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Sponsor: Mill House Quilts

Get to know the Deep Into Indigo Retreat Sponsors!

We have a few and really want to thank them and ask for you to check them out.  They are all super awesome and have so much to offer!

Mill House Quilts in Waunakee WI is a gorgeous and very well stocked quilt shop in a giant restored feel mill.

I’ve both taken and taught classes there.  They have great classrooms, tons of quilting fabrics, tons of notions and sewing machines, which they even repair.

They do sell online but if you go in, you get to meet their friendly, well behaved shop dog Chester.

Thanks to Kim and Kerry, the super friendly owners for sponsoring the Deep Into Indigo Retreat with the generous gift of a Bernette Sew N Go Retreat Ready Sewing Machine.

One of our lucky participants will win it as a door prize!

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Early Bird Extended

We’re extending our early bird pricing for ONE WEEK ONLY!!! Come to our retreat to learn shibori and batik pattern making techniques, experiment with different indigo vat recipes, hang out with other like minded fiber lovers, eat and drink well and relax!!We're extending our early bird pricing for ONE WEEK ONLY!!! Come to our retreat to learn shibori and batik pattern making techniques, experiment with different indigo vat recipes, hang out with other like minded fiber lovers, eat and drink well and relax!! #blog | June 16, 2017 at 09:49AM
We’re extending our early bird pricing for ONE WEEK ONLY!!! Come to our retreat to learn shibori and batik pattern making techniques, experiment with different indigo vat recipes, hang out with other like minded fiber lovers, eat and drink well and relax!!

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Indigo Update!

Deep Into Indigo Retreat Westby Wisconsin Shibori

My plan for the Deep Into Indigo Retreat is to teach shibori techniques of many kinds, batik techniques and how to make henna, fructose and iron vats and to dye, dye dye!!! And also to -with the help of the awesome Jenina Mella - feed people well in a beautiful and warm environment and bring the fun!! I hope you'll join us. Early bird pricing ends on June 15th!!! Check my bio for the link. Today, I'm dyeing fat quarters on this beautiful summer day. #blog | June 08, 2017 at 11:04AM
My plan for the Deep Into Indigo Retreat is to teach shibori techniques of many kinds, batik techniques and how to make henna, fructose and iron vats and to dye, dye dye!!! And also to – with the help of the awesome Jenina Mella – feed people well in a beautiful and warm environment and bring the fun!!

I hope you’ll join us. Early bird pricing ends on June 15th!!! 

Today, I’m dyeing fat quarters on this beautiful summer day. #blog

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Pics cuz it happened

I was just digging through last year’s Deep Into Indigo Retreat photos. Lots of pictures here. We had such an awesome time!! June is almost here and it time to sign up for 2017!

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Guest appearances!

Check it out!  Kim Lapack of Persimon Dreams and the famous Project Quilting has been sewing with my fabrics!

She came to a trunk show that I did at Millhouse Quilts last summer and bought some.

Yes, there are other fabrics in there as well.  Mine are the indigo (duh) and the hand dyed mustard colored fabric.

How awesome is that?

But wait!  There’s more!

A friend just let me know that I have made a guest appearance on Sewing With Nancy and I didn’t even know about it.  It’s really just a half second of a picture of me during the Monona Library Mending Day.  It was a teeny tiny part of a larger story about the amazing and fantastic Sewing Machine Project.

The interview about The Sewing Machine Project starts about 20 minutes in.

A girl can dream:  In my head, I’ve made several recent guest appearances.

 

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Deep Into Indigo Retreat Dyeing Chat

Deep Into Indigo Retreat Westby Wisconsin Shibori

Jenina and I have been recording some of our thoughts about our Deep Into Indigo Retreat plans.  Also, adding many pretty pictures, because pretty is what it’s all about. Also fun. Also food. Also Friends. The best F words.

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Deep Into Indigo Retreat Location

Deep Into Indigo Retreat Westby Wisconsin Shibori

This year the Deep Into Indigo Retreat has a new location.  We talked about it yesterday and threw together this little video about it.  You can find more info here.  We hope you join us!!

 

 

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Deep Into Indigo Retreat 2017!!

Deep Into Indigo Retreat Westby Wisconsin Shibori

We’re baaa-aack!  We had so much fun at the Deep Into Indigo Retreat last year, that we are doing it again this summer.  The only changes are that we’ve moved to a more spacious location AND the food will be inspired by the holiday happening on the weekend we are retreating: Bastille Day!

Click the picture for more information.  We hope you can join us!

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So Lucky!

I’m so lucky to have the help of Jenina Mella.  In addition to doing most of the organizing and all of the cooking, she’s been trying out bag designs for our retreat swag bags.

These are laminated envelope bags20160806_122627And this one (my favorite) is a clever origami drawstring style bag.20160806_122731

She’s a super talent!  The retreat is getting closer and closer, I can’t wait!!!

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The search for an Indigo Blue Drink: Tasty Testing at Fisher King Winery

Blue is a super rare color in nature. It’s one of the reasons indigo is so magical.
Blue food is even more rare. The ideas about why vary a lot.  Some, like blueberries and potatoes, actually trend more towards a purple-ish color rather than a strong blue color. There are artificially-colored blue foods, of course, but I’m still on the hunt for something natural.
I was super excited to see that Fisher King Winery in Mt. Horeb was doing a tasting last weekend of it’s first batch of Blueberry wine. They were offering a summer sangria–a mix of the wine with fruit and lemon-flavored vodka. blue wineWhile nice, the sangria didn’t have the same bright blue color of the wine itself. I sampled the wine on it’s own and was surprised by the lovely fresh taste. It is a semi-sweet so I will have to have Jennifer try it out before I commit to bringing some to the Deep Into Indigo Retreat, but we will be doing a tasting today!
Anyone had it?
–Jenina