Virtual Retreat 2023 Schedule

Friday, October 6th – Day’s Host: Kathleen Crittenden

6:00 amMorning – Virtual Sewing Room “opens”
9:00 amMorning – Coffee Chat + Word Search; Topic: What are your plans for this
weekend, quilting or otherwise?
11:15 amHand Stretches
11:30 amBINGO Call
12:00 pmDoor Prize #1 drawing
Brown Bag Lunch Break
1:00 pmAfternoon Stretch Break
3:00 – 4:30 pmBreak Out Rooms Open
– Embroidery Hoop Organizer Project
– Watch Party – “Bisa Butler 2021 JRACraft Distinguished Artist Series”
– Quiet Room
– Sew & Chat Room
4:30 pmBINGO Call
Hand Stretches
7:00 pmEvening Introduction
Cocktail Hour
Welcome
Door Prize #2 drawing
8:00 pmOpportunity Basket #1 drawing
Human Bingo
Diorama Instructions

Saturday, October 7th – Day’s Host: Amanda Morris

9:00 amMorning – Coffee Chat; Topic: Why/How did you begin your quilting journey?
11:15 amHand Stretches
11:30 amBINGO Call
12:00 pm Door Prize #2 drawing
Brown Bag Lunch Break
International Quilt Museum Speaker, “Mad Women and Crazy Quilts (discussion
of the simultaneous cultural phenomena of high-style crazy quilts and
psychoanalytic ideas of women’s hysteria and madness in the last quarter of the 19th century)”
1:00 pmAfternoon Stretch Break
3:00 – 4:00 pmJeopardy!
4:00 pmBINGO Call
4:30 – 6:00 pmBreak Out Rooms Open
– English Paper Piecing Hexie Project
– Watch Party – To Be Announced
– Quiet Room
4:30 pmHand Stretches
7:00 pmCocktail Hour
Show & Tell – Diorama Reveal
Show & Tell – Project Sewing
Door Prize #4 drawing
Watch Party – “A Night at the Museum”
Break out room available for those not watching the movie

Sunday, October 8th – Day’s Host: Sara Goodman

9:00 amMorning – Coffee Chat + Spelling Bee; Topic: What is your favorite museum?
11:15 amHand Stretches
11:30 amBINGO Call
12:00 pmDoor Prize #5 drawing
Brown Bag Lunch Break
1:00 pmAfternoon Stretch Break
3:00 pmBINGO Call
Hand Stretches
3:15 – 5:00 pmCharity Block Sewing
7:00 pmCocktail Hour
Show & Tell – Project Sewing
Door Prize #6 drawing
Opportunity Basket #3 drawing
Grand Prize Drawing Basket #4
12:00 amVirtual Sewing Room Closes