infinite Emptiness drawing warmup
- Meditative patchwork demo/exercise for incorporating random procedures and nurturing a collaborative relationship with your patchwork
*Lunch
Afternoon Session :
- Qigong warm up
-Rhythmic flow piecing continues
-Check-ins with Sherri Lynn
*Dinner
Friday July 25
*Breakfast
Morning Session 3hrs:
- Infinite Emptiness drawing warmup
- Meditative patchwork exercise for composing with radical acceptance (Yes And)
*Lunch
Afternoon Session 3hrs:
- Qigong warm up
- Rhythmic flow piecing continues
- Check-ins with Sherri Lynn
*Dinner
Saturday July 26
*Breakfast
Morning session 3hrs:
- Sharing our discoveries, reflecting on our patterns
- Final sewing time to prepare for the Evening Exhibition
*Lunch
Afternoon Session 2hrs:
- Studio clean up & preparing for the Evening Exhibition
*Dinner
- Evening Exhibition and Reception in the Workroom
Sunday July 27
*Breakfast and departure (Check-out 11am)

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