I have been to quilt retreats and they are the best time. You bring all of your own sewing equipment and things to work on, but if you forget something, someone will have it or we go out shopping one day for a few hours. We hit the quilt shops in the area. Dinner on Thursday we are on our own. The rest of the meals are provided. We can sew on anything that we like. There are usually 2 patterns to pick from, but if you choose not to do them, you still get the patterns. We all bring snacks, nuts, chocolate, chocolate whatever. You can stay up as late as you like. breakfast is at 8am if you miss it, oh well. Lunch is at 12 noon, dinner at 5pm. Seems like all we do is eat. But we have a really good time. There are new people sometimes. We are going again this year in Oct for 4 days. Can't wait. :D :)
We also pre shop before we get to the Camp!