The Hive Retreat House – Quilt Retreats in Wellington, Kansas
We’re excited to introduce The Hive Retreat House, a beautiful quilting retreat space in Wellington, Kansas, owned by Connie Hart of Beehive Quilt Shop.
Designed with quilters in mind, this spacious home is perfect for relaxing, creating, and connecting with friends.
Retreat Space Details
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Sleeps up to 17 guests
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Sewing studio accommodates up to 20 daytime sewists
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Dedicated areas for sewing, cutting, and pressing
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Comfortable, welcoming environment for retreats of all sizes
Location
The Hive Retreat House
704 N. Washington Ave.
Wellington, KS 67152
Conveniently located in south-central Kansas, The Hive Retreat House is ideal for quilters traveling from across Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Midwest.
Booking & Availability
Now booking 2025 and 2026 retreat dates.
Interested in hosting your own quilt retreat?
Fill out our inquiry form to request a contract and pricing.
We’ll follow up with details, answer your questions, and send a contract via email.
Prefer to talk? Call us at 620-440-8191 to:
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Check available dates
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Ask questions
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Get pricing details
See the Space
Visit our Facebook Album to view photos of the retreat house and sewing studio.
Looking for Other Retreat Options Nearby?
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Blank Canvas Lodge – Located in Conway Springs, KS, this beautiful home offers a smaller retreat option in Sumner County.
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Wellington Loft – A cozy, 2nd-story Airbnb-style space hosted by our friend Brenda, perfect for individuals or small groups.
- Oklahoma - Quilt Retreats on the Square Enid, OK
Explore Wellington, KS
Make the most of your trip to Wellington, Kansas:
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Download the Wellington Tourism Brochure
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Visit the Wellington Chamber of Commerce Website for local shopping, dining, and events
Plan your next quilt retreat near you in Wellington, Kansas at The Hive Retreat House—where creativity and community come together
704 N. Washington Ave.
Wellington, KS 671524
Owned by Connie Hart
You can also call and inquire about our open dates for The Hive Retreat House by calling 620-440-8191.
Now booking dates in 2026 and 2027
Classes
Spelling Bee Name Quilt with Jan Brody Beginner Quilt Class
- Aug 13, 2026 01:00 pm
- Aug 13, 2026 01:00 pm
Spelling Bee Name Quilt with Jan Brody Beginner Quilt Class - Aug 13, 2026 01:00 pm
Spelling Bee Name Quilt - With Jan Brody Beginner Quilt. This can be a seasonal quilt or it makes a great baby Quilt! More photos coming soon. Class at the Beehive Creative Center.
Cost: $ 25.00
Spelling Bee Name Quilt - With Jan Brody Beginner Quilt. This can be a seasonal quilt or it makes a great baby Quilt! More photos coming soon. Class at the Beehive Creative Center.
Cost: $ 25.00
EQ8 Quilt Design Software Class with Dea Electric Quilt Company
- Aug 15, 2026 10:00 am
- Aug 15, 2026 10:00 am
EQ8 Quilt Design Software Class with Dea Electric Quilt Company - Aug 15, 2026 10:00 am
EQ8 Quilt Design Software Class with Dea - Must own EQ8 Software to take this class. Will be in our classroom.
Cost: $ 35.00
EQ8 Quilt Design Software Class with Dea - Must own EQ8 Software to take this class. Will be in our classroom.
Cost: $ 35.00
Painting and Shading on Fabric using Inktense Pencils - Technique Class
- Aug 18, 2026 04:00 pm
- Aug 18, 2026 04:00 pm
Painting and Shading on Fabric using Inktense Pencils - Technique Class - Aug 18, 2026 04:00 pm
Learn how to use Inktense Pencils to make a watercolor look on fabric. Pam has designed this class so you can experiment with several different techniques. This is a Intro to Derwent Watercolor on Fabric Technique Class. Class Location: The Creative Center (across the street from the shop).
Cost: $ 30.00
Learn how to use Inktense Pencils to make a watercolor look on fabric. Pam has designed this class so you can experiment with several different techniques. This is a Intro to Derwent Watercolor on Fabric Technique Class. Class Location: The Creative Center (across the street from the shop).
Cost: $ 30.00
Machine Embroidery Edge to Edge Quilting Introduction with Free Pattern with Dea
- Aug 22, 2026 10:00 am
- Aug 22, 2026 10:00 am
Machine Embroidery Edge to Edge Quilting Introduction with Free Pattern with Dea - Aug 22, 2026 10:00 am
Learn how to use your Machine Embroidery to do Edge to Edge Quilting . This is beginner frinedly taught by Dea Shelburne - she is an experienced machine embroidery and free motion quilting instructor. She LOVES to teach.
