quilt retreats
 

How many quilt retreat days do you attend a year? How do you hear about them? What is the cost per night?

This year I am doing 3. Two are at a quilt store and one is at a beach house. These are organized by friends so even the long drive for me is worth it to see my peeps. The cost varies. $175 + hotel and <$300 at the beach house. Our guild puts on two retreats a year locally and I think they run $250 for the weekend.

i went to 2 this year, both in the spring. the cost was about 160 for 3 days including meals

I am going to two this fall. One is put on by my guild. It'll be $118.00, two nights, three days, all meals included. We will share rooms but this is an incredible price. The other will be more expensive, three nights, four days with a class given by a national quilt teacher and all meals at an inn with a goodie bag too. This person puts on one of the best retreats I've been to. I've never been to the first place but it sounds nice.

Last spring 4n/5d, all meals, DYOT (do your own thing), Christian conference grounds, <$400, Word of mouth (WOM)

Aug 5n/6d, all meals, DYOT, Christian conference ground, on the edge of Lake Tahoe, $435, Web Site, + stayed 2 extra nights for $200 (no meals) and husband attended for $405 included meals. There's another in the fall, I won't attend. There are private quilt/sew retreats at this conference center most weeks. They're sponsored by guilds, store, teachers in the I-80 corridor of California.

March 5n/6d, all meals, Jean Wells teacher all days, at Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, Ca on the beach, ~$1500, WOM, Web Site, Email. There's 4 others all with international instructors.

Each of my 2 guilds hold 2 retreats each year. One is at a hotel in Bakersfield, one is at a retreat center, 2 are at a different retreat center within 20 miles of home and most choose to go home at night.

I invite friends to my house for 1-5 days and they stay overnight, contribute to meals. I live in the mountains.

A quilt store in Fresno puts on a 4n/5d retreat at Bass Lake, 15 miles from home for <$200, doesn't include housing, does include 1 meal/d + snacks.

Many people who attend large retreats, attend multiple and will share the news.

I get lots completed because there's not the distractions at home (like QB/computer, I need to move on)

Is this market research, Craft camp? What good deals are you offering?

Going to a four night, three hot meals plus two snacks per day, 24 hour open coffee and drink station, classes if you sign up or just sit and sew. Rooms are single, double or triple. It cost me $460 total for sewing room access 24 hours a day, meals, two classes and triple room. The retreat is held in a retreat center. Security and insurance is $50 per person which is the registration fee. I park Wed afternoon and don't leave until Sunday afternoon. Beautiful grounds, lake, walking trails, exercise room, laundry, maid service, it's just fantastic. Another retreat my sew group of six goes to is more isolated, cost more, but the three meals a day are gourmet cooked by a chef. We pamper ourselves at this one. Both retreats I sew until I drop. I quit going to retreats where I have to cook, bring food, or have kitchen duty.

2 a year--Fall is 3 day, 2 night at Christian retreat camp and cost $192 includes meals, 3 to room, private bath, do your own thing. Spring is either 3 days/2 nights for same price or 4 days/3nights for about $240--same place and set-up. i've done the 4 days/3 nights at Spring retreat a couple of times but am so tired after 3 days that i'm thinking that is best for me. these prices include about $20spent on favors or little prizes--frankly I could do without those things and spend less!

where is this?

I attend two per year hosted by my quilt guild. The cost for three day/two nights is $80. We pot-luck suppers, and BYO breakfast. Lunch is frequently left overs or healthy snacks. We make use of a church camp facility that has simple hotel type accommodations and a really nice large open conference hall where we sew, sew and sew all day and all night if we choose.

I retreat for 2-4 days almost EVERY MONTH! A LQS that is about an hour away from my house is in an old nursing home. They have converted the back to a retreat center. $45 per night or $450 for unlimited yearly pass. Large and small work rooms are available with kitchen facilities. Have made friends from all over by going up there. Will miss them a lot when I move to Texas.

I wish there was a way as the Quilting Board group a retreat could be done in different states. It would be great to meet the members.

That sounds wonderful! I would definitely have the yearly pass.

I sent you a PM.

The non-profit I am part of retreats twice a year at a Christian conference center. There is the option to retreat for 5 days or 3 or 4 days. All meals are included but there is a limit on coffee service. I believe the price is over $300 (more for a single room) and unless you live on that side of the water, there is a ferry ride involved (at least $30 one way). Beautiful setting on the water and a shopping center is not far from the conference center.

I went to one in late winter at a hotel with food, etc. It was about $400 for 3 nights, including great food, room, and sewing area. This was a sew your own project retreat. It was put on by my LQS and a mother daughter Longarm team. It was a lot of fun. I will probably go again next year.

I am going on another one at the end of Sept with my guild. It is 3 days, 2 nights, cost starts at $190 plus whatever classes you want to take and hotel is separate.

We have retreats thru our guild that are usually three days. Then a sewing group I belong to with six others have our own retreat in a retreat center in North Carolina. It has plenty of nice shops around it and the retreat center is a cozy house with four bedrooms and bathrooms. I can give you more info if tou pm me

I am jealous...I have not yet been able to attend a retreat yet but since we are now selling one of our retail shops I'm hopeful that I will have more time for quilting and an opportunity to go on a retreat.

Craft Camp, where are you? We want to know if you have some deals.

I am in the Billings Montana area and there are several retreats around here and the costs very, they are held in lodges , B&B's Motels and one quilt shop has a house for that purpose but they all run around 200.00 dollars for the weekend more if a class is held but anyone of them is a lot of fun and worth the get-away, then we also have lots of open sewing too that is in our quilt shops and churches and they are no charge so we can stay as busy as we want I enjoy any of them I can get to

I have never attended a retreat. I've heard they are really fun.

My guild is having one in Nov, in the Solvang/Buellton CA area for $75. HOWEVER, Each person is responsible for their own lodging and most meals, etc. Continental Breakfast will be served and snacks. So the cost is basically to use the room for 3 days.

I am in Minnesota and researching the feasibility of opening a retreat center. If I do, I hope to have it up and running in January

I go to two or three a year. One is at a house specifically built for quilting or scrapbooking retreats. Sleeps 10 in 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bath. We cook all our meals. Studio is open all night if you want, but everyone does go to bed at some point. $144 for 3 nights & 3 days. I go to this one twice a year. Others I have been to are also summer camps for kids, usually religion based. Bunk houses with multiple bunk beds in each room and a bathroom w/ showers down the hall. Food is prepared by a kitchen staff and all eat together in a large dining room. Food served buffet style. Those are more money, but get 3 meals/day. 3 days & nights are around $200. This is in central MN.

My guild does a retreat each year, Thursday through Sunday brunch. It is at a catholic center that has a dormitory. 3 meals per day buffet style and unlimited coffee/teas. Depending on how many nights you stay, is about $400 in southern California. I would go more but work takes up so much time.

During the next 12 months, I am scheduled for four. Oct. will be in Northern Michigan, sponsored by the quilt shop in Indian River. March and July are my online guilds, closed to the public. March in Florida , the other in Ohio. Then in January, is my FL guild's retreat in FL. Cost is about 300, meals included. Between 3-4 nights depending on which group. We can work on our own projects, or ones that they will have given us the fabric requirements in advance. No paid teachers, we share demos and have show and tell. At some of them, we have games in the evenings, quilty of course.

I love retreats especially the one at a B&B near Columbus Mt. also private cabins so if a husband wants to go as plenty of fishing available is handy for me as I am on oxygen and hubby can help me carry things but I can still join the ladies for some fun sewing like my one license plate from the row by row says I SEW HE FISHES anyway I got to go once and was great fun