Mother's Day Fiber Retreat 2010
May 7th - 9th (or 10th)
Downieville, CA

We are so excited about this years retreat! Downieville is a fantastic, little, mountain town on the confluence of the Yuba and Downie Rivers with everything within walking distance. Our family cabin will be where we eat our meals and indulge in all of the fiber goodness. Lisa Classon, Sharon's daughter & gourmet chef extraordinaire, will be cooking for us all weekend. Our guests will either be staying with us in the cabin or in a lodge just across the way depending on how many people show interest in the retreat. Click here to see photos from the Mother's Day Retreat 2009. We have so many ideas for our demonstrations! Here are just a few:

• Wet Felted Garment Construction
• Color Theory - Color Wheel Creation
• Spinning! (and we're bringing wheels for anyone who would like to give it a try)
• Learn all about fibers - Alpaca, Llama, Silk, Cashmere, Linen, Hemp and some of the new fibers, like Soy Silk.

We want everyone to bring their projects both in progress and recently finished. Carin will be giving some demonstrations to stir up the creative juices but this retreat is really about what EVERYONE is working on, thinking about and just recently tried. So come prepared to share!

A rough schedule is below.

FRIDAY

Noonish Students arrive & Lunch
4:00 Introductions
6:30 Dinner

SATURDAY

8:00 Breakfast
11:00 Demonstrations
1:00 Lunch
2:30 Demonstrations
6:30 Dinner

SUNDAY

8:00-9:00 Breakfast
10:00 Demonstrations
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Wrap up

OPTIONAL EXTENSION

6:30 Dinner

MONDAY

8:00 Breakfast
10:00 Demonstrations
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Wrap up

PRICE:
$360 - includes lodging and all meals except for two.
$540 - includes lodging and all meals except for two PLUS optional extension.

Please contact us if you are interested in coming. We would like to have everyone registered and deposits paid by Saturday, March 20th. Please give us a call at 916-652-2134.

A few pictures of Downieville:

Open Tuesday - Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm
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