yukata cottons

authentic Japanese textiles

creative quilting experiences

workshops & retreats

unending delights

12-day textile tours to Japan

quiltfolk photoshoot

with patricia at her highland home
A 3-hour Zoom Session
designer facings workshop

Learn a full range of fun, easy, and exciting facing techniques— Courthouse Columns, Pieced, Pinwheel, Colorblock Corners, Bordered, Making-Do, and Crazy Combos.

This live Zoom session, filled with visual lessons and demos, will revolutionize how you finish your quilts! 

Includes recording access for one year.

SAT September 19, 2026
10am to 1pm Pacific

JUNE 2027
retreat theme: twigology

Join Patricia Belyea on a creative journey that guides you through developing your own design, creating a pattern, and mastering precision piecing techniques with curves.

La Conner, Washington
1: WED June 2 to MON June 7, 2027
2: TUE June 8 to SUN June 13, 2027

APRIL 2027
creativity & complex curves

Learning to add complex curves to your quilt designs is like being given the keys to the universe. In this workshop with Patricia Belyea, you make a curvy-pieced quadrant quilt of your own design. And, another composition with straights and curves.

Empty Spools Seminars: Session 3
SUN April 18 – FRI April 23, 2027

authentic kimono cotton
3-yard yukata cotton packs

These high-quality cottons, hand-dyed using the chusen technique during the Showa era, are inspirational for quilting projects!

Quantities are limited for every pattern as the yukata cottons are all vintage.