AliKat

My ideal and what I can actually do are different.

Ideal: affordable with nutritious food prepared, bedrooms in same building, no stairs [at least for me and a few others], plenty of hot water, beautiful surroundings [so able to take walks if desired], good tables and chairs [not folding type!], beautiful environment. If not in the country, then at least looks like it .... unless it is at a motel with heated pool and all that. A place where once set up I could leave my stuff without fear of it being hurt or stolen. Sewing area available whenever I want it - well, maybe except for meals. Bedrooms separated from sewing area so nap time is possible if needed. At least 1 LQS nearby. A living area or area for relaxing and maybe TV watching while doing hand work.

Realistic: Open all day except at late nite. Close enough to home so I could sleep in my own bed. Sewing machines secured at site - whether by a few of us sleeping overnite on site if necessary or youth doing it for us. Again, good nutritious food. This would definitely be the most affordable for the majority of quilters.

Oops, decaf beverages available that aren't too sugary. A sensitivity to diets of others: diabetic, low salt, or whatever. [Not me, I just avoid caffeine and prefer not many calories but lots of veggies.] NOT at a high altitude.

Lots of positive people to have fun with.

ali

Hey gals & guys ... if it were up to me all the holiday parties would involve each person bringing their own sandwiches, maybe having some hot soup served, definitely beverages available ... maybe some small simple desert. And ...then we all would donate cans of food for homeless or shelters or such. I feel like a pig at a trough when I go to most pot-lucks because of the abundance of food available.

ali