Sizzlin’Summer Retreat
Posted By Margaret on May 12, 2010
An evening of quilting and BBQ! Sound like fun? Join us at Jackie Lynn’s for my Sizzlin’ Summer Retreat, Friday, June 4, 5 – 11 p.m. We’ll be making this easy quilt by Maple Island Quilts called “Sidelines.” It highlights a large scale print (or prints) and sews up real fast. Or if you prefer, come work on your own project. We’ll have a BBQ dinner, door prizes and a lot of fun!
If you’ve never attended one of my evening retreats, about 20 -30 women usually join us to make an easy group project or to work on finishing up one of their own projects. Usually it’s quilting, but we have had women working on knitting or sewing projects in the past. We start the evening off with an appetizer while everyone gets set up and does some shopping. The store always has a special sale just for us. Then we start the group project. At about 7pm we break for a full dinner with dessert. The Sizzlin’ Summer Retreat is always a BBQ-themed dinner, either catered or BBQed by my husband. Recipes for any homemade desserts or dinner are included in your retreat packet. Following dinner we have a big show and tell of completed projects from previous retreats and classes. Also there’s a drawing for the door prizes, which consist of samples of all of the free project sheets you receive in your retreat packet. At the end of the evening, we take a group photo of all of the retreaters with their completed projects. We end at 11pm, usually with a finished or nearly finished quilt top, ready to take home and quilt.
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