The Canadian Rockies Quilt Art Canmore Conference is a unique even in Canada, with the focus on creation of original art quilts.

Leading instructors from across North America are invited, providing a diverse faculty with a very broad spectrum of quilting approaches and emphases. Most instructors offer two-day, three-day or combined five-day workshops. Two-day workshops run Saturday and Sunday; three-day run Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; five-day combined, Saturday through Wednesday. 

Participants can register for 5 days with one instructor, or combine 2 & 3 day workshops with different instructors, depending on availability. This flexibility allows you to create as varied a learning experience as you would like.

In addition to outstanding workshops,  pre-Conference participants will enjoy:

·       faculty Show & Share sessions at lunchtime

·         Onsite mini-store open during workshop hours

·         Optional buffet lunches served by the Radisson Hotel

·         Open House Dessert Night at the Sugar Pine Company downtown store.  Prizes,  goodies,  Gift with every purchase

Workshops run from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM each day. Class rooms are opened at 8:30 AM with a 90 minute break for lunch. During lunch, you can enjoy a Show & Share by one of our instructors. These lunchtime lectures are often informal talks about the quilter's history and influences, and are an inspiring midday treat.  For those who are too inspired to stop, classrooms remain open until late in the evening.

Most participants workson their own large table. Classrooms are equipped with flannel design walls and plenty of power for everyone's sewing machine. Rental sewing machines are available at the Conference for a nominal fee; user-friendly Husqvarna Viking sewing machines are rented by The Sugar Pine Company and come with all necessary accessories. 

An onsite store is set up at the Radisson Hotel Conference Center. A variety of fabrics, notions and books are available for your projects. And in addition to quilting supplies, enjoy a quilt show by Conference participants, hung with the Mini-Shop. The Sugar Pine Company is close by as well - a five minute drive or a twenty minute walk gets you to our 5,000 square feet of retail on two levels. You're sure to find everything you need for all your quilting projects.

Be our guest at the store for an evening Dessert Social and Gifts With Purchase, plus door prizes. Come and go as you please, but we’d love to have you join us for refreshments. Take home a gift with your purchase (limit one per customer per night) on these special shopping nights, exclusively for Conference participants.

Optional buffet lunches may be included in your Conference registration for each day you are in a workshop if you choose. The Radisson will provide buffet lunches, with the menu varying from day to day. If you require a special diet, please advise us by February 15 so that we may notify the Food & Beverage department. If you wish to opt out of the buffet lunches provided by the Radisson, please notify us when you register, and we will adjust your fees accordingly.

*Details noted here are subject to change without notice.

The Conference site is the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, located at 511 Bow Valley Trail, the main route by which you enter Canmore. The Radisson has comfortable guest rooms, kitchenette suites, a restaurant and lounge, room service, swimming pool and hot tub, and a gift shop. The main hotel building is the site of the Conference, where we transform the meeting rooms into workshops.  You are welcome to leave your machines and supplies in the classrooms overnight. The rooms will be locked overnight; however, neither The Sugar Pine Company nor the Radisson will accept any responsibility for loss or damage to any of your items left in a classroom or guestroom.

Hotel rooms have coffee makers, hair dryers, and colour TV. The Radisson has guest rooms and suites in additional buildings at the rear of the property as well as in the main building. If you are staying at the Radisson during the Conference, it is possible that your room may be located in a building other than the main one, so you will want a jacket or sweater for the short walk to the main building. Rooms and suites in these additional lodgings are of the same comfort and quality as those in the main building.

The restaurant and lounge are open throughout the day should you wish to have additional meals at the hotel. Coffee is available for purchase in the restaurant. Water will be provided in the classrooms.

If you wish to stay at another hotel or Bed & Breakfast in Canmore, you may wish to contact Travel Alberta at (403) 678-5277 or visit www.tourismcanmore.com.