Quilts by Barb
"let Barb turn your quilt into an heirloom"
2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend
Quilts by Barb - 8th Annual Retreat
When: November 12, 13, and 14, 2010
Optional extra day: Sunday, November 14, Noon
through Monday, November 15, Noon
Where: Baymont Inn and Suites
Convention Center
Belmont, Wisconsin
Projects: It's "Jelly Rolls." New, never before published patterns designed for our retreat. Chris Hampton, a new quilt designer who has been participating is our retreats for a number of years, is working on new designs utilizing 2 1/2" strips or "Jelly Rolls."
A Mystery Quilt designed by Chris especially for our retreat.
Beginning Quilting 101 This is your chance to learn 
good basic quilting skills in a weekend! Beginners will be making Diane Lapacek's Starry Nines. This is a tried and true pattern used at previous retreats. (Right: Starry Nines in progress from previous retreat - Lori Duckstad, a beginner and GREAT quilter!
Accommodations: Rooms are available at the Baymont Inn and Suites. Contact the hotel directly at 608-762-6900 to make room reservations.
Meals: On your own. Continental breakfast is included with hotel room if staying at the hotel.
Retreat Cost: $160 for the weekend through Sunday Noon. $25 for additional optional time after Noon Sunday if paid before October 1. $35 for extra day if paid after October 1, 2010.
Deposit: $100. If staying for the extended sewing time, $25 is payable with the deposit. The balance of $60 will be due at check in at the retreat.
Cancellation: $25 of deposit is nonrefundable. If registration packets have been mailed, an additional $10 plus the cost of patterns will be subtracted from the deposit until October 1, 2010. No refunds after October 1, 2010.
Check out the Baymont Inn and Suites facility:
- convention center, banquet hall, VERY LARGE and spacious. We will have two quilters per table, PLENTY of room and even more of OUR VERY POPULAR raised, shared cutting and pressing stations.
- an attached Baymont Inn and Suites. This is a NEW hotel with comfortable beds. Can we say it is time for relaxing in the whirlpool or taking a swim in the pool?
- Check out the website for The Travel Center
A little background on how we happened to move our retreat to Belmont, Wisconsin.
- Barbara Raisbeck, owner of Quilts by Barb, and Diane Lapacek, our #1 teacher for the weekend are two of the Donahoe sisters who grew up in the Belmont area and graduated from Belmont High School. Yes, that is right. We have three more sisters and we won't even talk about the brothers.
- Belmont is a REALLY small town. Dad watched with great interest the changing of HWY 151 "from Madison to Dubuque" (his words) from a very busy two lane highway into a wonderful new four lane highway with a bypass of Belmont's main street.
- Now, growing up in Belmont, we never dreamed that accommodations such as Baymont Inn and Convention Center would ever be a part of Belmont. I got to "dreaming" of moving the retreat to a hotel with a LOT OF SEWING ROOM. After attending a wedding reception at The Convention Center, I knew it was time to go back home to Belmont.
- Belmont is located less than one hour south of Madison, Wisconsin and about 30 minutes north of Dubuque, Iowa. on Hwy 151. Hence, Dad's "from Madison to Dubuque" definition. Belmont is 5 miles from Platteville, Wisconsin, home of UW-P, of which both Barb and Diane (and many other sibs) are alumni.
- history buffs, Belmont was Wisconsin's First State Capitol and is home to First Capitol State Park.
Other information regarding the retreat:
- You are always welcome to work on a project of your own instead or in addition to the group project. We encourage you to bring other projects from home that you would like help on to complete.
- We participate in a "quilt that gives back." We work, as a group on a quilt and it is completed and machine quilted by Quilts by Barb. This has always been a part of our retreats and our 2010 donation quilt will be donated to a special someone who is nominated by a participant at the retreat.
- The "yard that keeps on going........." You have to attend a retreat to learn more about it!
- Show and Tell by our participants. This is a favorite of all quilters. We show quilts completed from past retreats as well as other quilts and quilt items.
- Our goal is to offer you an educational and relaxing weekend with the best; other quilters!
| I would like to pay $100 deposit toward 2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend sponsored by Quilts by Barb. The balance of $60 will be due at the time of registering at the retreat. | |
| I plan to stay until Monday, NOON. I would like to pay $125 toward the 2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend. The balance of $60 will be due at the time of registering at the retreat. | |
| I would like to pay $160 for the full payment of the 2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend sponsored by Quilts by Barb. | |
| I would like to pay $185 for the full payment of the 2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend and for the extra Monday. | |
| I have already registered for the 2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend. I decided I don't want to miss anything so please sign me up for the Sunday NOON through Monday NOON. The cost for the extra sewing time is $25 through October 1, 2010. After October 1, 2010, the cost of the extra day will be $35. |
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