WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
TWO WEEKENDS ARE OFFERED:
APRIL 26-28 & MAY 4-6 2024, DOBBS FERRY, NY
$365
Join Heather and Annabel for our first ever Ruby and Bee Weekend: an IN PERSON celebration of community, craft, and color in Heather’s new Dobbs Ferry studio, overlooking the Hudson River.
Our weekend includes two workshops: Printing Fabric by Hand with Heather Ross, and Improvisation Art Quilts with Annabel Wrigley. You’ll learn Heather’s favorite technique for hand printed fabrics, using color discharge and block printing. You’ll create your own design and learn to make your own stencils and blocks. You’ll also learn Annabel’s wildly popular improvisational art quilt methods, playing with color and shape while exploring piecing techniques to create a small framed quilt study. We will have a huge assortment of Ruby and Bee fat quarters to choose from for both workshops.
Our weekend also includes a private shopping event exclusively for workshop participants, and will include fabrics from past and current fabric collections, lookbook samples, quilts, wallpapers, bundles, and more. Coffee and snacks, lunches, evening cocktails (and mocktails), are also included.
Participants are free to book their own stay (we do recommend the Tarrytown House Estate) or a short term rental of their choice. Heather’s studio is close to the Dobbs Ferry Metro North station, trains run frequently and can get you to Grand Central Station in about 40 minutes. Uber and Lyft both operate locally.
Itinerary
Friday Night Welcome Event
A cocktail (and mocktail) mixer on Friday night, just for fun! This is an optional and social event, if you can’t make it until Saturday morning, don’t worry, you won’t miss anything crucial.
Saturday Workshops
10:00-12:30:
Morning Workshops: You’ll either be with Heather, learning how to use color discharge and block printing methods to create beautifully hand printed fabrics, or with Annabel, learning her technique for improvisational art quilts.
12:30
Lunch: Catered, in the Studio
1:15 - 3:45:
Afternoon Workshops: Groups will switch!
3:45-5:00
Open Studio Time: Workshoppers are free to continue to work on their projects with Heather and Annabel on hand to assist.
5:00 - 6:30
Studio Shopping Event (with snacks and cocktails provided). Heather’s studio becomes a pop-up shop! Shop for Ruby and Bee fabrics and swatch kits, Heather and Annabel’s past and current collections, wallpapers, books, bundles, quilt kits, patterns, samples, one offs, and much more.
7:00 PM
Dinner is up to you, though the hotel that we are recommending has a great option and a lovely bar. We can also make other local recommendations.
Sunday Open Studio
10:00-12:30
We provide coffee and lots of support as everyone finishes up their projects. Workshoppers are welcome to continue to work in the studio until 12:30 pm.
Recommended Hotel:
Tarrytown House
https://www.tarrytownhouseestate.com/gallery