Bow Bench Retreat

Creating on the Bow - June 4
2022-06-04 10:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Bow Bench Retreat, Range Road 260, Carseland, Alberta, T0J 0M0, Canada
Join us from 10 – 10 for 12 hours Creating on the Bow
$25/day

Sew Days -May 31
2022-05-31 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)
Join us from 10 – 4 for a day of sewing, friendship and fun!
$20/day

Boho Heart Sew Along #2 - May 30
2022-05-30 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
Nancy has taken this beautiful pattern by Jen Kingwell and organized it into 8 classes, during the classes she will show you different techniques to make the blocks, and has also adapted some blocks for foundation paper piecing. When you register for the first class there is a one time registration fee of $30 to cover the cost of materials, and then the fee for every class is $30, this is required even if you cannot attend in person as Nancy will create a private facebook group where she will post class information, materials and videos of all the techniques so you can participate via Facebook group or in person at Bow Bench. After receiving your $30 registration fee you will be sent an invite to join the private facebook page.
Pattern is required and is available through Nancy, please let her know if you need a pattern $40.
Dates: May 16, 30, June13, June 27, July 11, August 8, 22, Sept 5, 19
Cost: Registration fee $30
Class Fee: $30

Private booking
2022-05-26 08:00 - 2022-05-29 17:00 UTC

Sew Days -May 24
2022-05-24 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Charity Quilt Day - Quilts for Everyday Heroes
2022-05-21 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
Patti Jo with Quilts for Everyday Heroes: https://www.quilts4everydayheroes.com/ will be here to tell us about her Charity,
We will spend the day creating quilts for this amazing charity. Nancy will provide patterns and pre cut kits, no experience necessary, we need people to cut, press and sew. Join us for a fun day of creating.
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 10am – 4 pm
Cost: $10 – to be used to pay for batting, and long arming services.

Sew Days -May 17
2022-05-17 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Boho Heart Sew Along #1 May 16
2022-05-16 09:30 - 16:30 UTC
Nancy has taken this beautiful pattern by Jen Kingwell and organized it into 8 classes, during the classes she will show you different techniques to make the blocks, and has also adapted some blocks for foundation paper piecing. When you register for the first class there is a one time registration fee of $30 to cover the cost of materials, and then the fee for every class is $30, this is required even if you cannot attend in person as Nancy will create a private facebook group where she will post class information, materials and videos of all the techniques so you can participate in person at Bow Bench or watch the videos on facebook later. After receiving your $30 registration fee you will be sent an invite to join the private facebook page.
Pattern is required and is available through Nancy, please let her know if you need a pattern $40.
Dates: May 16, 30, June13, June 27, July 11, August 8, 22, Sept 5, 19
Cost: Registration fee $30
Class Fee: $30

Studio 180 Sew Day - May 14
2022-05-14 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
Allison is a Certified Instructor with Studio 180 Design, visit her website to learn more about her: https://www.meadowrosequilts.com/
Have you ever wanted to learn how to SPIT? Join me for 2 Studio 180 Design Sew Days. I’ll teach you this simple trick and you’ll learn how to accurately create beautiful blocks! In the Sew Days, we’ll focus on a couple of the Studio 180 Design tools and I’ll show you how to use the tools and give you lots of time to put into practice what you have learned. I’ll bring extra tools to use and to purchase so you can try before you buy. You are welcome to bring a pattern that uses one of these tools to the sew day. I’ll help you get a good start on your next masterpiece!
Studio 180 Design Sew Day – Star 60 and Wedge Star Tools:Making these Triangle units are easy when you know how. Again, SPITting comes in very handy. I’ll show you the difference between the 2 tools and how and when you can use them. I’ll walk you through the tool use with a variety of demonstrations and give you individual help as you sew

Learn to use the Star 60 tool to make a selection of units and blocks in different sizes
Learn to use the Wedge Star tool to make a selection of units and blocks in different sizes

Date: Saturday May 14, 2022
Time: 10am – 4 pm
Cost: $50

Free Motion Quilting - Moving On
2022-05-11 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
Allison Spence With Meadow Rose Quits https://www.meadowrosequilts.com/ will be sharing her expertise and experience to teach free motion quilting on a domestic machine
Free Motion Quilting – Moving On. If you joined me for the Let’s Get Started class or have some Free Motion Quilting experience and want to grow as a quilter, today is the day! We are going to spend the day learning how to use the piecing in your quilt to space your designs and how to quilt a tear drop feather. Again, time will be left for you to work on a small quilting project to learn how to manage your quilt and put into practice what you’ve learned.

