Aren't quilting retreats the best? Our guild hosts 2- 5 day retreats every year. I am usually the first to sign up. My vacation!!!!!!!
We are allowed to quilt on anything we have. Some I know are restricted to say-the project must be from their shop, you can only use their fabric. Not my kind of retreat. I like to work on my ufos. I shop at more them one shop so my fabrics vary.
Our guild also rents our meetin place a few times a year and we have what we call in town retreats. (our out of town one is 50 miles out in the sticks, very remote and quiet). We just had an intown retreat and it was so much fun. I'd love them monthly but that is just me.
I quilt with my guild plus three other groups of ladies. yes, I love to quilt with my friends. You learn so much from others.