Has anyone gone to the Handiquilter Retreat in Salt Lake City

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01-08-2017, 01:42 PM

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MadQuilter

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Originally Posted by hcarpanini

Be sure to check out the HQ Academy in June. All inclusive except flights. Lots of teachers and dedicated Sweet classrooms.

Thanks, I looked at it too. Seems it's quite a bit more expensive though. They do have a bootcamp option (one day intensive training) for $400. Then it's $1,2oo for the academy plus flight plus hotel. In comparison, the retreat is $775 + hotel + flight.

01-09-2017, 03:32 PM

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The retreats are more focused on dealing with the machines. You will get a lot of very detailed time on the machines. Nothing about piecing for example. The only "lecture" is to go over a technique before you practice it. The Academy has a wider set of topics, and not all of them are hands on. I quite deliberately chose the retreat for the focus.

01-10-2017, 09:01 AM

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There are a lot of options for learning techniques elsewhere. I need to learn how to work with my machine, so it looks like the retreat is the better option for me too, CanoePam.