2027 Fall Finishing School Spooktacular with Lady Dot Creates and Blue Ribbon Designs!

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN AT 7:00PM CST ON SUNDAY JANUARY 17th!

Registration details are below!

Attention Bee Youtiful Stitchers! Join us for our next retreat: 2027 Fall Finishing School with Lois of Lady Dot Creates AND Belinda from Blue Ribbon Designs!! You can see all of Belinda's Bee Youtiful work on her website https://blueribbondesigns.com/ Lois and Belinda have known each other over 25 years and walked the Susan G. Koman 60 miles in 3 days on Team Twinkle Toes! Belinda taught events for Lois when Lois owned and operated Elegant Stitch.

The retreat will be held all day on Friday October 15th, all day on Saturday October 16th, and until 2:00PM on Sunday 17th, 2026 at the Home2 Suites in Beloit, WI. There is also an optional meet and greet on Thursday October 14th from 6-8PM. Lois and Belinda will be teaching a variety of exciting classes! As always, both Lois and Belinda will be at our disposal all weekend for any of our finishing or stitching questions! Come learn, eat, stitch, laugh, and relax with us! 

Hotel Information - Guest Rooms at the Home2 Suites are offered at a discounted rate for our group! We will share booking instructions once we receive your retreat registration. The hotel is located one block from I-90! Their pet-friendly suites feature a desk area, fully-equipped kitchen, and spacious bathroom. Breakfast and WiFi are included in your stay as well as access to the fitness center and indoor heated pool. A one king suite rate will be announced soon. Our room rate is available Thursday-Sunday nights.

Meals included: breakfast (with a hotel stay, which is not required), lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday, lunch on Sunday, and other snacks throughout the retreat will be included as well. Dinner Sunday will be on your own. 

Retreat Fee: $400. This includes all meals and snacks listed above on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It also includes all classes and class materials, a special project, stitching hours, swag, special shopping hours at Bee Youtiful Sip and Stitchery, and more!

The deposit and the retreat fees are nonrefundable. You may transfer your spot to someone else. If we have a waiting list we will do our best to help facilitate a transfer. If you have a stitchy friend that would like to take your spot, please let us know.

How do you register?

Registration opens on Sunday January 17th at 7PM Central Time! Simply email us (beeyoutifulsipandstitchery@gmail.com) with your name, mailing address! We will accept 1 registration per email. It's that simple :-) (We reserve spots in the order we receive the emails. Even in this day and age, there can be technically difficulties. Unfortunately, if we don’t receive the email for any reason, and the retreat is full, we will have to put you on the waiting list) We will email you a special link to pay for your registration once we receive your email. Please remember the deposit and retreat fees are nonrefundable. If we have a waiting list, you may transfer your spot to someone else.