My friend got me interested into the quilt retreats and it did help me get my projects started or finished while there. I was one who could sew late into the night as I'm a night owl anyway. But I would sew awhile, then walk around and see what others are working on, chat a bit, then walk some more or even take a walk outside if the weather permitted. Then I'd got back to sewing again for a while. I quit going when I tore my rotor cuff as I wouldn't have the surgery until after the retreat and it hurt too much to enjoy sewing at all. Haven't gone since and that's been since Sept 2019.
The one problem I had with the timing of the retreats is in March, our area seemed to like to throw a blizzard our way and in September my garden is still in full swing so I couldn't just let it all rot so another reason why I quit going.
But otherwise I enjoyed going, meeting other quilters and seeing new ideas and ways of doing things with quilting.