Review of the 5 basic shapes
How to plan and stitch designs using the quilt piecing
How to draw and stitch a tear drop feather – in all directions
Gain confidence using your machine for Free Motion Quilting
Work on a small quilt (table runner or baby size) to practice what you’ve learned.

Date: Wednesday May 11, 2022
Time : 10am – 4pm
Cost: $75

Sew Days -May 10
2022-05-10 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Creating on the Bow - May 7
2022-05-07 10:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton)

Free Motion Quilting - Lets Get Started!!
2022-05-04 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
Allison Spence With Meadow Rose Quits https://www.meadowrosequilts.com/ will be sharing her expertise and experience to teach free motion quilting on a domestic machine
Free Motion Quilting – Let’s Get Started. Spend the morning learning the basics of 5 shapes that make up all FMQ designs and the foundation for all future FMQ. We’ll cover the basic mechanics of FMQ, and how to stitch the 5 basic shapes. We’ll then take what we’ve learned and put these shapes together into a variety of unique quilting motifs. We’ll spend the rest of the day working on your small quilting project and put into practice what you learned in the morning.

How to prepare and layer your quilt
How to set up your machine for Free Motion Quilting
How to draw and stitch the 5 basic shapes
How to combine the shapes into a variety of different quilting motifs
Work on a small quilt (table runner or baby size) to practice what you’ve learned

Date: Wednesday May 4, 2022
Time: 10am – 4 pm
Cost: $75

Sew Days -May 3
2022-05-03 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Studio 180 Sew Days with Allison Spence
2022-04-30 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
Allison is a Certified Instructor with Studio 180 Design, visit her website to learn more about her : https://www.meadowrosequilts.com/
Have you ever wanted to learn how to SPIT? Join me for 2 Studio 180 Design Sew Days. I’ll teach you this simple trick and you’ll learn how to accurately create beautiful blocks! In the Sew Days, we’ll focus on a couple of the Studio 180 Design tools and I’ll show you how to use the tools and give you lots of time to put into practice what you have learned. I’ll bring extra tools to use and to purchase so you can try before you buy. You are welcome to bring a pattern that uses one of these tools to the sew day. I’ll help you get a good start on your next masterpiece!
Studio 180 Design Sew Day – Tucker Trimmer and Wing Clipper: These tools from Deb Tucker at Studio 180 Design are the basis for many, many quilt blocks. Each tool has a specific purpose and then many variations and different ways to use them. I’ll walk you through the tool use with a variety of demonstrations and give you individual help as you sew. The key to using the Tucker Trimmer and the Wing Clipper are SPIT!

Learn to use the Tucker Trimmer for Half Square Triangles and Quarter Square Triangles in different sizes.
Sew blocks using the Tucker Trimmer
Learn to use the Wing Clipper for speedy Flying Geese Units in different sizes.
Sew blocks using the Wing Clipper

Date: Saturday April 30, 2022
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: $50

Sew Days -April 26
2022-04-26 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Creating on the Bow - April 16
2022-04-16 10:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days - April 12
2022-04-12 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days - April 5
2022-04-05 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days - March 29
2022-03-29 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Creating on the Bow - March 26
2022-03-26 10:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days - March 22
2022-03-22 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days - March 15
2022-03-15 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Creating on the Bow - March 12
2022-03-12 10:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days - March 8
2022-03-08 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days -March 1
2022-03-01 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Creating on the Bow - February 26
2022-02-26 10:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days -Feb 22
2022-02-22 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days -Feb 15
2022-02-15 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)

Sew Days -Feb 8
2022-02-08 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)
