Fall Quilt & Craft Retreat

October 16-19, 2025

If you who have sewing projects, quilts, scrapbooks, or, if you are planning ahead, and want to work on Christmas cards, consider participating in Drift Creek’s Fall Quilt & Scrapbook Retreat, October 16-19, 2025. The retreat offers an opportunity to set aside time to get into a creative groove, without the distractions of life’s daily demands. DCC provides workspace, tasty meals, and coffee delights while you bring your supplies and creativity! There will be friends, old and new, to connect with and learn from. Folks have the option of arriving Thursday or Friday, whichever day suits your schedule best. Registration will begin at 4pm on Thursday, October 16. (Please do not arrive prior to the 4pm check-in time.) Our first dinner will be at 6pm. The meals on Friday and Saturday will include a mid-morning brunch and an early dinner. In between, there will be snacks to share. Please bring along your favorite snack for the group to enjoy. We’ll have an afternoon and evening snack time each day. On Sunday, we’ll have a brief gathering time and an early brunch so that folks have plenty of time to return home before a new week begins!

The retreat is not limited to people working on quilts, the idea is to bring along whatever project you might have….whether it’s a comforter, embroidery, knitting, paper crafts, recording your family’s memories or even writing in your journal, all are welcome to enjoy this chance to dedicate time while camp takes care of the space. We will have room for sewing machines as well as comfy chairs in front of the fire…Or venture outside to enjoy a beautiful stroll through the forest.

Each participant will have the opportunity to receive a door prize. There are a couple of local quilt shops that annually donate gifts. Everyone attending will have the opportunity to have their name be drawn for these “grand prizes’.  In addition, for those who wish to participate, there will be a “round robin” gift exchange as well. Anyone wanting to participate can bring a new wrapped (or bagged) gift valued at approximately $20. This can be something quilted related, an item that you’ve created, or some kind of treat. The idea is that this could be a self-pampering indulgence or a coveted item to add your craft supply, not so much a white-elephant item to be discarded. If you have an item that you’d like to donate for one of the drawings, please notify Brenda via email at info@driftcreek.org.

Speaking of pampering… Janna Huhn will be on-site once again. She will be available to provide massages. Yay!!! Rates will still be $80/hour; $40/half hour; $20/15 minutes. We will have a sign-up sheet on-site so you can sign up for as many slots as you like!

The hope is that the weekend will give busy folks an opportunity to slow down, enjoy the beauty of God’s creation, connect with others and maybe even cross a project off the list! We invite youth between the ages of 10 and 18 to attend with an adult for a discounted rate (cost of meals.) So if you have a daughter, son, sister, niece, nephew, granddaughter, neighbor, etc. who would enjoy the opportunity, bring them along! It will be a great weekend to spend time with a special young person in your life!

Click here for the 2025 Registration form!

You may also register online here.