Originally Posted by
Peckish
We do this in my group, only we do a whole day, about 4 times a year. We use the community room at the fire station, or sometimes the community room in our PUD building. No fees, bring whatever you want to work on and snacks to share.
We also do our own retreats. We've used retreat centers in the past, but now are at a hotel where we get a great group discount. When we go shop-hopping, if we tell the shops that we're staying at the the hotel they give us a discount.
Please alert the quilt shop a week or two before your retreat so they can have extra staff on hand to assist shoppers. This will not only help your group get faster service but also other shoppers. I have worked on days when we would normally need 3 people only to,have a large group (15+) walk into the shop, in addition to other shoppers. My Lunch was at 3:30 on that day. While we are always happy to see you, A phone call makes employees much happier too:-)