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we had a retreat and it was awesome!

5/23/2016

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Nope, this isn't about the retreat I'm hosting in June; this is about a retreat we had at the Homestead Cabin Retreat in Hillpoint, Wisconsin. I cannot express how wonderful this experience was! Patsy (and her sister Nancy) really made the weekend special. We had nine students, though one of them made four tuffets! This was my first time teaching tuffets in a retreat format and it was really great. Typically, the class is two sessions of four hours each, but in a retreat scenario, we did it all in one weekend. So fun!
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The calm before the storm: Our workspace!
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The kitchen is gorgeous!
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Things are getting underway: the workspace from the other side of the room. We hadn't started sewing the tuffet panels yet because not everyone had arrived; but we had some fun arranging fabrics.
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The back deck. The weather was beautiful too so we ate some of our meals out here.
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I love this birdhouse/perch sculpture! We saw lots of birds, though I wasn't quick enough to get photos of them.
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I made them wait until after dinner before I started teaching (insert evil laugh here). For a standard retreat, people bring their own food, but for a class situation, meals were included. And they were soooo good! Patsy and her sister Nancy really did a great job. Those breadsticks were warm!
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Now we're underway!
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It's a plethora of tuffet panels!
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Lunch on Saturday. I asked several times if I could move in, but no such luck.
We started doing our tuffet building in shifts starting after dinner on Saturday. From that point forward they kept me pretty busy so I don't have any action shots, but if you follow my blog you've seen plenty by now. But I do have finished tuffets to show you! First we have Annette's tuffet. She wasn't able to stay long enough for the group photo, but here's her gorgeous Kaffe tuffet. It's so pretty!
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Here we are with all of our tuffets. Yes, I made one too!
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There were so many we couldn't even fit them all on the table facing the same direction!
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Not even all of them!
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What a fantastic weekend! If you're interested in taking a tuffet retreat with me, I have one coming up in Mineral Point from June 24 - 26, and another one the weekend of October 7 - 9 at Prairie Star Lodge in Browntown, Wisconsin.

In the meantime, check out the Homestead Cabin Retreat. Patsy is a great hostess, and you can have groups of multiple sizes! 
3 Comments
Lori Martin
5/26/2016 04:59:17 pm

How do we sign up for the Oct 7-9 Retreat in Browntown?

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Marsha Gratner
5/28/2016 04:48:38 pm

Looks fun can I have more details? About the retreat in October?

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Michelle link
5/29/2016 08:19:11 pm

Oh my! Please tell me about the October retreat!

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