THIS RETREAT IS FULL!
Spring 2014 QUILTING & RUG HOOKING RETREAT
May 1st - 4th
Blackwater Falls State Park
Complete Registration, Fees, & Cancellation
deadline = March 1, 2014!
Blackwater Falls State Park is a fantastic setting for a spring retreat. The lodge is beautiful, newly refurbished, and the staff is top-notch! Be sure to check out their website at www.blackwaterfalls.com to see for yourself.
Spring 2014 Quilting & Rug Hooking Retreat: Bring your UFOs! Retreat begins on Thursday, May 1st @ 3:00 pm!
We have reserved the Milton Harr Conference Center, which is a vast 58' x 51.5' space! We'll set up rectangular tables end-to-end, 2 people (per table) sitting caddycorner to each other. There are plenty of outlets, lots of power strips and extension cords, and we will provide 4 ironing stations and 2 cutting tables for you. Be sure to bring all the usual items: sewing machine or rug hooking frame, power cord, extra feet & bobbins, tools, machine oil, your own extension cord & power strip if you have them, task light, scissors, rotary cutter & new blades, ripper, tape measure, threads, pincushion & pins, rulers, machine needles & stitching needles, hook, wool cutter, your own comfy chair if you prefer, and anything else you can think of that we didn't list here! :) This is a UFO retreat, a "do as you wish" retreat, a no-stress and no-schedule affair! We WILL, however, have some fun activities planned and some projects & classes offered in which you can choose to partake if you wish, but there is NO OBLIGATION!
Optional FUN Activities (These are standard at ALL our retreats - they are just so fun, and winners are REALLY happy!)
1) Fat Quarter Fabric and Fat Eighths Wool Bingo: Bring 3 fat quarters (fabric) or 3 fat eights (hand-dyed wool) to "buy" your Bingo cards, and some buttons to mark your cards! We will play 3 different times each for quilters and for rug hookers throughout the retreat --- winner takes all fat quarters/fat eighths which purchased the cards for that game!
2) "Chinese" Fabric/Wool Exchange: Each participant brings 1 yard of beautiful fabric or 1 fat quarter hand-dyed wool wrapped up so it can't be seen. The game is a take on "Dirty Santa," so person #1 gets the first choice and opens her gift. Person #2 can either take #1's fabric, or take another gift, and so on. A gift can only be "exchanged" 2 times before it is retired, so the 3rd person holding it gets to keep it.
Spring 2014 Quilting & Rug Hooking Retreat: Bring your UFOs! Retreat begins on Thursday, May 1st @ 3:00 pm!
We have reserved the Milton Harr Conference Center, which is a vast 58' x 51.5' space! We'll set up rectangular tables end-to-end, 2 people (per table) sitting caddycorner to each other. There are plenty of outlets, lots of power strips and extension cords, and we will provide 4 ironing stations and 2 cutting tables for you. Be sure to bring all the usual items: sewing machine or rug hooking frame, power cord, extra feet & bobbins, tools, machine oil, your own extension cord & power strip if you have them, task light, scissors, rotary cutter & new blades, ripper, tape measure, threads, pincushion & pins, rulers, machine needles & stitching needles, hook, wool cutter, your own comfy chair if you prefer, and anything else you can think of that we didn't list here! :) This is a UFO retreat, a "do as you wish" retreat, a no-stress and no-schedule affair! We WILL, however, have some fun activities planned and some projects & classes offered in which you can choose to partake if you wish, but there is NO OBLIGATION!
Optional FUN Activities (These are standard at ALL our retreats - they are just so fun, and winners are REALLY happy!)
1) Fat Quarter Fabric and Fat Eighths Wool Bingo: Bring 3 fat quarters (fabric) or 3 fat eights (hand-dyed wool) to "buy" your Bingo cards, and some buttons to mark your cards! We will play 3 different times each for quilters and for rug hookers throughout the retreat --- winner takes all fat quarters/fat eighths which purchased the cards for that game!
2) "Chinese" Fabric/Wool Exchange: Each participant brings 1 yard of beautiful fabric or 1 fat quarter hand-dyed wool wrapped up so it can't be seen. The game is a take on "Dirty Santa," so person #1 gets the first choice and opens her gift. Person #2 can either take #1's fabric, or take another gift, and so on. A gift can only be "exchanged" 2 times before it is retired, so the 3rd person holding it gets to keep it.
Optional Project & Class
There will be a project & class offered by Jenifer Gaston of The Woolen Willow. Details will be posted here as soon as it is ready - so keep checking the website for updates.
Spring 2014 Retreat - Registration Information
A COMPLETED REGISTRATION (INCLUDING ALL FEES) MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 1, 2014.
