2025 OKAN QUILT RETREAT
WORKSHOP THEME: Modern Medallion Mojo
RETREAT LEADER: Patricia Belyea
Sunday, June 1 to Friday, June 6, 2025
The La Conner Inn, La Conner WA
Retreat Cost
This payment is for a $475 deposit
The Workshop/ Retreat is $1,675
The final payment of $1200 is due on April 1, 2025.
A Creative Journey Exploring Modern Medallions
The swirling energy of a vortex can be added to a quilt with a dynamic medallion.
Join Patricia Belyea to learn how to pattern and sew an 8-segment medallion — and insert a circle medallion into your quilt composition.
Continue with conceiving and making two to three medallions of your own design and inserting them into your original background compositions.
This immersive experience gives you the freedom to explore new ideas amongst an encouraging and creative band of fellow quilters.
The Venue
The La Conner Inn blends charm with contemporary comforts in the heart of historic La Conner. A few blocks away is the Northwest’s quilt museum in a grand mansion.
A wooden boardwalk winds along the Swinomish Channel, behind the downtown storefronts—perfect for refreshing morning and evening walks.
What’s Included
The Retreat includes a four-day quilt workshop, a Welcome Dinner on Monday evening; healthy lunches and artisan chocolates each workshop day (MON-THU; a Farewell Breakfast Gathering on Friday morning; and ten yards of vintage Japanese yukata cotton (a $180 value).
Accommodations
You are welcome to stay anywhere in La Conner for this workshop. Most participants book a room at The La Conner Inn. A Group Rate is available for your room at the Inn.
RETREAT LIMITED TO 11 PARTICIPANTS
Retreat Contract
Within one day of paying the Deposit, you will receive a Retreat Contract by email. The Retreat Contract needs to be filled out, signed, and returned within one week to complete your registration.
PHOTOS: Retreat leader Patricia Belyea; modern medallions; The La Conner Inn; La Conner waterfront; Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum
Sunday
3pm-5pm Arrive at Inn, drop gear in Workroom, and check into your room.
Mingle, shop in the Japanese Textile Pop-up Shop, get organized.
Dinner on your own.
Monday–Thursday
9am to 4pm Workshop
Monday Evening
5pm Welcome Dinner
Tuesday
4pm Visit Sylvia Pippen Studio & Shop
Wednesday
4pm Tour Pac NW Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum
Tuesday to Thursday Evenings
Dinner on your own
Friday Morning
8:30am Farewell Breakfast Gathering
You have access to the Workroom each day at all hours.
Okan Arts has secured a Group Rate at La Conner Country Inn: Single Queen $149, double occupancy; Double Queen $169, double occupancy; King $189, double occupancy. (There are a limited number of rooms in each category.)
Rooms include continental breakfast each morning (MON-FRI).
The above rates are per room, per night. Additional are local lodging/sales tax and a $4 per night resort fee.
You are responsible for booking your own room. Once you have submitted the completed Retreat Contract, Okan Arts will send you the booking info.