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Have fun Rose!

Just read your thread About the retreat. Have to say I'm envious but hope you have had a great time.

Have a lovely time Rose

Have a ball and stitch like crazy.

ooo Rose how exciting I hope you have a fabulous time and look forward to hearing all about it when you are back

Had a fantastic time and got some fun pictures I will post those later tonight and tell some tales then but I have to go to work today.

Glad you enjoyed yourself! Looking forward to the pics and stories

Looking forward to that post! Glad you had a good time.

Carole

Glad to hear you had a good time -- looking forward to tales and pics!

How exciting. Looking forward to seeing the pictures. How could you put going to work before us!!!

OK so I had a wonderful time with lovely ladies and so much fun to stitch all day long and not have to do anything. All meals were prepared and fantastic food.

The retreat was held at a place named St Francis Retreat Center, it run by Franciscan Priests as a training location and they raise money to keep going by renting there centers to groups such as ours. While we were there they had 2 other groups. Monks on the Mountain and Marriage Encounter Worldwide. So in total about 125 to 150 people. But we did not run over each other except for dinner time and even that was staggered so no long lines.
Pic are
1Were our rooms were, 2 The Chapel 3 Retreat Center/ Dining Hall
4 Dining room 5 Patio

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We arrived Thursday at 4 and started to set-up in the Sewing Room....that is what I called it all weekend.

Started right into stitching and had a wonderful time meeting and greeting all that were showing up. Of course due to work and travel we all showed up on a staggering schedule. I believe that I counted 35 total when all the ladies finally came in. The closest was ME as I was only 15 minutes away. just across the valley from this place and the farthest Denver ,Colorado. This is a few pics of the room before and after it filled up.


There ended up not being any classes or demo's as the one planned fell through or maybe I just misunderstood what I was being told.... But regardless the time we had to sit and stitch was just heaven. Food served and cleaned up after so total focus was on stitch, stitch, stitch. There were some wonderful projects of blackwork, scissor fobs, boxes, pulled threads, pincushions. I took a few pictures of the work but not enough.
1 A Blackwork dragon and no I did not add it upside down the lady working it said she finds it easier to stitch it this way..... 2 Pulled threads????? That is what she called it 3 Pagoda Pincushions
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After 3 days of stitching we all wanted the time to slow down so we could stay for longer. But alas we had to pick up and leave. The organizer is already talking to the Father's to see if next year is open and make arrangements for the cost and rooms. I plan to go back next year and enjoy quality stitching time with a fun group of ladies. Oh by the way there are NO distractions as they do not have TV or Internet. And cell service was hit and miss at the best of times. It was great!!!!!! I was invited to check out 2 other groups in the area but what with work and all I don't think it would be possible they both meet during the day and during the work week. But how nice to have so many options...
About 3 miles down is a small town and over the week-end they were having a Pow-Wow of the local Indian Tribes some went in to have a break and came back with all sorts of things

Also a LNS , Hobby Lobby, and Joann's were about 30 minutes away so some took time off to go buy stash. 3 ladies made a trip 2 hours away to another stitching shop.

But all in all it was great!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like a fabulous weekend Rose and its wonderful to see all the pics of the area as well as so many enjoying their stitching to the beautiful work being accomplished.

I guess its a case of roll on next year's Retreat!!!!

Thanks for posting them Rose.

Squirrel wrote:Sounds like a fabulous weekend Rose and its wonderful to see all the pics of the area as well as so many enjoying their stitching to the beautiful work being accomplished.

I guess its a case of roll on next year's Retreat!!!!

Thanks for posting them Rose.

I agree with Sally! Great pics. It looks like a lovely place for a great stitching retreat. I'm so glad that you treated yourself!

Carole

What a great retreat!! I'm so glad you were able to go, and that you thoroughly enjoyed it!!!

Great pics! I bet you had a lot of fun!

Thanks for sharing the pictures and stories, what a wonderful time away!

That looks simply fantastic - fantastic place, idea, stitching time etc etc. Would love to do something like that some day.

Oh Rose that looks and sounds like it was brilliant, I am so glad you took the plunge and joined in and I sooo wish i lived nearer and could come too next time

So glad you had so much fun. Already planning to return next year!!

This sounds like the perfect arrangements for a perfect retreat. I am so envious Glad you had a great time.