French Lick Quilters' Retreat Late Sept "05

They come from all around the United States and sometimes as far away as Canada. They come to French Lick, Indiana to a Quilters’ Retreat specifically geared for quilters wanting to paint their own fabrics, design their own quilts and break away from others’ patterns.

Each Retreat is three days and two nights long, and there are four of these events dated and scattered throughout the months of September and October, 2005. Please refer to my website, for 2006 Retreats at French Lick. Those dates will appear on my Calendar about the end of December.

More participants come from California than any other state, but they also fly and drive in from Arizona, Utah, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, and other states. And some come from Ontario, Canada.

Late September, 2005, marked the beginning of another French Lick Retreat. Several avid and enthusiastic quilters gathered in this tiny community of less than two thousand, and set out on a trip of each painting two yards of fabric, and then using that same fabric for their own individual work.

We had worked through only half of the entire workshop when these quilters renamed the event “Phil Beaver’s Boot Camp” ?????? Was it something I said? What? I’ll take it back!!! I’ll never do it again!!! I don’t know where this came from!!!!

But whatever they call it, these folks did some extremely handsome work and went back home after three days in French Lick with some rich and beautiful quilt pieces.

Spend some time browsing about their work and you’ll agree it’s extraordinary. You may click each photo for a larger view.

Phil Beaver