This year we will be bringing you The Online Gratitude & Grace Retreat! We have enjoyed hosting the last four year so much and we didn’t want not to be able to host this event again in 2020. This year it will be different, in addition to limited in person attendance you have the option to join us online. The positive side of this is that so many more of you will be able to join us for a weekend of sewing. The Gratitude & Grace retreat is a quilting and creative arts retreat. This year we are including special interviews with local creative artist. They will share they creative muse, processes and ways they are thriving while working from their studios.
Attend our retreat online - sew from home and know you are part of this sewing community. This is a great way to share your support and sew new or existing projects. This will be happening online and 100% of profits from tickets sold will be used for scholarships for students @ The Sewing Labs.

* ZOOM - Friday night welcome!
* Saturday & Sunday on line videos & Facebook live drop-ins.
* Facebook Live - trunk show w/ Shibori textile artist Ann Greenleaf

In person - Creative Artist Guest - Ann Greenleaf
We are excited to include with your ticket a LIVE Facebook event of a trunk show by Ann Greenleaf on Saturday July 25th @ 6pm. Ann will share her amazing creations using Shibori dyeing methods making beautiful textiles for garments and more. Ann has perfected the art of Shibori dyeing while teaching to audiences such as Hallmark. We know that you will enjoy these creations and want to take a workshop with her in the future @ The Sewing Labs.

The Schedule
We have gathered together interesting local creative artist to talk about their muse, their studio & process, their business of sewing and more. I am sure that you will recognize many of them!

Here is the list so far and we are adding more each day

Amy Barickman - founder/designer of Indygo Patterns and Vintage Notions.
Laura Treas - owner of Fashion Tech KC - specializing in sewing manufacturing to bring your designs/product to market.
Barbara Hadley - sharing her work in Art Journaling as a therapy.
Karen Neal - creative artist sharing her many mediums of inspiration from weaving, knitting, dyeing, quilting and more!
Robert Lackie - liscensed professional health psychotherapist and registered art therapist sharing the value of creative arts to thrive
Hadley Anne Clark - fashion artist & studio school showing how discarded textile can be revitized into new fashion
Cali Roberta Cox of Cherokee Punk Designs -
Karen Griffin as E. Lewis - sharing her stories of the inspirations of her quilting arts
and more !!!