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11-23-2012, 10:16 AM
#11
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 6,430
So glad you were able to join the guild but more importantly, that you have found a new friend. I am retired and have found it difficult to make new friends--they have their circle already. I am an active member of the guild, tho, so that helps a lot.
11-23-2012, 12:16 PM
#14
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Small town in Northeast Oregon close to Washington and Idaho
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I'm so happy for you!!! I wish I had a quilting buddy. I think that's the best part of your story...you made a new quilting friend. And one on our board. I wish someone from this board lived by me. I live in Cove, Oregon in case there is someone who lives close by and wants to meet up with me for coffee and gabbing. I live by LaGrande, Baker City, and Pendleton, Oregon. Anyone out there live by me???? If so, PM me please!
11-23-2012, 12:26 PM
#15
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Long Island
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Originally Posted by quilttiger
What a blessing it is to meet someone as you did! Oh, you both will have a fun time! Where is Shelter Island located? It was hard to find quilter friends even though I did take quilting classes. I finally joined a quilt guild, and my life has been enriched by such neat friends since then. I am on the board, too, as the treasurer, and I will serve a second term next year, too. Quilt retreats rock! I've gone a couple times.
Last edited by Tashana; 11-23-2012 at 12:30 PM.
11-23-2012, 12:46 PM
#16
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Thornton, Colorado
Posts: 1,023
Sounds wonderful! How would it work with transporting your sewing machine/notions/projects on the ferry? Oh, a tip for you...I did it right the first time, too. Do bring more than one project (I brought four or five in different stages and finished one of them) because if you don't switch back and forth between projects, you will get sleepy...guaranteed, lol. This year I brought blocks to piece for three different quilts of valor (finished them off at home), stitched pieced wedges together for two spiral runners, etc. Both the retreats were at a dude ranch up in the mountains..great views, and the meals were beautifully prepared, and I had my own room with bath. The price was very, very low because it was off season. On the way home, my carpool buddy and I stopped at a quilt store, 
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11-23-2012, 12:58 PM
#17
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Springville, Tennessee
Posts: 1,123
All of these quilting retreats sound great. Wish I had more time.......or should I say more of MY time. I am retired but feel I need to spend 3/4 of my time with retired hubby and 1/4 for me. He would disagree but I think he truly doesn't. As a group from my LQS, we all went to a friends rental and had a blast. I would love to think about Shutter Island, or California, etc. Ah, someday!
11-23-2012, 01:24 PM
#18
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Location: Long Island
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Originally Posted by quilttiger
Sounds wonderful! How would it work with transporting your sewing machine/notions/projects on the ferry? Oh, a tip for you...I did it right the first time, too. Do bring more than one project (I brought four or five in different stages and finished one of them) because if you don't switch back and forth between projects, you will get sleepy...guaranteed, lol. This year I brought blocks to piece for three different quilts of valor (finished them off at home), stitched pieced wedges together for two spiral runners, etc. Both the retreats were at a dude ranch up in the mountains..great views, and the meals were beautifully prepared, and I had my own room with bath. The price was very, very low because it was off season. On the way home, my carpool buddy and I stopped at a quilt store, .
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