Thank you Melody for sharing your recap of Stitching at the River which was held this weekend!
The Sun
Region retreat for 2014 was held at the Plantation Inn on the banks of the
Crystal River. Home of the
manatees however I never saw a live one ! I know there were sightings but it was rainy and nasty
Friday and Saturday and by the time it cleared – I was quite out of the notion
to go manatee hunting.
The
Plantation Inn was a beautiful sprawling facility. The pool area was gorgeous and they had huge green
lawns. It was meticulously
landscaped and had an onsite restaurant with waterfront views. The rooms were recently renovated and
the décor was pleasant and comfortable.
Our stitching/activity room was right across the street from the
building where most participants were staying.
Kathy
Singleton and her seminar committee did a fantastic job. There was fun and games and more fun
and stitching space 24 hours a day.
There were about 90 women in attendance and lots of variety in what was
being stitched.
There were
manatee races that one could participate in and prizes offered were chances for
the opportunity basket draws. I
think there was about 25 opportunity baskets. Lots of great stuff packed into those baskets, Ott lights,
traveling stitching bags, storage systems, you name it – the prizes were
great. Sadly none of the duClay
primary or plural members won anything in the draws. However jockey Melody did win one of the manatee races
riding the #1 Ms Knot Fairy who actually came home to live with her in Orange
Park.
duClay
members in attendance were JoyceAnne Stevens, Kris Kolbinskie and Melody
Bryan. Plural duClay members in
attendance were Carol Raley, Linda Ferguson, Carol Presley and Kathy Singleton.
Saturday
morning was the big reveal of classes for the next Sun Region seminar to be
held May 1 – 3rd in Orlando in 2015. Stitching in the
Garden will be chaired by Deby Talley and our own JoyceAnne Stevens is
Registrar for this seminar. The class
projects are varied and interesting or if you have too many WIP’s and a guilty
conscience – just sign up for the studio time and come and stitch and shop and
eat and enjoy the company of old and new friends. Early registration is going on now and $50 holds your place
in class. On June 2nd early registration is over and goes live
nationwide.
