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Mary Lou Weidman, Story Quilts
Embassy Suites, Palm Desert , CA.
Facilitated by Two Wacky Women
August 8-13, 2012
$685.00 (based on double occupancy)
How would you like to spend five days creating a personal Story Quilt with the help of an international
artist, quilter, teacher and author?
Mary Lou Weidman has traveled the world teaching workshops that share her happy, whimsical quilting
style. Her goal is to get each quilter to do a Story quilt about themselves, and who and what they love. It is
her belief that future generations will learn about quilter's lives from Story quilts, and that Story quilts
will be researched and valuable.
Mary Lou began quilting at her Grandmother's knee. She first learned to do yoyos and then to piece nine
patches, half square triangles and Grandmother's Flower garden blocks (her favorite pattern). While she
was growing up, Mary Lou's father Ted, an artist, encouraged her to paint and draw. Later they shared a
studio where they painted and sold fine art paintings. After Mary Lou got married and had children, she did
advertising and layout work. When her son was being treated for childhood leukemia, and she spent a lot of
time sitting in the hospital with him, she was drawn back into quilting. After her son was well, she started
doing Story quilts in a folk art style that took the fancy of Museums and Galleries.
She has written four large books Whimsies and Whynots, Everyday Angels, Quilted Memories and Out of
the Box, and she also owns a pattern company. Her technique books Hoochy Mama Quilts and Flower Power
are popular with her students when she travels and teaches workshops on her style.
Your retreat will begin by arriving at the Embassy Suites in Palm Desert, California on Wednesday, August
8, 2012. After a good night’s sleep, in your comfortable two room suite, you'll be well rested and ready to
tackle the next five days of fun and creativity. Our sewing room will provide plenty of room for you to
spread out and will be an ideal place to sew and create to your heart’s content.
The cost for the retreat is only $685.00 which includes the following:
- 5 nights in a two room suite (based on double occupancy)
- Breakfast and at least one additional meal Thursday - Monday
- Evening beverage reception
- Welcome package
- Door Prizes
- A special evening at one of the premier Southern California Quilt Shops
- Fun, Fun, Fun and more !
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