Quilting retreat
05-03-2010, 08:47 PM
#31
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Originally Posted by karielt
Hey I'm going on one at the end of this month. I'm incharge of games. Can you tell me what games you played I'm looking for ideas.
Why not give everyone several pieces of fabric or blocks, blindfold them (one at a time of course) and have them put together a quilt on the design board. Then there's the ever popular word scramble with words related to quilting.
05-03-2010, 10:14 PM
#32
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I am leaving Wednesday morning to drive from Spokane to Burley Idaho for a 3 day retreat with the lady that created the Wonder Cut Ruler. We will be making two quilts..yippee....I am taking husband along, so he can fish in the Snake River. THEN, when I get back, I am going the following Wednesday on a 5 day quilt retreat where I am going to do what one of you gals said in a note, eat, sleep and sew. My Sister in law and I are going, there will be 12 of us at Lutherhaven outside of Coeur'd alene, Idaho. This will be exciting because they are the FIRST retreats I have ever been on. Couldn't stand it, had to do them both.
05-04-2010, 04:56 AM
#33
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Originally Posted by Debra Mc
Originally Posted by karielt
Hey I'm going on one at the end of this month. I'm incharge of games. Can you tell me what games you played I'm looking for ideas.
Quilt BLOCK Bingo!
Photo copy several pictures of each quilt block, say, twenty of them. Place ONE picture copy in the caller's box and everyone who is playing gets to pick out, without looking, perhaps ten little pix and puts them on their personal board. As the caller calls the boxes, turn that one over on your board. (If you have gotten four of them, turn all four!) The first person with the card all called wins a fat quarter!
Finished with a game? Put them all back in a bag, except for the one of each the caller has, and blind-pick again. Keep going until all the prizes are gone. Perhaps each person could be asked to bring a small prize, quilting referenced of course, same monetary value and you can have great fun. Want an even more fun addition to this game? If someone has won something you want, you can take it from them! This could be such fun!
05-04-2010, 04:59 PM
#35
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Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Originally Posted by missgigglewings
They are fun, aren't they? I just got back from 4 wonderful days at Camp Abnaki Vermont. It is near Burlington and the Champlain Valley Quilt Guild holds a spring retreat and a fall retreat there. My sister belongs to this guild and invited me to attend. It was beyond my expectations! I am going again in sept!
05-05-2010, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by janiesews
I had one of the best weekends attending a quilt retreat that lqs had. We went Friday afternoon and left Sunday afternoon. There were 9-10 of us there and we had such a good time. We stitched, shared ideas, played games and of course ate quite a bit. One of the ladies said she had friends that couldn't understand why grown women would want to have a slumber party and sew.
We made a date to have another one in Nov and I love these. Any others get to have close to home retreats?
We made a date to have another one in Nov and I love these. Any others get to have close to home retreats?
Quilt retreats in Australia are as scarce as hen's teeth. Any that are held are usually in capital cities, and cost an arm and a leg to go to. I'd need to sell my first born to be able to go to one. HEY! May be that isn't such a bad idea after all (you don't know him). :cry:
05-05-2010, 03:39 AM
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Twice a year, April and October, a group of 6 of us take over a wonderful Bed & Breakfast down on Cape Cod. The Innkeeper is a remarkable quilter herself and we have a fabulous time. I've never laughed so much in my life! Can't wait for October.
05-05-2010, 04:48 AM
#38
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Yes, Deb Luttrell puts on fabulous retreats in Quitman, there is also one out of Quinlan Tex, I have been to that one too. I love retreats but cant afford them now. Anyone who can afford to go really ought to try at least one. Jolo
05-05-2010, 05:13 AM
#39
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Our group has a fall retreat at a member's home. 9 or 10 of us and she has enough beds for all of us. We work on our current project and learn from each other. One member likes to cater food, so she plans all that and we pay her for it. We really get close during this time and it doesn't cost so much as some of you have reported.
05-05-2010, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by gmcsewer
Our group has a fall retreat at a member's home. 9 or 10 of us and she has enough beds for all of us. We work on our current project and learn from each other. One member likes to cater food, so she plans all that and we pay her for it. We really get close during this time and it doesn't cost so much as some of you have reported.
For the past 3 years friends and I have gone to my son's country place (this yr. 6 of us) in upstate NY. We'll be there for 7 days - each responsible for one dinner. He has an huge living/dining area, well lit, that looks like a quilt shop while we're there.
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