What to expect in a retreat?
05-21-2012, 07:02 PM
#21
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I'm a home-body!
My husband says, "Go" but I wanted to do a little research before I contact them about it just to see if it's something I'd like. I like the idea of not having to mess with housework, meals, laundry, etc for a few days just so I could focus and finish a project or two. Of course, I'd just have to deal with it after I get home!
My husband says, "Go" but I wanted to do a little research before I contact them about it just to see if it's something I'd like. I like the idea of not having to mess with housework, meals, laundry, etc for a few days just so I could focus and finish a project or two. Of course, I'd just have to deal with it after I get home!
05-22-2012, 01:51 AM
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He has two wonderful hands. He is the stay-at-home spouse so he does plenty. I think it's unfair for me to say, "Hey, I'm leaving for a weekend, so you can do it all."
Besides, I don't let either of them touch the laundry. It's an arrangement that works best!!
Besides, I don't let either of them touch the laundry. It's an arrangement that works best!!
05-23-2012, 03:56 AM
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At the retreats that I go to.I take everything I want to get done.Plus we have wonderful classes.We have a news letter that says if you want to take a class.This is what you need to bring etc. They are wonderfil.I go to ones that are 3 to 5 days. Fun Fun,we do laugh a lot.
05-23-2012, 04:20 AM
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A suggestion: make sure you take plenty of projects to work on, more than you think you need! You don't want to run out of things to do.
Our shop hosts an "overnighter" twice a year at a nearby church. It runs from 6:00 pm to 7:00 am the next morning. My boss provides a free pattern ahead of time to participants, but you don't have to make that project. I always just take several UFOs that I hope to finish up. And, of course, I take Violet, my little featherweight!
Anyway, we sew all night, eat all night (she cooks dinner, 2:00 a.m. ice cream w/all the fixin's, and breakfast; everyone brings their favorite snack for random munching) do a little group stretching and play silly games. At midnight we walk over to the shop for an exclusive sale. At the January overnighter, we have a challenge. We trade FQs and have to make something with it for next year. There is absolutely NO sleeping allowed! Heehee. As if anyone would want to sleep with all that excitement going on!
Love, love, LOVE the overnighter!
Our shop hosts an "overnighter" twice a year at a nearby church. It runs from 6:00 pm to 7:00 am the next morning. My boss provides a free pattern ahead of time to participants, but you don't have to make that project. I always just take several UFOs that I hope to finish up. And, of course, I take Violet, my little featherweight!
Anyway, we sew all night, eat all night (she cooks dinner, 2:00 a.m. ice cream w/all the fixin's, and breakfast; everyone brings their favorite snack for random munching) do a little group stretching and play silly games. At midnight we walk over to the shop for an exclusive sale. At the January overnighter, we have a challenge. We trade FQs and have to make something with it for next year. There is absolutely NO sleeping allowed! Heehee. As if anyone would want to sleep with all that excitement going on!
Love, love, LOVE the overnighter!
05-23-2012, 04:41 AM
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All of the retreats I have been to have been loads of fun, it is like a slumber party for quilters. We quilt, laugh, eat and in general just have fun. I would contact them for all of the details, some give classes and have vendors and some are just as others have stated, for you to work on what you want.
05-23-2012, 05:33 AM
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I went to one, for a day and enjoyed it very very much.. The area was a park like with glassed in rooms with lots of wall plugs, you took your own stuff to work on and they provided lunch. It really was fun and relaxing. It was planned by a guild president. Go if you can aford it. Some are out rageously expensive, some provide a sewing project and some don't. You are wise to check and see what they offer first and depending on how long you want to stay. Have fun; if your hubby says go; I would go and enjoy myself.
05-23-2012, 05:53 AM
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Good advice given about finding out what the plans are. However, go thru your stash, UFO's and other stuff and take plenty of projects to do or finish. The clue will be if they have structured activities. If not then what you work on is up to do. Our GuiltGuy retreats are unstructured so each will work on his own projects.
I usually take plenty of things that I may need to finish or work on (start). Last time, I had a single block that I would never use, but took it along and added borders to make it into a small quilt. Another time I made blocks to be used as a sample in an upcoming class. If you are starting a new quilt, then do your cutting at home as often space and equipment is limited. Assume you are on a desert island and heed to have everything you will need to make a project. As I said, our retreats are unstructured other than one evening we did a jelly roll race and another played LRC for fat quarters. I gave a lecture at one retreat in which half the group was working on a specific project while the others just did their own thing. So, finding out what the planners have in mind is the first thing to know and then plan from there.
and MARK all your tools and equipment as there is a tendency for them to get mixed with exchanges and borrowing.
I usually take plenty of things that I may need to finish or work on (start). Last time, I had a single block that I would never use, but took it along and added borders to make it into a small quilt. Another time I made blocks to be used as a sample in an upcoming class. If you are starting a new quilt, then do your cutting at home as often space and equipment is limited. Assume you are on a desert island and heed to have everything you will need to make a project. As I said, our retreats are unstructured other than one evening we did a jelly roll race and another played LRC for fat quarters. I gave a lecture at one retreat in which half the group was working on a specific project while the others just did their own thing. So, finding out what the planners have in mind is the first thing to know and then plan from there.
and MARK all your tools and equipment as there is a tendency for them to get mixed with exchanges and borrowing.
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