Quilt Retreats
09-12-2024, 06:07 AM
#31
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Posts: 943
I like the camaraderie of retreats, but I don’t like the residential ones where you share rooms with others who inevitably snore or have completely the opposite schedule than you (morning people or night people). The quilt guild I go to in the winter has “Staycations” where you attend 9-4 then go home at night (or to the RV in my case!). They have some breakfast goodies and a nice lunch each of the 3 days. No one pressures you if you want or need to leave early or come late, and the price is minimal. This is the kind of retreat I really enjoy.
09-12-2024, 10:50 AM
#32
Power Poster
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 10,726
I like the camaraderie of retreats, but I don’t like the residential ones where you share rooms with others who inevitably snore or have completely the opposite schedule than you (morning people or night people). The quilt guild I go to in the winter has “Staycations” where you attend 9-4 then go home at night (or to the RV in my case!). They have some breakfast goodies and a nice lunch each of the 3 days. No one pressures you if you want or need to leave early or come late, and the price is minimal. This is the kind of retreat I really enjoy.
09-13-2024, 03:28 AM
#33
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Finger Lakes of upstate NY
Posts: 3,819
Last year I went to my first retreat. I went on my own to a guild I had just joined in a neighbouring community. The retreat was a great way to meet other guild members, although I didn't know who was or wasn't a member at the retreat. There was a definite "vibe" of shared creativity and camaraderie that I loved so much I signed up for the spring retreat as well. Some of the guild ladies offered me a bed at their place but I prefer to book a hotel room and have a quiet space for my own down time at the end of the day. I'm not a night owl so always leave at supper time.
What's great about the retreats? - there are 29 other people to share information with and learn from; - there is lots of good advice available; - when you want a break from the sewing machine, just walk around and ask "what are you working on?" and you're immediately in a conversation; - gleaning ideas from others; - the laughter; - not having "life" interfere.
What's great about the retreats? - there are 29 other people to share information with and learn from; - there is lots of good advice available; - when you want a break from the sewing machine, just walk around and ask "what are you working on?" and you're immediately in a conversation; - gleaning ideas from others; - the laughter; - not having "life" interfere.
In fact, I'm leaving in an hour to go to one in Palmyra. A new to me setting, but 3 days of nonstop sewing, no distractions unless I want them, and new friends? Yes, please!
09-13-2024, 03:32 AM
#34
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Finger Lakes of upstate NY
Posts: 3,819
I like the camaraderie of retreats, but I don’t like the residential ones where you share rooms with others who inevitably snore or have completely the opposite schedule than you (morning people or night people). The quilt guild I go to in the winter has “Staycations” where you attend 9-4 then go home at night (or to the RV in my case!). They have some breakfast goodies and a nice lunch each of the 3 days. No one pressures you if you want or need to leave early or come late, and the price is minimal. This is the kind of retreat I really enjoy.
One that I go to every year is less than 15 minutes from my house. In the past, I've gone home in the evening and return in the morning. No packing of personal items, my own bed, etc. Last fall, however, I stayed there overnight. The rooms are in a lodge on a lake, and a single room was a reasonable rate. So I tried it and loved it.
It's the sharing of a room, which I don't like. Even when it's a good friend. I'm not a good sleeper at home, my husband says I sometimes snore, which makes me uncomfortable, tiptoeing to not wake anyone up (I'm usually up before 5:30).
