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Hi Everyone,

I went to my Guild's retreat from Thursday thru Sunday in Sonoma, CA. It's the first time I have gone. Everyone always raves about how much fun it is & this year, I made my mind up to go. I went with 3 other girlfriends, but I can see how you could easily go by yourself. Our retreat is held at a Sonoma State University. It's a beautiful campus & our pods were very nice & quite comfortable. For 3 nights & 4 days & all meals, I think I paid about $215 - what a bargain! There is no structure to our retreat - everyone brings whatever they want to work on & we can start sewing at 7:00 AM & sew until midnight. The food service people brought us coffee between breakfast & after dinner everyday. I was especially spoiled, because I am still recovering from my broken leg & my friends took very good care of me & each time we arrived at the dining hall, a student employee was sent to load my food tray up for me & escort me to my table.

There were about 46 of us on retreat & we had so much fun - as well as getting lots accomplished. One night, we laughed so much, I thought I was going to PIMP & I warned my friends if that happened, they knew who was going to have to clean it up! I've only been a member of my guild for about

3 - 4 years & this was a great way to really get to know many of the other members. We did do a block exchange & everyone brought a sewing related gift to exchange & the last day we had show & tell. If you belong to a guild & they have a retreat - I highly recommend going. I can't remember when I've had so much fun - I can't wait till next year!

Pauline Northern California

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Pauline
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I'm so glad you went and had a good time.

So....what projects did you work on?

marcella

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Marcella Peek

Pauline, it sounds like you really enjoyed yourself! :) I've never gone to my guild's retreat; it's not long after I go to camp, and there are very limited spaces available. I always figure someone else should go instead of me.

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Sandy Foster

That sounds like something I would really enjoy.

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maryd

Pauline - what guild do you belong to? It sounds like a wonderful time!!!! Do you have any pics to share?

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Laurie G.

I worked on a triple Irish chain, until I was bored to death with it!!! Then I put the remaining borders on my blooming 9-patch Halloween quilt. Then I worked on machine appliqueing a quilt called Pretty Dresses. I got lots done. It's totally unstructured, so very relaxing.

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Pauline

We always have a waiting list for our retreat as well, but after hearing so much about it for the past 3 years, I finally went & I'm so glad I did. I think last year I went to Paducah during retreat, but I'll do my best not to miss it again! You should try your retreat Sandy!

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Pauline

Do you belong to a local guild Mary? It's so affordable & such a lot of fun! And we were in a beautiful setting as well!

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Pauline

I belong to Diablo Valley Quilters. We meet in Danville. Where are you Laurie? I did not bring my camera - I knew if I did, it would just be one more thing to drag around & I'm still nursing my broken leg, so tried to travel as light as I could.

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Pauline

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Marcella Peek

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Pat in Virginia

Hi Pat, I pulled my book out (Color From the Heart by Gai Perry) & she simply calls it a variation of a Nine-Patch. My quilt instructer calls it a Blooming

9-Patch. It was a study on working with color. The instructions are to start with your border fabric & pull colors from your border fabric to make up the quilt. The opposite of what I have done in the past! It was a bit of a struggle, but it worked. It's probably not a quilt I would have chosen to make, but I'm very happy with the end result. It's a different way of thinking! I'll try to remember to take a picture of it so you can see. I googled blooming 9-patches & I would say that my pattern is less busy than the ones I found, although somewhat similar.
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Pauline

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