Quilt Retreat

The Lincoln Quilters Guild and Omaha Quilters Guild held their combined retreat this past weekend at the 4-H camp outside of Gretna, Nebraska.

As usual my small group, The Red Hot Quilters, sat with The Pigs. That’s not a comment about their personal lives or hygiene – they all like pigs and, among other pig-themed items, have Olivia pillowcases. Marcia M. was absent due to her son’s wedding and she was missed. We all were tired to begin with, and all weekend we remained subdued and less active than normal. I managed to complete a pillowcase, a denim quilt top, and get halfway through a flag wall hanging for my secret sister.

We were able to spend all of our time quilting - no side-trips to quilt shops this time. Rather we visited the Plattsmouth quilt shop ON OUR WAY to retreat, and lunched at The Chocolate Moose. We arrived at the retreat in time for the 3:00pm check-in at the cabins and the 3:30pm start-time for unloading our sewing gear.

The food was delicious. Friday night was a Baked Potato Bar that really hit the spot. We had a full breakfast Saturday morning, a yummy lunch of Soup/Salad Bar/Sandwiches and a spectacular Fiesta Night for Saturday’s supper. That was a Taco Bar with hard shells, flour tortillas, fajita meat, seasoned taco meat, refried beans, chips, nacho cheese, and all the toppings you can imagine. We even had frozen, strawberry margaritas. I’m not a margarita fan and don’t even like the taste of alcohol but, gotta tell ‘ya, my drink was so smooth and excellent! (I’ve decided it was drunken quilters who developed stippling.) Soft, chewy chocolate chip cookies were available for dessert and I commented on how yummy those were, so for the rest of the evening cookies kept mysteriously appearing at my spot.

I returned home Sunday at 4:30pm to a little girl who threw herself at me, and a sick hubby sprawled on the couch. Cassie (and Eli, the cat) followed me all around as I unpacked, sorted laundry, showered, and put away my gear. But Cassie began to fail very early and by 7:30pm she was bathed, in bed, and sound asleep.
I sent Mark to bed as well and I spent the remainder of the evening watching my timer tape with Eli curled on my lap. I had a terrific time at retreat but it was good to be home.