The wonderful thing about retreats is that all you have to do is sew…sweet, uninterrupted sewing! Someone else does all the cooking and cleaning. You get to eat, sleep, and sew.
My least favorite thing about retreats is that I have to leave the convenience of my own studio. I always worry that I’m going to forget something important. I decided it was time to create my own packing list so I don’t have wrack my brain every time I am preparing. You’ll want to customize it for your own needs. Be sure to read any special information you’ve received from the retreat organizers and add that to your list, too.
A PDF version of this packing list is found here.
Sewing Machine and Accessories
Notions
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Personal Supplies
Optional, as space allows
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I find it convenient to group my supplies in various Tupperware containers or Ziploc bags, often nesting smaller containers inside larger ones. With a little forethought, it is surprising how little space all this actually takes up.
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5 responses to “Packing Checklist for Quilt Retreats”
Maria, I want to *thank you* SO much for making your checklist available as a PDF! It is so gracious and thoughtful of you to take this small extra step to have the list available in this convenient form.
So many times (in fact, the majority of times), I will find a delightful tutorial but in order to save it in a printer-friendly form, *I* need to do the copy/paste thing in my word processor, as I have found that simply printing off the webpages completely messes up the formatting and presentation. But having it available as a PDF ensures that the format is *exactly* what the author intended it to be.
Thank you so much!
Happy to help! I’ll try to do it more in the future, too.
Do you have a quilting retreat scheduled? I live in New Hampshire and would be interested in learning about portrait quilting, preferably in the fall of 2014.
Oops, forgot to say thank you for all the helpful hints on your website. Thank you!
Hi Sue-Ellen! Thanks for asking! Sorry, I don’t have anything scheduled in the New Hampshire area right now, but I’d love to travel out there. Please feel free to pass my name and website on to your local quilt guild. I’ll be happy to send them all the necessary information.