Ideas for Quilt retreat
ann
I'm the Quilt retreat planner for our spring quilt retreat and I'm on
the prowl for some new ideas.
We usually have the retreat from Thursday to Sunday. I'm looking for
ideas of giveaways.
And maybe a project for folks to work on while we are there.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Ann in Maryland
Julia in MN
Christmas" mystery http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham/mystery.html. When
you click on "countdown to Christmas", get a list at the left side of
the days left. At the bottom of that there is a link that says "Guild
Mixer". Click there for instructions for using this for a mixer. We did
it at our quilting retreat last fall. The people enjoyed it, and we
ended up with a door prize. We used Christmas fabric, but you could use
any kind of fabric.
Julia in MN
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Marcella Peek
"ann" <ladyc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
We have a person who writes letters to tons of quilting manufacturers
and we receive a very generous assortment of goodies. We've been given
things like: batting, fat quarters, rulers, ironing board covers,
templates, magazines, patterns, udder cream and even candy. Sometimes
local quilt shops even will donate things.
Our guild has quite a stash of fabric (not all of it pretty!) that has
been donated by moving quilters who can't afford to move it all or even
quilters who passed away. Mostly that goes for charity quilts but one
year the committee picked a bunch and cut it into squares and filled
little chinese take out containers with the fabric and placed them at
each dinner spot.
Our retreats generally have a theme and games and projects will often
fit. Does yours have a theme? Maybe we can help brainstorm.
For projects we always do a name tag. There is usually a base name tag
made - one year it was a star shape with ribbon already sewn on to wear
around your neck, another year we had rectangles with striped fabric on
the edge and beach fabric fused and cut up and ready to iron on. It's a
nice gathering activity to sit and visit and decorate/embellish your
name tag to wear during the retreat. Many members like them so much
they use the name tags for meetings.
Last year the theme was I love a Mystery. We had a mystery class each
day and people got a mystery quilt pattern if they registered early. We
played a clue like game at the beginning so everyone could find where
the classrooms etc were and that night the solution was revealed. We
played a mystery trivia game where people had to identify mystery
books/authors/locations and had lots of jig saw puzzles out for people
to solve.
marcella
Pat in Virginia
of lovely plaid fabric (either F8 or FQ) to make block of choice.
That went into a block drawing. One or two people won some really
great blocks.
PAT
Mary in Rock Island IL
theme, the fall retreat theme was rich reds and greens) and a pattern
for making a quilt. This may be influenced by the fact that the
Nickel Quilt authors are in my guild...
I have been all of once so I don't know if this is a tradition but
there was an exchange of small gift items. I got a FQ (which worked
in the main project I brought along), some circles for tracing and
some other doo-dad.
The last night features show and tell of what people have been working
on and/or completed items which were underway at any previous retreat.
Oh! (and possibly the best part) A masssage therapist came out one
afternoon and brought along her portable chair so we could get
hand/neck/arm massages. We paid her directly. It was worth every
penny!
Mary
@juno.com Cappy
Brown bag round robin. Anyone who wants to participate makes a block of her
choice. Puts it in a brown paper bag w/ some extra fabric(s). Put a time limit
on when the next round is due. I think our only rule was no slashing (cutting)
apart and putting back together...
Pin cushion. Have someone lead this one. Leader picks the design.
Participants can make it out of scraps but someone should have stuffing and
those plastic beads/beans to weigh it down.
Block drawings. OK, everyone! 6.5" finished nine patch! For each one you
complete, your name will go in a hat for a drawing! Winner(s) get the completed
blocks. We also had someone organized enough one year to bring in
paper-piecing patterns for the same thing...
Covers for steno notebooks. You know, the spiral is across the top and the
notebook measures about 6" x 9"? Participants will probably need a fat quarter
of a favorite fabric for the cover, then make a block for the front.
Hope that helps...
Cappy
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craftydragon1951
buckets of sand on the tables, with little umbrellas (the paper kind)
or FQ flowers (remember the flowers we made as kids of tissue) wired
together and stuck in the sand. Contest to see who can make something
that reminds you of the beach out of random scraps or FQs.
Shana
Kathy
I have been doing the retreats for the guild I belong to for a couple of
years. I do tend to use the KISS method.
I write letters to area quilt shops and quilt related companies and
request door prizes. I usually get enough door prizes so that everyone
wins at least once. (Average about 50 attendees).
We have two retreats a year - winter and fall. At each retreat a swap
is offered. It is usually based on a quilt in the Nickel books. The
winter retreat we have a workshop based on the quilt and in the fall
there is no workshop.
Most participants look forward to the weekend to get their projects done
and do not want to start something new.