Cost: $ 45.00
Learn how to use your Machine Embroidery to do Edge to Edge Quilting . This is beginner frinedly taught by Dea Shelburne - she is an experienced machine embroidery and free motion quilting instructor. She LOVES to teach.
Cost: $ 45.00
Angela Walters Free Motion Ruler Quilting with the Dot to Dot Panel with Dea
- Sep 02, 2026 10:00 am
- Sep 02, 2026 10:00 am
Angela Walters Free Motion Ruler Quilting with the Dot to Dot Panel with Dea - Sep 02, 2026 10:00 am
Angela Walters Ruler Quilting with the Dot to Dot Panel. Two Day Class at The Hive Retreat House. Optional Overnight Retreat. $50 Panel, $90 Class, Optional Overnight Class $50.
Cost: $ 90.00
Angela Walters Ruler Quilting with the Dot to Dot Panel. Two Day Class at The Hive Retreat House. Optional Overnight Retreat. $50 Panel, $90 Class, Optional Overnight Class $50.
Cost: $ 90.00
Beginner's Guide to Half Square Triangles HST with Jan
- Sep 03, 2026 05:00 pm
- Sep 03, 2026 05:00 pm
Beginner's Guide to Half Square Triangles HST with Jan - Sep 03, 2026 05:00 pm
Get a refresher on the most accurate ways to cut and trim half square triangles (HST). Half Square Triangles are one of the most important and common units to make in quilting. This class is an overview of what tools are on the market to make this easier for you.
Cost: $ 20.00
Get a refresher on the most accurate ways to cut and trim half square triangles (HST). Half Square Triangles are one of the most important and common units to make in quilting. This class is an overview of what tools are on the market to make this easier for you.
Cost: $ 20.00
Open Retreat at The Hive Retreat House - Small Groups Welcome September 4, 5, 6, 7
- Sep 04, 2026 12:00 pm
- Sep 04, 2026 12:00 pm
Open Retreat at The Hive Retreat House - Small Groups Welcome September 4, 5, 6, 7 - Sep 04, 2026 12:00 pm
This is one of our first ever - no theme - short - OPEN retreat - Call your sewing sisters right away - Spots will fill up fast! If you have been wanting to try out The Hive Retreat House and you have your own small group - this is your time! Sonya Graham is the host mom
Cost: $ 199.00
This is one of our first ever - no theme - short - OPEN retreat - Call your sewing sisters right away - Spots will fill up fast! If you have been wanting to try out The Hive Retreat House and you have your own small group - this is your time! Sonya Graham is the host mom
Cost: $ 199.00
Foundation Paper Piecing Retreat with Retired Certified Instructor, Eileen Urbanek
- Sep 10, 2026 09:00 am
- Sep 10, 2026 09:00 am
Foundation Paper Piecing Retreat with Retired Certified Instructor, Eileen Urbanek - Sep 10, 2026 09:00 am
The retreat fee includes the three day workshop 9am - 5pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Lunch will be at Noon and will be catered in. Dinner on your own each night. Eileen is a Retired Certified Judy Niemeyer Instructor. She also can teach with Jacqueline DeJong BeCoulourful Quilting Patterns techniques. 7 Panel Wonder Technique or any other technique Eileen is happy to help teach you - doesn't need to be one of these quilts! Could be Book Nerd Quilt!
Cost: $ 375.00
The retreat fee includes the three day workshop 9am - 5pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Lunch will be at Noon and will be catered in. Dinner on your own each night. Eileen is a Retired Certified Judy Niemeyer Instructor. She also can teach with Jacqueline DeJong BeCoulourful Quilting Patterns techniques. 7 Panel Wonder Technique or any other technique Eileen is happy to help teach you - doesn't need to be one of these quilts! Could be Book Nerd Quilt!
Cost: $ 375.00
Bring Your Own Quilt Top - Guided Machine Embroidery Edge to Edge Quilting with Dea - Optional Overnight Retreat
- Sep 16, 2026 10:00 am
- Sep 16, 2026 10:00 am
Bring Your Own Quilt Top - Guided Machine Embroidery Edge to Edge Quilting with Dea - Optional Overnight Retreat - Sep 16, 2026 10:00 am
Learn how to use your Machine Embroidery to do Edge to Edge Quilting . This is beginner frinedly taught by Dea Shelburne - she is an experienced machine embroidery and free motion quilting instructor. She LOVES to teach. Optional Overnight Retreat at the Hive Retreat House for only $50 Extra. Two Day Class Fee is $90.
Cost: $ 90.00
Learn how to use your Machine Embroidery to do Edge to Edge Quilting . This is beginner frinedly taught by Dea Shelburne - she is an experienced machine embroidery and free motion quilting instructor. She LOVES to teach. Optional Overnight Retreat at the Hive Retreat House for only $50 Extra. Two Day Class Fee is $90.
