Quilt Retreats
#22
Originally Posted by Carol J.
Never been to a quilting retreat but if you read, get the books by Jennifer Chiaverini. A whole series based on a quilters retreat in the central part of Pennsylvania. I am having a senior moment and can't think of the book titles. Someone out there, help!
Carol J.
Carol J.
#23
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: CA
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A group of friends and I have just finished our "second annual" mixed media retreat in Big Bear, CA. We decided that this had to be a yearly event. We sew, quilt, scrapbookknit, needlepoint, journal/write and wander. I think we have hit upon a gem of an idea! I love your "mixed media" retreat name! Everyone doesn't know everyone, but someone knows at least 1 person in the group. What a wonderful way to make new friends and keep up with the old!
Originally Posted by SharBear
My girlfriends and I have gone away to an Inn in Vermont for 3 day mixed media retreats. Some sew and some scrapbook. The common demoniator is laughter and fun!
Best part - the innkeepers call us down from the workroom for meals. When we are done we compliment their cooking and thank them - then we WALK AWAY from the mess and go right back to what we want to do!
Best part - the innkeepers call us down from the workroom for meals. When we are done we compliment their cooking and thank them - then we WALK AWAY from the mess and go right back to what we want to do!
#26
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 502
Originally Posted by qbquilts
Originally Posted by Carol J.
Never been to a quilting retreat but if you read, get the books by Jennifer Chiaverini. A whole series based on a quilters retreat in the central part of Pennsylvania. I am having a senior moment and can't think of the book titles. Someone out there, help!
Carol J.
Carol J.
I have never gone on a retreat for quilting, should think about it.
Carol J.
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Colorado
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I went to a retreat in Winter Park the first week in August and it was great. I just took some UFOs that have been begging to get done. I finished the blocks on a stack-n-whack and a quilt as you go. Space was a little limited, so I couldn't lay out the blocks to put them together, but I did get all the blocks for both projects done.
#30
I love quilting retreats and go to as many as I can afford, but don't have one favorite. I've never been to a structured retreat, like those in the Elm Creek books, just the "do your own thang" type.
I take a number of projects, new and in-progress, in case I get finished, hung up, or just bored with something. It helps to have read through a pattern and have all the cutting done ahead of time, so I can get more done at the actual retreat.
Besides working on quilt projects, I've also started taking fabric to make at least one pair of pillowcases at each retreat, then I'll have a new set for me or one of my daughters. A friend, who is a nurse, makes herself a new scrub top or two at each retreat. It's a good way to get some little things done.
I take a number of projects, new and in-progress, in case I get finished, hung up, or just bored with something. It helps to have read through a pattern and have all the cutting done ahead of time, so I can get more done at the actual retreat.
Besides working on quilt projects, I've also started taking fabric to make at least one pair of pillowcases at each retreat, then I'll have a new set for me or one of my daughters. A friend, who is a nurse, makes herself a new scrub top or two at each retreat. It's a good way to get some little things done.
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