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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