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We’re making selected recording classes available on-demand. Those classes are available in our store. You can find that page here.
Don’t see what you’re looking for? Email Kathy and let’s get the class or event on the calendar!
My wedding star table topper is completed. Thanks again for the best class I’ve had in five years!
Arcadia is Quiltworx’s newest Technique of the Month. While the design has been previewed and color ways are starting to appear, the pattern will not be released until early 2027.  Planning starts now!  Kits are being ordered, patterns are being printed, deposits are being taken. Let us help you make yours!
Cindy Simmons and Kathy Groves, Quiltworx Certified Instructors
Cindy Simmons and Kathy Groves are joining forces to offer this unique retreat experience  Both instructors are educators by training and quilters at heart.  Each of them has more than 25 years of experience as quilting instructors and are among the most experienced Quiltworx Certified Instructors teaching today! They both live in Texas and they recently taught together at the 2026 Quilting in the Lowlands near Exloo, Netherlands. Cindy will return to teach at Quilting in the Lowlands, May 21-30, 2027. (More info at Quilthoeve.nl)
I never dreamed I could do this
I never dreamed I could make quilts like this! Cindy was able to explain and teach me that — the light bulb came on.
Thank you Cindy!
Connie J.
2021
She made me a Judy Junkie
Cindy is a Fabulous certified instructor!!! She has passed her passion on to me and now I’m a Judy Junkie. She is kind and patient with her students in her teaching. She’s always willing to work up the next colorway in Quiltster
Jasmine A.
September 2019
Love Her Classes
I will always take a class from Cindy. She is a wonderful teacher because she knows how to fix all my mistakes.
Marianne P.
May 2012
You’ll be able to set up your machine and start sewing mid -morning Tuesday, May 4, 2027, and you can sew each day through Saturday afternoon, May 8. We’ll make the sewing room available 7 am until 11 pm, Wed through Friday.  We’ll wrap up by 4pm on Saturday. Each quilter will have at least a five foot table and plenty of elbow room. This is an “all-inclusive” retreat. Instruction, great work space, meals and lodging are included in your registration. We’ll provide continental breakfast and catered lunch and dinner each day.  Your accommodations include your choice of single queen or double queen bedrooms. More about our venue below.
In order to give you the most flexibility, your registration does NOT include the Arcadia pattern, or any fabric. We’ll be happy to provide you with a pattern and any extensions at a discount.  We will help you design your own colorway on Quiltster and you can source your fabrics on your own or we can provide you with a great fabric kit. Stay tuned for more details!  Fabric strip cuts and trimming of foundation papers are available for an additional charge. Of course you’re welcome to bring your own pattern and fabrics sourced elsewhere.  If you want to work on another pattern, including other Technique-of-the-Month patterns with Certified Instructors at hand, you’re welcome to do that too! For those who have paid their registration, kits and patterns in full, we will ship your purchased items as soon as they are available to us. (In the past this has been in mid to late January).
Because Kathy is teaching Arcadia on Zoom beginning on January 23, 2027, we’ll make those videos available to paid-in-full, registered retreat quilters at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE! This is a $300 value! There will be 6 recorded class sessions, – plus Kathy has recently “flipped” her teaching to include scores of shorter, unit and technique videos, released between Zoom classes.  A recent queen size quilt class included more than 50 hours of recorded demos and technique instruction – with overhead views and sewing machine views that put you up close – in the driver’s seat, not three rows deep looking over the shoulders of others in a crowded classroom. So you get the best of both worlds: Videos to watch at your convenience, in your sewing room, and a great personal instruction and experience from Certified Instructors at your elbow in a relaxed, distraction-free retreat environment.
This retreat center’s name harkins back to the grist mill built by John Myers in the spring of 1866. He later added a saw mill and a cotton gin. When John Myers died, it passed in rapid succession through the hands of Robert A. Myers, Douglas McKenzie, and D.C. Summers. Summers installed a crossroads store and secured a post office under the name of Summers Mill.
At one time this fledgling community had about 50 residents including three churches, and a 70 acre pecan grove. The property became a Bell County showplace, where they hosted many picnics, camp meetings, baptisms, family reunions, and gatherings of people from all around the Central Texas area. Later, a school house, community center, blacksmith, and a doctor’s office was built. In 1987 Paul and Jane Meyer bought Summers Mill and turned part of the property into the Chisolm Trail Ostrich Farm. About 20 years ago the Meyers turned Summers Mill into a Christian Retreat and Conference Center, as it functions today. The complex has more than 20 buildings in a park-like setting. Many groups return to Summers Mills annually for their retreats and conferences. It’s know for it relaxed rural setting and great accommodations.
Located in Bell County, east of I-35, north of Salado and south of Belton, Summers Mill is not far from the historic Chisolm Trail.  The closest commercial airport is Killeen/Ft Hood (GRK) which is about 45 minutes to the west. Austin (AUS) is 70 minutes to the south and Dallas (DFW) is 2.5 hours to the north.  Temple, Waco and College Station are all an easy drive from Summers Mill.
The pricing below includes the pre-retreat preparation where we’ll help you plan your quilt on Quiltster if you wish. The opportunity to participate in Kathy’s Zoom classes in addition to the on-site instruction that both Cindy and Kathy will provide. Continued post-retreat support by phone, email or Zoom by Cindy and Kathy is an important part of the deal!  Generous work space at the retreat. Continental breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner each day, and a either a single queen or double queen bed rooms! Do you have an RV? There are a number of campgrounds within ten miles of Summer Mills
Please note: you can hold your space today with a deposit of $200. Deposits are refundable until December 31 minus a $20 processing fee.  An Additional Bonus – Save $100 when you pay the full registration by December 31, 2026 and use the coupon code: HEARTOFTXSP27 at Checkout. ALL Registrations are due in full by January 31, 2027. No patterns, videos or retreat materials will be distributed until the full registration fee is paid. Any refunds for cancellations after December 31 will be at the discretion of the hosts. There will be no cash refunds after January 31, 2027.
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