Cost: $ 90.00
QRC Metro: QRC - It's Sew Wonderful - Metro Rings
- Sep 19, 2026 09:00 am
- Sep 19, 2026 09:00 am
QRC Metro: QRC - It's Sew Wonderful - Metro Rings - Sep 19, 2026 09:00 am
It's Sew Wonderful Ruler - Regular Size quilt. This class is taught at the Hive Retreat House - 704 N. Washington Ave. If you have dreamed of making a double wedding ring sized quilt - this is one of our favorite - and easiest ways to do that! We love the Sew Kind of Wonderful Curved ruler system. This uses the classic ruler the - "Quick Curve Ruler" = QCR Ruler.
Cost: $ 45.00
It's Sew Wonderful Ruler - Regular Size quilt. This class is taught at the Hive Retreat House - 704 N. Washington Ave. If you have dreamed of making a double wedding ring sized quilt - this is one of our favorite - and easiest ways to do that! We love the Sew Kind of Wonderful Curved ruler system. This uses the classic ruler the - "Quick Curve Ruler" = QCR Ruler.
Cost: $ 45.00
Introduction to Quilting with Sew Steady Rulers with Dea
- Sep 22, 2026 10:00 am
- Sep 22, 2026 10:00 am
Introduction to Quilting with Sew Steady Rulers with Dea - Sep 22, 2026 10:00 am
Dea LOVES to teach how to do quilting with Sew Steady Rulers and Templates. Must have a Ruler Foot to take this class. Dea provides templates to try. She has handouts, encouragement and this is her favorite thing to teach! She is an official Sew Steady Instructor so you can learn from the best. Class at The Beehive Brother Creative Center across the street from the shop. Class is 10-5pm
Cost: $ 45.00
Dea LOVES to teach how to do quilting with Sew Steady Rulers and Templates. Must have a Ruler Foot to take this class. Dea provides templates to try. She has handouts, encouragement and this is her favorite thing to teach! She is an official Sew Steady Instructor so you can learn from the best. Class at The Beehive Brother Creative Center across the street from the shop. Class is 10-5pm
Cost: $ 45.00
Ruler Wrap - Quilting with Dea
- Sep 23, 2026 10:00 am
- Sep 23, 2026 10:00 am
Ruler Wrap - Quilting with Dea - Sep 23, 2026 10:00 am
Ruler Wrap - Quilting with Dea Creative Center More TBD
Cost: $ 45.00
Ruler Wrap - Quilting with Dea Creative Center More TBD
Cost: $ 45.00
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club
- Sep 25, 2026 10:00 am
- Sep 25, 2026 10:00 am
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Sep 25, 2026 10:00 am
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Complimentary with purchase of box! Come unbox your project and work on one of the many projects. Details inside. Join Dea! We have September, October, November and December Dates.
Cost: $ FREE
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Complimentary with purchase of box! Come unbox your project and work on one of the many projects. Details inside. Join Dea! We have September, October, November and December Dates.
Cost: $ FREE
Glorious Color Inspirational Lecture & Presentation by Kaffe Fassett for the 2026 US Fall Tour
- Oct 12, 2026 07:00 pm
- Oct 12, 2026 07:00 pm
Glorious Color Inspirational Lecture & Presentation by Kaffe Fassett for the 2026 US Fall Tour - Oct 12, 2026 07:00 pm
Join famed Free Spirit Fabrics designers Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably for an afternoon and evening of color! The Kaffe Fassett lecture will inspire and motivate you, featuring items from his latest museum exhibition, The Power of Color, as well as quilts from his upcoming book, Quilts at an English Manor House. The presentation will also feature Kaffe's latest projects and collaborations, including his patchwork fabric, needlepoint, mosaics, painting and knitting designs.
Cost: $ 99.00
Join famed Free Spirit Fabrics designers Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably for an afternoon and evening of color! The Kaffe Fassett lecture will inspire and motivate you, featuring items from his latest museum exhibition, The Power of Color, as well as quilts from his upcoming book, Quilts at an English Manor House. The presentation will also feature Kaffe's latest projects and collaborations, including his patchwork fabric, needlepoint, mosaics, painting and knitting designs.
