Sew In Retreat

Sew In Fun

Each summer my sewing sisters and I attend a wonderful sewing retreat.  You take your own projects and have three full days of sewing fun.  We stay at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe and take over their large ballroom.  We had 72 ladies in attendance this year.  We have meals prepared for us, a wonderful Happy Hour, great rooms and tons of laughs.


                                                      Our Annual Toast

Beverly               Betsy               Lynn                   Mary

The Ballroom tables are FILLED with sewing and embroidery machines, fabric, ironing stations and much laughter and humming of machines.  This picture was taken during a dinner break.

We hold a raffle each year to benefit a charity.  Raffle items are made and donated by attendees.  All of the proceeds from the raffle tickets sold is given to the charity. 

This year our charity was the AZ Goldens.  AZ Goldens train service dogs for Autism, Mobility, Seizures and other disabilities.   The owners of the company came to our Saturday lunch along with  two of their dogs,  a four year old Golden and a German Shepherd puppy. They brought a video of the dogs in training and spoke to us about what they do with their company.

Every year several ladies give mini-demos of the latest and greatest tips and tricks in sewing. 
This is a great quick way to learn more stuff!

Earleen

 The ladies who attend also bring  items that they no longer need for their sewing fetish and donate fabric, notions, books,  patterns and more to our Sewing Sister's Boutique.  The boutique tables open on Friday evening and it is fun to see what is available for grabs.  We put money in a donation tin for the items we take from the tables.  We have terrific donations this year as always.



One of the Sewing Sister's Boutique Tables

Life is good when you are with your sewing friends!



Leslie



Maria
 

Betsy

 

Carole     Earleen  and Sylvia

Karon and Margie
 

 

Mary Anne,   Lou   and     Mary