our guild has 2 a year. We hold them at a christen camp. They start on Friday morning 8 am to Sunday 3pm. FUN FUN FUN. We rent a wonderful lodge.
http://www.wildernessretreatcenter.com/lodges.html it has room for about 25 and the basement is perfect for sewing. They provide the tables and ironing boards and even hung a line to hang our finished quilt tops on completely around the room. We set up two ping pong ball tables to cut on and each have a folding table for sewing. We have one wonderfully talented guild member that designs and writes a mystery quilt. Every body brings things to work on until the mystery begins at 4 o'clock on Friday. We will have 2 or three demos during the weekend. We divide up the meals so your group only has to prepare one meal during the weekend. Saturday we have a masseur come in and she is wonderful!!! We have a raffle basket, gift exchange, games, some of the girls play cards, go on walks. It is the best.And it is in 2 weeks. Yea