Hi Everyone:
Our quilt group wants to have a retreat this fall. None of us have ever been to a retreat so we don't exactly know what to do to make the 3 days we'll have be fun, productive and something we'll want to repeat on a yearly basis. I've taken the lead on planning the event; finding the facility to house us (a great home on the beach close to shopping outlets, casino, good restaurants and beach combing) but for the "inside" activities which we'll do alot of I'd like some suggestions as well as any other don'ts and do's that you all maybe have experienced and would change or do again. Because several of our group are on limited incomes I thought we'd be doing group meals at the house. I was thinking of a turkey and all the trimmings then we'd have leftovers for snacking. One activity I thought we could work on would be the Socks For Soldiers project that we've been doing every year. Do retreats usually have a project EVERYONE does? We are NOT going to have a celebrity quilter but we have a couple members who are beautiful quilters and who have taught quilting classes so I thought we'd ask them to come up with some project. I also thought I'd get the potholder pattern from our Habitat for Humanity office to make up for the new Habitat homeowners which HForH gives out with each house. HELP! Any suggestions would be so welcome.
Thank you.