The information on the registration form tells us who you are, and the $60.00 Non-Refundable Retreat Fee pays for retreat costs (conference room, catered "snacks" for our guests, cost of supplies & prizes, advertising, etc), and MOST IMPORTANTLY, it reserves your chair in the conference room for the retreat. THERE ARE 50 TOTAL (quilting) SEATS AVAILABLE, and we fill them on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each completed registration (filled out form and $60) receives a number 1-50. If we receive your completed registration AFTER we have all 50 seats filled, we will notify you of 3 choices:
1) hold your registration and $60 on a waiting list until the retreat in case you can fill the spot of someone who cancels.
2) return your registration and $60 to you.
3) hold your registration and $60 to put towards the next retreat.
There are two ways you can register and pay: 1) call the Woolen Willow at 304-375-9665 and provide your information over the phone; 2) register online using the form on this website (click "Register Online" to be directed to that page).
Lodge Room Reservations
We are holding 30 rooms at the Blackwater Falls State Park Lodge. Woolen Willow Retreats will make all the room reservations as a group, so no hassle for you! They are holding this large block of rooms for us for a limited time, so be sure to make your reservation with us NO LATER THAN MARCH 1ST!! Rooms are hotel-style with private baths, and you can have one all to yourself, or have up to 3 other roommates, if you don't mind sharing a bed! 11/10/13 UPDATE: All rooms with 1 King bed have been taken!
If there are more than 2 sharing a room, an additional charge of $10 per extra person PER DAY will apply. Please check our Retreat blog at the top of the page for updates on room availability.
***We respectfully ask that only 1 person pay us for the room to eliminate our confusion! You can settle up with your roommates privately. Please understand that the room is reserved from 4:00 PM Thursday through checkout on Sunday at 10:00 am, and the entire amount must be paid whether someone in your party stays the entire time or not. We don't want to deal with charging our guests late cancellation fees, and we're sure you don't want that either!
Meals are on your own, but the lodge has a wonderful full-service restaurant on-site, so you never have to leave the lodge if you don't want to! Take a look at the menus below.
The information on the registration form tells us who you are, and the $60.00 Non-Refundable Retreat Fee pays for retreat costs (conference room, catered "snacks" for our guests, cost of supplies & prizes, advertising, etc), and MOST IMPORTANTLY, it reserves your chair in the conference room for the retreat. THERE ARE 50 TOTAL (quilting) SEATS AVAILABLE, and we fill them on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each completed registration (filled out form and $60) receives a number 1-50. If we receive your completed registration AFTER we have all 50 seats filled, we will notify you of 3 choices:
1) hold your registration and $60 on a waiting list until the retreat in case you can fill the spot of someone who cancels.
2) return your registration and $60 to you.
3) hold your registration and $60 to put towards the next retreat.
There are two ways you can register and pay: 1) call the Woolen Willow at 304-375-9665 and provide your information over the phone; 2) register online using the form on this website (click "Register Online" to be directed to that page).
Lodge Room Reservations
We are holding 30 rooms at the Blackwater Falls State Park Lodge. Woolen Willow Retreats will make all the room reservations as a group, so no hassle for you! They are holding this large block of rooms for us for a limited time, so be sure to make your reservation with us NO LATER THAN MARCH 1ST!! Rooms are hotel-style with private baths, and you can have one all to yourself, or have up to 3 other roommates, if you don't mind sharing a bed! 11/10/13 UPDATE: All rooms with 1 King bed have been taken!
If there are more than 2 sharing a room, an additional charge of $10 per extra person PER DAY will apply. Please check our Retreat blog at the top of the page for updates on room availability.
***We respectfully ask that only 1 person pay us for the room to eliminate our confusion! You can settle up with your roommates privately. Please understand that the room is reserved from 4:00 PM Thursday through checkout on Sunday at 10:00 am, and the entire amount must be paid whether someone in your party stays the entire time or not. We don't want to deal with charging our guests late cancellation fees, and we're sure you don't want that either!
Meals are on your own, but the lodge has a wonderful full-service restaurant on-site, so you never have to leave the lodge if you don't want to! Take a look at the menus below.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
$60 Non-Refundable Retreat Fee: Non-refundable - it reserves your place in the Conference Center and is relied upon by us as proof we have the guests needed in order to reserve the location and afford the retreat.
Room Reservation Fee: If you contact us before March 1st to cancel, your entire room fee (minus $10.00 transaction charge) will be refunded the way in which you paid. After March 1st, there will be 5%-50% late cancellation charge applied, depending on how many days before the scheduled event you cancel. We will work with you and with Blackwater Falls to determine the charges, which has different policies for group reservations.
Class Fees: Full refund (minus $5.00 transaction fee), no time limit. Your kit will be made available for sale at the retreat.
Room Reservation Fee: If you contact us before March 1st to cancel, your entire room fee (minus $10.00 transaction charge) will be refunded the way in which you paid. After March 1st, there will be 5%-50% late cancellation charge applied, depending on how many days before the scheduled event you cancel. We will work with you and with Blackwater Falls to determine the charges, which has different policies for group reservations.
Class Fees: Full refund (minus $5.00 transaction fee), no time limit. Your kit will be made available for sale at the retreat.