At our yearly retreat, we do not have a group project. We all just sew on our UFOs and finish up our own projects. We do play a few games. We borrow a QUILTO game from one of the guilds. It is like BINGO, but with quilting themes. We each take a $10 gift bag for the prizes in this game. We all win one that way. We play that on our last night. A new game we tried this time was a strip game. Sounds strange huh? ha Each person takes 12 2 1/2" strips. We use one die, (dice), and play with 3 strips each, per game. You roll the die and if you roll a 1, 2 or 3, you are safe. If you roll a 4, you put one strip in the pot, (a basket in the center of the table). If you roll a 5, you pass a strip to the person on your right, if you roll a 6, you pass a strip to the perosn on your left. ONLY THE PERSON ROLLING PASSES A STRIP. When you run out of your strips, you are out. The game continues until there are only 2 people left, and the winner gets all of the strips. You can play 4 games with 12 strips. We all took pastel strips this year as it was near Easter.
For food, we each bring a supper dish, and a goodie to share. We might go out to lunch, or out for one dinner. as long as where you stay has a refrigerator, you can take milk or eggs to use for breakfast.
We go back to the same place each year and just relax and sew. I'm sure you will have a great time :!: