Eleanor Burns is coming to Stitchin’ Heaven!
It is my great pleasure to present…
Eleanor Burns at Brookhaven Retreat Center!
March 11-15, 2009
Twenty five years ago Eleanor Burns introduced her first Quilt in a Day book, cultivating a quilt making revolution. She presented her unique style, a diverse combination of cutting and sewing applications, creating new techniques altogether. Quilting techniques that replaced scissors and templates with rips and strips, bringing rotary speed to patchwork. She also presented an incredibly rapid stitching system, applying the method of assembly-line sewing to piece work. This invited all types of sewers to participate in an age-old tradition. Her concise, step-by-step directions were easy to grasp, allowing the possibility for anyone to be successful at making a quilt. Eleanor Burns gave quilt makers techniques that compacted months into merely a day, a quilt in a day, spreading her vibrant enthusiasm within everyone. She motivated thousands of want-to-be quilters with needed-confidence and assurance. Altogether, the impact of her influences opened the door to a renewal. Her efforts sowed the seeds that have grown into many techniques that are commonly used today. Since then, her name and techniques have become synonymous with quilt making because her contributions and life’s story are equal in inspiration and fate brought to the art of piecing a beautiful quilt.
Classes:
During the retreat, Eleanor will be teaching 3 classes featuring the quilts pictured below; The Magic Vine Quilt, Fly Boy, and Pink Lemonade. Retreat Enrollment will include 2 classes while at the retreat, just let us know which ones you would like when you submit your reservation. We will offer kits for all classes, and we will notify you as soon as they are available.
Grow a flower garden in beautiful fabrics to grace your bed or wall as Eleanor Burns presents The Magic Vine Quilt. This quilt originated in the 1930’s in a newspaper quilt column written by Florence LaGanke Harris. Twenty-two flowers are appliquéd in rows with twinning vines. It is magical because of the variety of flowers that grow on the vine. The vine grows quickly, like the magic vine in Jack and the Beanstalk. Learn to make these whimsical flowers and leaves using a variety of appliqué techniques and finishing stitches. Finished twin size 65″x 100″; Finished full/queen size 92″ x 110″.
Fly Boy from Â
Eleanor’s book, Victory Quilts takes a look back in history to the 1940’s and life on the home front during the War years. This Sampler Quilt offers patterns and techniques for 20 blocks, each one representing a slice of history with a story to tell. Fly Boy features the Airplane block and the Propeller block. Both represent women’s roles in the war; the WASP, Women Airforce Service Pilots, who were the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft, and the the six million women who worked in the manufacturing plants that produced munitions and materials. This is an easy to intermediate quilt, and is pieced. The finished quilt measures 57″x 72″.
Pink Lemonade from Taken from Eleanor’s book, Quilts Through the Seasons, Pink Lemonade is a One Block Repeat quilt set together with lattice and cornerstones using two basic patches, the Four-Patch and the Chevron. The Chevron is made by combing two Flying Geese patches, and the Chain connecting the blocks is simply a Cornerstone block. Learn Eleanor’s techniques for strip piecing and using her Flying Geese ruler, and you’ll have this beautiful quilt in a jiffy.
Finished twin size 67″x 106″; Finished full/queen size 88″ x 106″.
Total Retreat Package Details:
You will enjoy 4 nights in the beautiful Brookhaven Retreat Center located in the Piney Woods of East Texas, and 5 days of warm, Spring sunshine. Of course, then there’s all the extras! Sewing, meeting new people, and wonderful classes with Eleanor Burns! What more can a gal ask for?
The Brookhaven Restaurant will meet all of our dining needs – Full Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks and more with tasty buffet-style meals. You will not go hungry – that’s for sure! Drinks (iced-tea, coffee & water) and gratuities are included.
Enrollment will include 2 classes while at the retreat, just let us know which ones you would like when you submit your reservation. We will offer kits for all classes, and we will notify you as soon as they are available.
Sign up online today, call toll free 800-841-3901 or stop in! Don’t forget to let us know which 2 classes you would like to attend.
Victory Garden is a charming collection that takes you back to the wartime days of the 1940s. Faced with the war Americans were encouraged to be self-sufficient, and to plant vegetable and fruit gardens. Many of the gardens lasted well beyond the war, and were replanted with beautiful floral displays. The Victory Garden collection, with its wonderful combination of florals and 40s calico prints, pays tribute to this important era of history.
Lady Liberty Quilt Kit coming soon!
Victory Quilts
Quilts Through The Seasons
Still Stripping after 25 Years!
Egg Money Quilts
Be sure to join us for Eleanor Burns’ retreat next March. It’s guaranteed to be lots of fun, and very rewarding. We are taking reservations now, so sign up soon as this retreat is going to fill up fast, and I hope to see you there. In the meantime, be sure to check out our website, and you can even stop in to see the details on our latest sale…our Summer Blow-Out Half Price Sale!
never carried Amy’s designs, but I have to admit, once I got there, I found…they’re exhilarating! The colors! The prints! And…oh, the patterns! Amy Butler just happens to be one of the hottest designers out there right now. She is bringing a whole new look to the quilting world with her 21st century style, and definitely leaving her mark.
Sonia’s introduction in her book, she didn’t have any quilting relatives to inspire her growing up, or any “old” quilts to help her become familiar with quilting. It was a gradual process. She says that there were three types of quilts that “always made my heart patter.” Wholecloth quilts for their quilting, Amish quilts for their timeless beauty, and the “antique” blue/white and red/white quilts for their strong graphic designs.
