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Stitcher’s Hideaway Fun Reports! What’s a Stitcher’s Hideaway Retreat all about? Read our Fun Reports and find out! |
Stitcher’s Hideaway Wow! This annual event just keeps growing and growing! But then -- what’s not to love?!? We get to snuggle in at the Publick House Historic Inn in Sturbridge, MA in the middle of winter with other addicted stitchers and spend our days and nights together stitching, dining, shopping, laughing, stitching...and stitching....and stitching!! We look forward to it all year long! As people arrive there are always very excited greetings, hugs, laughter, and chatter. We get to meet new stitchers and reunite with many we know. Some come with friends, some come solo, and they all have a great time! We are together each day and night in our stitching room and enjoy our yummy meals together. With such a common interest, we have much to talk about and share! I just love the happy chaos of everyone arriving and the conversations at each table!
Upon arrival each stitcher received a Fun Pack of donated goodies from 123Stitch, Bush Mountain Stitchery & Framing, Kreinik, Morning Glory Needleworks, Samplers & Such, Stitchers Hideaway, The Prairie Schooler, Udder Cream, Victoria Sampler and Weeks Dye Works! Among other items, they received a kit from me to make this little Winter Escape keepsake:
Bush Mountain Stitchery, Stitchers Hideaway, and BFF Bags & Pouches had a great selection in their shops for our stash enhancement pleasure! WOW!!!! At this retreat we had our very first male stitcher! Bob attended with his wife Kate, making them the first married couple to attend a Stitchers Hideaway retreat together! Bob and Kate both enjoy working on needlepoint.
Oh, the door prizes!! Given out throughout our time together, they were donated by 123Stitch, BFF Pouches & Bags, Brightneedle, Bush Mountain Stitchery & Framing, Lizzie Kate, Morning Glory Needleworks, Praiseworthy Stitches, Rosewood Manor, Samplers and Such, Seraphim Hand Dyed Fabrics by Laurie, Victoria Sampler, Weeks Dye Works, With My Needle, and Linda Mosch and Linda Marchand (friends of Stitchers Hideaway). It was fun to see what each person received and to see the different products and designs the donors offer.
We had two Show ‘n Tell sessions, but really, we were pretty much always sharing what we were working on to each other. There are so many amazing designs and designers out there! What an inspiration! Here’s some of our WIPs (work in progress):
Here is just some of what we saw during our Show ‘n Tell Sessions.
Did I mention our awesome food at the Publick House Inn?!? Mmmm.... Shortly before each meal I announced, “It’s time for our next feeding!” and we headed for the room right next to our stitching room.
More and More Door Prizes!!
What a treasure our time together was!
Oh, how sad to see the retreat come to an end. We had so much fun! In fact, some asked me to turn it into a Stitchers-Hide-A-Week next year -- and I decided that’s a great idea for 2017!! See you next year! Sue
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