Cost: $ 99.00
Kaffe Fassett & Brandon Mably Orchard Workshop from book: "Kaffe Quilts at an English Manor House"
- Oct 13, 2026 09:30 am
- Oct 13, 2026 09:30 am
Kaffe Fassett & Brandon Mably Orchard Workshop from book: "Kaffe Quilts at an English Manor House" - Oct 13, 2026 09:30 am
The workshop is based on the Orchard quilt pattern in Kaffe Fassett’s book, Quilts at an English Manor House. This is a variation of the very first quilt, Rosie, Kaffe designed 30 years ago. This is a class suitable for beginners who already know how to sew a seam and how to use a rotary cutter. It is also for more advanced quilters who wish to concentrate on complex colour development. Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Cost: $ 499.00
The workshop is based on the Orchard quilt pattern in Kaffe Fassett’s book, Quilts at an English Manor House. This is a variation of the very first quilt, Rosie, Kaffe designed 30 years ago. This is a class suitable for beginners who already know how to sew a seam and how to use a rotary cutter. It is also for more advanced quilters who wish to concentrate on complex colour development. Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Cost: $ 499.00
Kaffe Fassett & Brandon Mably Purple Passage Workshop from book: "Kaffe Quilts at an English Manor House"
- Oct 14, 2026 09:30 am
- Oct 14, 2026 09:30 am
Kaffe Fassett & Brandon Mably Purple Passage Workshop from book: "Kaffe Quilts at an English Manor House" - Oct 14, 2026 09:30 am
The workshop is based on the Purple Passage quilt pattern in Kaffe Fassett’s book, Quilts at an English Manor House. This is a class suitable for beginners who already know how to sew a seam and how to use a rotary cutter. It is also for more advanced quilters who wish to concentrate on complex colour development. Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Cost: $ 499.00
The workshop is based on the Purple Passage quilt pattern in Kaffe Fassett’s book, Quilts at an English Manor House. This is a class suitable for beginners who already know how to sew a seam and how to use a rotary cutter. It is also for more advanced quilters who wish to concentrate on complex colour development. Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Cost: $ 499.00
Economy Block Workshop Kaffe Quilts in London Color
- Oct 15, 2026 09:30 am
- Oct 15, 2026 09:30 am
Economy Block Workshop Kaffe Quilts in London Color - Oct 15, 2026 09:30 am
Discover how Kaffe experiences the colors and basic shapes around him. Learn how we can train our own eyes to see this rewarding source of creativity, and how we can combine striking fabrics with simple shapes to create our own spectacular quilt designs! Then, allow Kaffe and Brandon to be your mentors as you begin your own personal color journey through fabric choice and placement. This is the final workshop offered during Kaffe and Brandon's Fall 2026 Tour Celebrating Kaffe's newest book - Kaffe Fassett's Quilts at an English Manor House.
Cost: $ 499.00
Discover how Kaffe experiences the colors and basic shapes around him. Learn how we can train our own eyes to see this rewarding source of creativity, and how we can combine striking fabrics with simple shapes to create our own spectacular quilt designs! Then, allow Kaffe and Brandon to be your mentors as you begin your own personal color journey through fabric choice and placement. This is the final workshop offered during Kaffe and Brandon's Fall 2026 Tour Celebrating Kaffe's newest book - Kaffe Fassett's Quilts at an English Manor House.
Cost: $ 499.00
Intro To Doodle Free Motion Quilting
- Oct 21, 2026 09:00 am
- Oct 21, 2026 09:00 am
Intro To Doodle Free Motion Quilting - Oct 21, 2026 09:00 am
Bring Fat Quarter Sandwich Creative Center (Across the street from Beehive) 9-4
Cost: $ 45.00
Bring Fat Quarter Sandwich Creative Center (Across the street from Beehive) 9-4
Cost: $ 45.00
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club
- Oct 23, 2026 10:00 am
- Oct 23, 2026 10:00 am
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Oct 23, 2026 10:00 am
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Complimentary with purchase of box! Come unbox your project and work on one of the many projects. Details inside. Join Dea! We have September, October, November and December Dates.
Cost: $ FREE
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Complimentary with purchase of box! Come unbox your project and work on one of the many projects. Details inside. Join Dea! We have September, October, November and December Dates.
Cost: $ FREE
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club
- Nov 18, 2026 10:00 am
- Nov 18, 2026 10:00 am
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Nov 18, 2026 10:00 am
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Complimentary with purchase of box! Come unbox your project and work on one of the many projects. Details inside. Join Dea! We have September, October, November and December Dates.
Cost: $ FREE
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Complimentary with purchase of box! Come unbox your project and work on one of the many projects. Details inside. Join Dea! We have September, October, November and December Dates.
Cost: $ FREE
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club
- Dec 30, 2026 10:00 am
- Dec 30, 2026 10:00 am
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Dec 30, 2026 10:00 am
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Complimentary with purchase of box! Come unbox your project and work on one of the many projects. Details inside. Join Dea! We have September, October, November and December Dates.
Cost: $ FREE
Sew Steady Ruler Club with Dea - Subscription Club - Complimentary with purchase of box! Come unbox your project and work on one of the many projects. Details inside. Join Dea! We have September, October, November and December Dates.
Cost: $ FREE