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Yvonne B. & Carrie U.

Fall Retreat at Warm Beach--September 30-October 3rd

You can sign up for one of the few remaining spots at our Fall Retreat if you think fast and write a check for your deposit at our June meeting. 12 places are left in the Olympic View rooms (Single $320; Double/Triple $220) Final payments are due in August. Sign up with Carrie right away to be insured of a place at this great retreat!

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The Srping Retreat at Rosemary Heights in Surrey, BC was held March 7-9th. Guild Members had a great time and are already talking about returning next year!

Here is the whole retreat gang on the grounds at Rosemary Heights. Many of their faces and quilts ar pictured below.

Documents for Retreat Participants in WORD format:

* Spring Registration

Pattern for an Outstanding Retreat Quilt
Piece together 24 lovely friendship stars. Combine with lattice of numerous
UFO projects. Add borders of comfortable rooms and great meals. Quilt it
all over with creativity and inspiration. Finish by binding it with lively
conversation and lots of laughter. The result? A wonderful weekend of
quilting accomplished, friendships (both new and continued) and great times
together.

We converged on Rosemary Heights Retreat Center in Surrey, BC on Friday
morning, March 17th, and shared stories of conquering the driving directions
(which are already revised for next year), but short waits at the border
crossing. Our 3 days and 2 nights were spent admiring projects and
encouraging each others' progress on the design walls, getting/giving
suggestions, sharing quilting tricks and favorite tools, and "field trips"
to local stores. We had some generous door prizes donated by Fourth Corner
Quilts and Wineberries. National Quilting Day was Saturday, and we
celebrated it by playing our quilting item "gift exchange" game. (Or, Nat,
should it be called the "gift theft" game?) We also shared a tip/trick we'd
learned from someone else during the retreat, and it seems that several of
us plan to learn more of Eleanor Burns' special techniques for perfect
blocks. It was fascinating to see the creativity and variety of blocks
made of the theme batik fabric for the block raffle.

We had a great time--so, join us for the next retreat! We've outgrown the
meeting rooms we've been using, so we'll be in spacious new sewing rooms for
the next retreats. There are also options for more motel-style rooms, and
more single rooms available. Our next retreats: Tuesday-Friday, Oct 17-20
at Warm Beach; Friday-Sunday, Feb 16-18 at Rosemary Heights. Watch for
details in coming months.

For those of you who have never been on a quilting retreat, allow me to
share my own experience and reasons for going on a guild retreat. I had
somewhat hesitantly attended my first retreat 2 years ago, and then only
because I'd won the registration in a raffle. (After all, how can you turn
something like that down? So I decided to go.) Since I live alone, I'd
always figured that I could spend a whole weekend quilting any time I
wanted, so why should I bother going somewhere else. Well, was I in for a
wonderful surprise. I had no idea I could have such a great time with 20
other women I hadn't really known very well. What a great way to make some
new friends in a very casual setting: sharing a sewing table, eating meals
with different gals each time, admiring projects and getting inspired,
learning a new way to do something without having to take a whole class,
taking a walk, going on an adventure to find a new fabric store. Then a few
months later during Show 'n Tell at a guild meeting, it's fun to see
something finished that you saw in its early stages. You can interact with
others as much or as little as you want. I don't really consider myself a
social butterfly, but now I wouldn't miss one retreat! A couple of us
actually consider them to be small vacations we give ourselves. And we all
agreed that one of the best features of going away on a retreat is that we
don't have to plan menus, cook, or clean up the kitchen! A quick break to
eat, then back to whatever we wanted to do. Someone else can take care of
the house, kids, dogs, etc. for a couple days. I'm hooked--a quilting
retreat is a legal addiction!

Alice O. (retreat co-VP)

Do you have a photo taken at a MQG retreat? Send a copy to the webmaster so it can be posted on this page for all to enjoy!

Contact Yvonne B or Carrie U. for more details.

