retreat at jones mansion

Picture staying at a beautiful, three-story, hundred-year-old mansion atop a hill in a town filled with artists and craftspeople. That was our setting when we had a retreat at the Jones Mansion in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for some great news!

Now, often times, as is true in this case, I'm so busy when I'm teaching that I forget to take photos. So instead, for the next three, I'm borrowing some photos from the Jones Mansion website so you can see the lovely accommodations. Here you can see the gorgeous skylight (which is actually in the workroom!) and lovely curved banister on the second floor.

Photo courtesy of Jones Mansion.

Here's a photo of one of the bedrooms. It's the only triple room; most are doubles, and there are a couple of single rooms. All of the beds are topped with a handmade quilt.

Again, a Jones Mansion photo.

And the bathrooms are wonderful too -- each has a claw foot tub and lots of character (and no, I don't mean that in a "nice personality" way, either)!

Another Jones Mansion photo. The bathroom is bigger than it appears here! Get it? Because it's a small photo....

Okay, we're on to my photos now. There is a large workroom (you should go to the Jones Mansion website to check them out) and off of it are two rooms with cutting mats and ironing boards. 

It's lighter in here than it looks.

That iron? It gets the job done!

We had great food thanks to my friend Trish!

Followed by great dessert!

Now, why were we there? Oh yeah, tuffets! First I have to show you the table full of feet choices:

Let's check out the wonderful tuffets made by everyone!

Heres the bottom of Sandy's bee-themed tuffet:

And the detail of Toby's button. She did this by flipping button form over so the flat side was up and sewing the aqua button to the fabric before making it.

Nearly complete feet depletion!

So, if you've read this far, I am thrilled to announce that we will be having another tuffet retreat at Jones Mansion! Thursday, November 10 through Sunday, November 13, you can come and work on your own projects as well as make a tuffet (or two!) If you can't come Thursday, Friday arrival is an option. 

Think of it -- you can make at least one tuffet in just a few days! What an opportunity to make that special gift, for you or for someone else! Come and join us; click here for information. Space is limited, so be sure to sign up soon.