Our Thirteenth Year of Retreating! Thursday November 5 through check out Sunday November 8 At Our New Bird-in-Hand Location! Amish View Inn and Suites 3125 Old Philadelphia Pike (Rt 340) mid-way between Bird-in-Hand and Intercourse This retreat will be a UFO Retreat AND a Mystery Retreat. If you have piles of UFOs you want to work on, you certainly may do that. Or you may participate in the 2009 November Retreat Mystery. The mystery introduction and precutting directions can be found here We are starting a day earlier for those who requested it. You may check in on Wednesday November 4 after 3:00 PM if you'd like an extra day of retreating fun. Of course it will cost you more too, but you expected that, right? For those who have asked or are just wondering, yes we will be wearing name tags this year, so we know who everyone is. Let’s make it a fun thing and a little contest. Everyone should wear a QUILTED and finished name tag that has on it your name and where you are from. It doesn’t have to be new, but we will be “judging” these and there will be a nice prize for the “Best of Show” Show and tell will be every night, but you may only show a project one time please. We will take a few minutes every evening for you to show one or two of your favorite quilts. The retreat will officially begin at check in on Thursday any time after 3.00. Check in at the front desk for your keys. After you've unloaded your car, bring your sewing supplies to the conference room on the lower level. We can start working on our projects until 4:30, when we will close the conference room for dinner. We will reopen at 7:00 and resume sewing. We'll finish about 9:00 so you can take a relaxing dip in the hot tub if you'd like, or just stay in the conference room and keep on working. Friday will be shopping day for those who need to add to their stash. I will hand out shopping directions and any coupons we have to aid you in your adventure. The conference room will be closed until 1:00 when it will reopen for those who have shopped out. When ever you are finished your shopping you can come back and continue your project. The conference room will close at 4:30 for dinner and reopen no later than 7:00 so we can continue working on our projects. The conference room will remain open until 11:00 (or later if you want to sew!) The conference room will reopen at 7:00 on Saturday for those who wish to continue sewing. Remember that most stores are closed on Sunday so be sure to visit all the wonderful shops Saturday. Take advantage of all there is around here, go out and explore. The conference room will close at 5:00 for dinner and reopen no later than 7:00. After dinner head back to the conference room. We will continue working on our projects and have some retreat fun while working. Saturday night we will have a Retreat Relay For Life FUNdraiser. It will be guaranteed fun and exciting, but I need your help please. I would like for us to do a twist on the Pollyanna exchange. I would like each person to bring a small unwrapped quilt related Pollyanna gift worth between $5 and $10, but concealed in bag so no one else can see what it is. Give your Pollyanna to me sometime after you arrive, no later than Friday night please. To keep it fun, I’m not going to tell you now what we will be doing, but as always I will guarantee you it will be fun! (For those who attended last November, we will not be doing the Chinese Auction again, LOL!) Sunday morning the conference room will open at 9:00 for you to collect your belongings, and will close at 10:30 for checkout. Check out is before 11, and you must check out at the front office. Cost will be: Doubles (two people sharing one room) $280 per person Private room $450 Extra Night - Doubles (two people sharing one room) $60 per person Private room $120 Retreat package includes accommodations and class or classes. A $100 non-refundable deposit per person is required when you make your reservation. Please be sure you understand the cancellation policy (below) before you send your deposit. To reserve a room in any retreat, you must send a $100 non-refundable deposit. This will reserve you a space in the conference room, and a room to sleep in. I will not match roommates, so if you do not have a friend to accompany you, you must pay for a private room. If one roommate cancels, the remaining roommate shall be required to pay for a private room, or provide their own paying roommate. For this reason, you should choose your roommate carefully. Payment in full must be received by September 1, 2009. Payment must be received on time or the reservation will be cancelled and all deposits forfeited. Cancellations must be in writing. Email is fine, but if you do not get an acknowledgement within three days you should email again and/or snail mail. Cancellations made after September 1st are transferable to another person, but not refundable. I have to pay my bills on time, and I would appreciate it if you would do the same. I set the retreat due dates so your payment arrives in time for me to pay my bill. There will be a $20 late charge for any late retreat payments. Need more information, email Marge. You may pay your deposit or make other payments securely with any major credit card through PayPal! Reserve your room. Make a payment. |Home| Family| Quilts| Blocks| Retreat| Email| Updated July 24, 2009