Contact webmaster webmaster@moonlightquilters.org

	Moonlight Quilters Retreats Home
	Retreat News	Retreat VPs Yvonne B. & Carrie U.
	Fall Retreat at Warm Beach--September 30-October 3rd You can sign up for one of the few remaining spots at our Fall Retreat if you think fast and write a check for your deposit at our June meeting. 12 places are left in the Olympic View rooms (Single $320; Double/Triple $220) Final payments are due in August. Sign up with Carrie right away to be insured of a place at this great retreat! ********
	The Srping Retreat at Rosemary Heights in Surrey, BC was held March 7-9th. Guild Members had a great time and are already talking about returning next year! Here is the whole retreat gang on the grounds at Rosemary Heights. Many of their faces and quilts ar pictured below.

Documents for Retreat Participants in WORD format: * Spring Registration	Pattern for an Outstanding Retreat Quilt Piece together 24 lovely friendship stars. Combine with lattice of numerous UFO projects. Add borders of comfortable rooms and great meals. Quilt it all over with creativity and inspiration. Finish by binding it with lively conversation and lots of laughter. The result? A wonderful weekend of quilting accomplished, friendships (both new and continued) and great times together. We converged on Rosemary Heights Retreat Center in Surrey, BC on Friday morning, March 17th, and shared stories of conquering the driving directions (which are already revised for next year), but short waits at the border crossing. Our 3 days and 2 nights were spent admiring projects and encouraging each others' progress on the design walls, getting/giving suggestions, sharing quilting tricks and favorite tools, and "field trips" to local stores. We had some generous door prizes donated by Fourth Corner Quilts and Wineberries. National Quilting Day was Saturday, and we celebrated it by playing our quilting item "gift exchange" game. (Or, Nat, should it be called the "gift theft" game?) We also shared a tip/trick we'd learned from someone else during the retreat, and it seems that several of us plan to learn more of Eleanor Burns' special techniques for perfect blocks. It was fascinating to see the creativity and variety of blocks made of the theme batik fabric for the block raffle. We had a great time--so, join us for the next retreat! We've outgrown the meeting rooms we've been using, so we'll be in spacious new sewing rooms for the next retreats. There are also options for more motel-style rooms, and more single rooms available. Our next retreats: Tuesday-Friday, Oct 17-20 at Warm Beach; Friday-Sunday, Feb 16-18 at Rosemary Heights. Watch for details in coming months. For those of you who have never been on a quilting retreat, allow me to share my own experience and reasons for going on a guild retreat. I had somewhat hesitantly attended my first retreat 2 years ago, and then only because I'd won the registration in a raffle. (After all, how can you turn something like that down? So I decided to go.) Since I live alone, I'd always figured that I could spend a whole weekend quilting any time I wanted, so why should I bother going somewhere else. Well, was I in for a wonderful surprise. I had no idea I could have such a great time with 20 other women I hadn't really known very well. What a great way to make some new friends in a very casual setting: sharing a sewing table, eating meals with different gals each time, admiring projects and getting inspired, learning a new way to do something without having to take a whole class, taking a walk, going on an adventure to find a new fabric store. Then a few months later during Show 'n Tell at a guild meeting, it's fun to see something finished that you saw in its early stages. You can interact with others as much or as little as you want. I don't really consider myself a social butterfly, but now I wouldn't miss one retreat! A couple of us actually consider them to be small vacations we give ourselves. And we all agreed that one of the best features of going away on a retreat is that we don't have to plan menus, cook, or clean up the kitchen! A quick break to eat, then back to whatever we wanted to do. Someone else can take care of the house, kids, dogs, etc. for a couple days. I'm hooked--a quilting retreat is a legal addiction! Alice O. (retreat co-VP)	Do you have a photo taken at a MQG retreat? Send a copy to the webmaster so it can be posted on this page for all to enjoy!




	Contact Yvonne B or Carrie U. for more details.
	Contact webmaster webmaster@moonlightquilters.org