Join Quilting Artist Sherri Lynn Wood as she returns to Atelier Clos Mirabel in May 2026
About this course:
Experience a restorative week of organic abstract piecing at the beautiful Atelier Clos Mirabel in the French Pyrénées. Translate inspiration from the bloom of spring into grid-based and freestyle organic abstract quilts.
Learn ruler-free curve piecing techniques including bias-strip piecing on the curve and S-curves. Experiment with curves and find your unique way of piecing them, to tell the story of your own creative blossoming.
Invite yourself with curiosity and acceptance into the sweet space of a beginner’s mind where there are many paths to the solution, and where you have permission to flow and grow with your “mistakes.” Whoopee! This is a workshop for both beginners, and masters at their craft who long to be beginners again!
Retreat Programme Outline
Saturday
4.00 – Check-in time from 4pm onwards. Guests arrive, settle in and explore Clos Mirabel
6.30 – Welcome drinks and dinner
Sunday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Introductions / Nature walk sketching
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Grid-based organic curves demo / check-ins with instructor / Sharing Discoveries
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Monday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Strip-piecing wedges, harnessing emotional energy through intuitive color, shape, scale & rhythm
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Bias-Strip Piecing on the curve and s-curve / check-ins with instructor / Sharing Discoveries
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Tuesday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Studio sewing time / check-ins with instructor
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Freestyle composition – Demo
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Wednesday – day off
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
We suggest wine tasting in local vineyard, explore Pau or a nature hike in the French Pyrenees.
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Thursday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Continue with freestyle organic curves composition.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Studio sewing, Individual check-ins with instructor
6.30 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Friday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Sharing our discoveries, reflecting on our patterns / Final sewing time to prepare for the evening exhibition
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Studio clean up & preparing for the evening exhibition.
6.30 – Evening exhibition in the double living room of Clos Mirabel followed by aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Saturday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet Breakfast and departure (Check-out 11am)
The Art Studio, offers a spacious open plan layout of 75 m2. It is available at all times during your stay. Click here for more information.
Non-participating guests: we are more than happy to welcome non-workshop guests, accompanying partners, family or friends. There are plenty of activities to experience around Clos Mirabel, that will make your holiday unforgettable Click here for more information.
