Four Season Quilt Retreat Recap

Stitching in Amish Country!

I’m not sure if you heard, but Nancy McNally, Scott Flanagan, Tracy Perks and I had a HUGE Quilt Retreat in Shipshewana, Indiana!

FOUR Teachers
FOUR Projects
FOUR Days
TONS of giveaway!

You couldn’t ask for anything more!! Ok, maybe a super fabulous Amish town to host us. 🙂

Farmstead Inn & Shipshewana

Our retreat was held at the amazing Farmstead Inn in Shipshewana, Indiana. This place is built for quilters! Seriously, our sewing room was HUGE. There were enough tables so that all 40 of us had our own 8 foot table, with plenty of room to spare.

The lighting could not have been better. Plus, the Inn provided ample coffee, tea, water and even little fridges for us to use. This image is only HALF of the whole room. Amazing, right!?

Scott Flanagan of 4th & Main Designs teaching at Four Seasons Quilt Retreat in Shipshewana, IN — Scott Flanagan teaching his Snowman Table Runner!

And did I mention the Inn had handmade quilts hanging around every corner!? YES. They’re all for sale. One of them ALMOST came home with me. 🙂

Our Projects

So what did we work on? I’m so glad you asked!

Since there were 4 of us, we each designed a table runner based on the 4 seasons. Tracy Perks had Summer (Sunflower), Nancy McNally had Fall/Autumn (the Squirrel!!!), and Scott Flanagan had Winter (Snowmen). Mine was Spring. So, of course, I had to do something Easter-ish. Hence, my Hopping Into Spring pattern!

I wasn’t able to get pictures of everyone’s projects, but check these out. Didn’t everyone do a great job!?

I absolutely LOVE seeing how people interpret my designs. The fabric choices, the block tweaks. Love, love, LOVE!

I’m fairly positive Nancy’s squirrel was everyone’s favorite. He’s just so darn cute!!!

Nancy McNally Quilts It's Fall Y'all Quilt Pattern

Hopping Into Spring Table Runner PDF Pattern

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Hopping Into Spring Pattern

Trunk Show!

Each night we did a little something for the group, including LOADS of giveaways! The first night we did a group trunk show. Sadly, I was not filming myself during my trunk show. However, I did get these shots of Scott and Nancy!

Oh, and those giveaways… we were sponsored by so many wonderful companies that we had enough items to give everyone a prize on top of their full goody bags. Made out like bandits! 😀

The Quilt Shops!

Shipshewana is such a huge quilting area that they have multiple quilt shops in and around the town. I made it to 4 of them while in town. But, I only got photos of 2. Yoder’s Department Store is such an overwhelming shop that it’s hard to get it all in. Plus, I was on a mission and didn’t have time to break out the camera. Next time.

Oh darn. That mean’s I’ll have to go back to Shipshe… Can you feel the sarcasm there? 🙂

Lolly’s Fabrics

Soooo… we MAY have blown all of our budget’s at Lolly’s Fabrics. But, can you blame us? This shop is inside the humongous Davis Mercantile in “downtown Shipshewana” and their stock is so yummy, it may make your wallet cringe. LOL

The Quilt Shop at Essenhaus

The Quilt Shop at Essenhaus was so wonderful! They agreed to stay open late for us to do some shopping before our final group dinner reservation at the Das Dutchman Essenhaus restaurant next door. Oh the beauties!!! Don’t worry. We did leave a few things at the shop for future guests. Although, I’m sure they’ve restocked by now.

All I have to say is it’s a good thing I was driving home. Plenty of room for all the goodies!!!

Want to join us for another Retreat? We will be doing this again in the Fall of 2028!

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