Come & relax in a "Home away from Home." Beautiful perennial gardens & country surroundings are yours to enjoy!

This 1820 log house featured in Century Home Magazine exudes country charm. Relax in front of the huge stone fireplace with our three spoilt pussycats or sip a coffee in the hot tub. Antiques & classy clutter from around the globe, together with handmade quilts & crafts surround this comfy home.

Large windows overlook the fish pond, waterfall, perennial gardens & secluded back yard pool.

Hands on cooking lessons for the culinary challenged are offered in the large kitchen or host a special event in our romantic setting.

Our guests enjoy beautiful breakfasts & sleep in cozy country rooms with ensuite or private bath.

Nearby: Picturesque Port Perry, Dagmar & Lakeridge Ski Hills, Numerous Golf Courses, Town of Uxbridge (10 mins.) featuring Highland Games, Studio Tour, Summerfest, York-Durham Heritage Railway.

A recent addition provides a great room perfect for quilters retreats. Indulge yourself in these peaceful surroundings and let your creativeness surface. All your needs are provided so you can sew, meet new friends......or bring your own.

Local quilt shop, Quilters Cupboard Uxbridge (www.quilterscupboard.ca), 10 mins away, "hundreds of bolts, ranging from batiks to Thimbleberries."

IMPATIENT FOR SPRING
Learn to achieve the look of fine hand appliqué on the machine while making this lovely pillow. Irene will lead you through all of the important steps of preparing the piece, setting up your machine and then the stitching. You will be amazed at the results you can achieve in a fraction of the time it would take to hand appliqué.

IT’S A PUZZLE TO ME
Pre-cut some scraps, bring along your imagination and create a one-of-a-kind fun and fabulous puzzle quilt. Make it country, make it elegant, or for the younger set, the choice is yours. A fun quilt for anyone.

HUNTER’S STAR
Only two prints are necessary for this stunning stars quilt. With a little bit of class pre-preparation and Irene’s helpful instruction you will be well on your way to completing a table topper by the end of the day, or choose one of the larger sizes offered if you wish. Irene promises no blunted points in this one. It is a favourite amongst many of Irene’s students.

Retreats can customized for your group. Take a workshop with one of the teachers. Bring your own group and teacher or just bring your own project and sew, sew, sew!!!!

While growing up, Irene Dewar’s mother taught her to knit, sew, crochet and embroider but it was not until 1983 when she took a class that she learned to quilt. As she began to realize what an exciting and diverse variety of techniques there were in quilting, those other needlework pastimes were soon set aside and quilting became her passion.

Almost immediately she joined the Rouge Valley Quilter’s Guild and has been an active member ever since, serving on both the Guild and the Quilt Show Executives in many different capacities, including Program Chair and Quilt Show Convener.

Having a background in education, Irene began to teach quilting in 1988 in order to defray the cost of her quickly growing fabric stash. Little did she know that those first few classes held around her dining room table would lead to a ten year stint teaching quilting for the Continuous Learning Department of Durham College, an assortment of workshops with the Rouge Valley Quilter’s Guild, countless classes at local quilt shops, workshops at Ontario Quilting Connections’ 6 th Biennial Convention, or being a featured quilter in a Studio 2 production on TVO in March of 2005.

For the past several years Irene has been an avid participant in The Quilt Project for Breast Cancer Support, donating a quilt each year as well as participating in a group that annually makes and donates a quilt. It was while designing the group’s 2004 donation quilt that Irene developed what would become her first commercial quilt pattern. With the encouragement of friends and co-workers, she began to self publish a line of quilt patterns in 2004 under the name Brambleberry Cottage Quilts.

An avid hand quilter who enjoys exploring the new techniques, toys and tools of quilting, Irene blends all of these into her classes, passing on a love of traditional quilts and quilting while inspiring new quilts and quilters alike. Her fabric stash has yet to be tamed but who knows where it could lead her next.

What are guests have to say...

Dear Jo and Mike, Thank you for a wonderful weekend. The room, the food are memories I will have to remember with the quilts I made this weekend.

Dear Jo & Mike, Thank you for making our quilting weekend so special, it was wonderful and I am so looking forward to our next visit. It feels like home.

JO - Mike WOW! Thank you for a great time. Great food, great company, great quilting progress and very comfortable sleeping. We are coming back!

Scrapbooking Retreats: Customized to meet your needs.

Get all your photos up to date and have fun while you do it!

1 day with lunch provided - $30.00
2 days with overnight stay - $90.00 and up

Minimum of four people. Or design your own program.

Small intimate weddings set in a romantic garden setting.

What are guests have to say...

Thank you very much for the lovely stay over the weekend. You truly exceeded our expectations of a B&B. You are wonderful. Thanks.

We had a lovely time. Jo and Mike make you feel like one of the family. The food was to die for.

Our wedding night! Thank you for adding to our special day with champagne, stars, hot tub time and your friendship.

B&B if there is a place ......or maybe make one

Thanks so much for a wonderful B&B experience...and the gourmet breakfast, the historical house, the conversation and of course the pets. Cheers. 

Dearest Jo & Mike. This has been beyond home and heaven! Thank you so so much for your divine hospitality...it set the world on fire! I will and must return to your beautiful, beautiful, haven! I felt for the entire time that I was at peace and it rocked. The breakfasts were simply amazing.

Lavender Cottage
Mike and Jo Whiston

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