C'mon girls; lets keep it going. Last week my best quilting pal and I attended a retreat in Toccoa, GA. There are always a few classes and just as many "SOYO" sew on your own, rooms. It's a Baptist conference center and ideal for this kind of gathering. Mediocre meals are served in a large dining hall overlooking a small lake surrounded by colorful trees usually at the height of fall color at that lower elevation that first full week of Nov. I actually completed five full rows of DD's wedding quilt and almost finished the sixth and seventh. There will be a total of eleven rows. I am going to tell my daughter that she should marry a dwarf the next time around so I won't have to make a California King! Any way the end is in sight. I'll get it to the long arm quilter before I go to CA to visit her and her family in January. By the way, she was married in Aug '09. I propose the better late than never club. Any takers?
Anybody here going to Road to CA in January? I'll at least go the the show. I have a grandmotherly obligation to corrupt my new step granddaughters. They are 11 and 13 years old. The ideal ages. If anyone here is going let's arrange a meet up. I haven't been there in about five years.
Jane
How was Toccoa? I'm hoping to go thee in Jan. for the QOV retreat if I can get someone to drive with me.
ReplyDeleteHeard from the GF in Mt. Dora, she is a no for now.
Do you think there will be snow & ice there in Jan?
I've only been there once, in the summertime.
Sara/Fla.
Where in CA is the Road to California show?
ReplyDeleteSara, I'm not sure about snow and ice. It's at a lower elevation than I am so I don't think it is too likely. The town of Toccoa is very small and the Baptist Conference center is ideal for our purposes. In my guild there is a very active QOV group with a leader who was an army brat and they have produced and incredible number of the quilts. She'll probably be there for the event. I can put you in touch with her if you like.
ReplyDeleteJane
Nancy, the Road to CA conference and show is at the Ontario conference center in Ontario,CA. It's a monster show and you can impoverish yourself very easily with all those vendors. There are numerous classes offered during the event as well.
ReplyDeleteJane
ooh la la The Road to Ca.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of thinking of it.
It's a dandy, esp the vendors.
We have sold our condo in Palm Springs, but I would prob stay there maybe with friends?
It's about an hour and a half drive.
Prob too late to sign up for any classes, they fill fast.
Your retreat sounds fun. Our guild's
retreat is always a blast, but I goof
off so much & really don't get as much done as I should.
There are 3 great shops close and it's also in the middle of wine country, so it's lovely.