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Sip, Sample and Chat

Curious about the Deep Into Indigo Dyeing Retreat? Want to learn more? Just want to hang out with people who love crafts and indigo?

Join us for an afternoon of wine, hors d’oeuvres, and great conversation to learn more.

Meet Jen & Jenina and make new creative friends.

Lovely nibbles on us!
**Get a taste, literally, of the food we will be offering during the retreat.

Limited amount of wine on us.
**You are then welcome to purchase wine, beer or soft drinks on your own.

Let us know if you can make it so we can make sure there is enough to go around!

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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!!

 

 

Deep Into Indigo Retreat

Deep Into Indigo Retreat Westby Wisconsin Shibori
A creative weekend getaway including: All food, beverages and lodging plus piles of fabric to play with, unlimited access to prepared dye vats, and gifts and prizes all for one low price!

Join a us at a creative indigo dye retreat in Westby, Wisconsin.  Located about two hours from Madison WI, you’ll be able to shed the grind of your daily life, and immerse yourself in the study and play of dyeing with indigo.

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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!

Deep Into Indigo Retreat
Deep Into Indigo Retreat
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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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Playing with Blue

You may have noticed me waxing poetic about CreativeBug.  It’s a website full of really cool and creative video classes.  No, I’m not an affiliate or anything but maybe I should be, they rock.

Anyway, I just finished making this bagIMG_8281from their site.  I used canvas that I dyed with (surprise, surprise) indigo!

I added a phone pocket because…phone pocket. I don’t like to dig for my phone when I’m near a Pokestop.  🙂

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I also used cotton webbing instead of leather straps just because I had some around.

Also, I used discharge dyed fabric from a class taught by Cherie St. Cyr that I just took through the Sewing Guild.  It’s a fun process but a little too stinky for me.  Not Indigo stinky but toxic stinky.

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And here’s the outside of the bag before I started sewing it together. IMG_8278Otherwise, it’s pretty close to the actual pattern…I mean, sort of.  I have trouble following directions.  🙂

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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
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Deep Into Indigo Retreat – There’s Still Time!!!

All food, beverages and lodging plus piles of fabric to play with and gifts and prizes are included in the price!

Deep Into Indigo Half Sheet Flyer

The very firstest and the biggest and importantest thing you need to know is that JUNE 30th is coming right up (!!) and is the very last day for Early Bird Pricing for realsies and we do not want you to miss that date. So if you’re on the fence, jump off and join us.

Next big piece of news is that we recently went to Viroqua to hang out and made some friends, some of whom offered to sponsor us to add to the fun:

Quilt Basket ‘n’ Creations in Viroqua is letting us have a bunch of linen/cotton blend fabric to dye

Vernon Vinyards is donating some wine!!

The Regal Find in Middleton is donating some prizes to make the whole thing more fun!

We have more sponsors in the works, including but not limited to more fabric and fun prizes to make the Deep Into Indigo Retreat all the more special. Please tell our sponsors Thanks! if you get the chance.

We are also featuring a cooking lesson on Friday night by the amazingly talented gourmet chef Jenina Mella!  I’m crazy excited about the food (about all food that Jenina makes) and can not wait.

We’ve even been organized people and made a SCHEDULE!!  That’s pretty impressive, if I’m allowed to say that about us.  We’re a pretty freaking awesome team.

Retreat Collage

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All About the Romance w00t w00t!

13 miles outside of Viroqua you can find the venue for Deep Into Indigo–Romance Valley. A beautiful, simple yet spacious house nestled into the rolling hills of the Driftless area. romance
We knew the minute we saw it that it’s the perfect backdrop for our creative weekend! Can’t you just imagine us all spread across the lawn with our beautiful indigo fabrics flapping in the wind?
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We visited during the winter when all was quiet and we were greeted by the beer can turkey sculpture across the road from the property. turkeyCan’t wait to see what it looks like in the high summer of AugustWinterBarn