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Articles on 10 February 2009

• Retreat! Retreat!

  Posted: 10 February 2009 at 5:53 p.m.

  I just love going on quilting retreats. The benefits of retreating are many and varied, but my personal favorite is that when I’m on a retreat, nobody is calling me ‘Mom’ and demanding that I make them a sandwich. My other favorite benefit is that retreats are not held in campgrounds, because I absolutely adore not camping.

   

  There are several quilting groups that I belong to, and each group holds their own getaways. My favorite group has twice-yearly retreats, held at a hotel close enough to not be a major road trip, but just far enough out of town that anyone’s husband who might be considering making a call to say that the meatloaf is burning and won’t you please come home and do something about it would think twice before picking up the phone.

   

  We all show up on Friday, loaded down with sewing machines, pillows, pants that have elastic waistbands, and 18 or 19 half-finished projects, because a person just never knows when they’re going to get bored with their current project and need something new to mess up. And, of course, there’s the all-important food. Quilters must have food, and, since we ...

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