Christin at Retreat
Friday after work Christin and I headed to our first stop for the weekend, Kingston. Christin was going to spend the night with her family and I was invited to Beth's house for the night. This is what we used to do several years ago and I missed my sleep over at Beth's. It was nice, and as usual she cooked up a wonderful dinner!
Beth at Retreat
Saturday morning we got back in the car, picked up Christin and it was time to head off to Brighton for the Knowledge and Needles retreat! Ann has hosted this retreat for 8 or 9 years now, she started it before she opened her store. This retreat is only for the day, and it has a great price tag, food for the potluck lunch and dinner... and your gas to get there. We were told that we could show up around noon, well we showed up 15 minutes early and I have to say... there were a lot of stitchers already there and settled in!
A new feature of the retreat this year was a display of stitcher's work. In past years it was more of a show and tell to those sitting in the room you were in. If you were in the room when someone pulled out their finishes and WIPs you were lucky to see them, if not you might of missed something pretty cool. So this year Ann and Dan set up racks in the garage (thanks for painting the floor Dan, it looked great!) for us to display our pieces on. It was a great exhibit!
The day was great, it was seeing faces you haven't seen in a year. Stitching, talking, and eating. There are no official events to the day, its just a great big get-together! I think I'll let some of the pictures do the talking.
Clare - who I have e-mailed back and forth with from time to time, so it was wonderful to finally meet her!
Beatrice
Ann & Barb looking at Christin's "Book"
Marie Paul
Marg, Colleen & Carmen
Isolde & Marjorie
Angie
Rebbecca
The Gang - Again about 22 stitchers in attendance.
And ... Me! Since I had my tripod out I figured it was about time to take a picture of myself.
That looks like soooo much fun! Wish I could attend something like that too. Everyone's finishes and WiPs looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to have the display stands! Sounds like you all had a fun time.
ReplyDeleteWish we have something like that here. It looks like everyone had lots of fun and beautiful stitching!!
ReplyDeleteGood for you that you had such a great time. I bet it feels great to have a picture taken after having lost so much weight. Congratulations again! You look great. Ann
ReplyDeleteThe retreat looks like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures, Dani! You look great - congrats again on your amazing weight loss. I love seeing the racks of WIP's and finishes - awesome. I was so sorry to have missed the get-together...next year!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like everyone had a fabulous time.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had tons of fun!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat great fun. Looks like all of you had a great time.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a great time :)
ReplyDeleteOh, and you look great Dani!
Looks like you had a blast Dani! I love the displays of everyones work ... that's always fun to see.
ReplyDeleteWhat a GREAT idea to display all the FOs and WIPs together!!! Now THAT's some eye candy!
ReplyDeleteOh, I envy the fun! And those displays!!!! I itch to circle them for hours.
ReplyDeleteOh Dani, I wished I lived closer!!! It is so much fun to get together like that and do nothing but stitch! Everyone's work looks great. Thanks for sharing it with us!
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun....You look FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete-Jen
The retreat looks like a wonderful time! Thanks or sharing the pictures!
ReplyDelete~~Martha~~
Hi Dani,
ReplyDeleteWell, the weather was finally
kind to us and it didn't rain
on our events. What a relief!
The stitchers gathering looks
like it was a great time for
all who attended, and I'm
enjoying the pictures that
you've posted. What a great
turn out.
Seeing everyone's projects
on display like that would
have been a highlight for me.
What an incredibly talented
bunch of ladies!
Cheers!!
Wow, there's some beautiful stitching there! It was great that they had the display set up for you like that this year. Your pics are great as always.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had such a fun day!
ReplyDeleteSuper pics Dani - your photography skills are great - thanks for sharing
The retreat looks like a lot of fun Dani! I'm really envious.
ReplyDeleteIt was a wonderful time and I can't wait for next year!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had an enjoyable retreat. I am envious too.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great time! Thank you for sharing all those wonderful pictures!
ReplyDeleteSounds like so much fun!! I would just love to go to a retreat for stithcers ;)
ReplyDeleteIt was wonderful to see all the stitched projects, and to read of all the fun you had.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations too on the WW success. You look great.
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ReplyDeleteThat is a great photo of you. All the pictures are fun.
ReplyDeleteSo many lovely WIP's & finishes. Looks like you all had a lot of fun. :0)
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun! You look great!
ReplyDeleteI just LOOOVE all the pics! Nice to meet you!
ReplyDeleteNext time, lets plan for some online friends to come over to Brazil... Beach and stitches are a great combo! =D