Sept 20, 2023 - UVQG -- (3) History of quilting Retreats

22 years of quilting retreats

By Barb Murdock

 

Some were wondering how this retreat got started, who was in charge and where they were held.  Caisa Hess seems to be a person with unending information, so along with her, Lynette Rose and Trish Derrick’s records, we came up with the following information, just in case you are interested.

 In 2002 the Utah Valley Quilt board had discussed having a retreat, and after much discussion, Ann Lewis chaired the first retreat in 2002 and it was held at Aspen Grove, up above Sundance.  The retreat was Thursday morning to Saturday afternoon.  They had lots of classes, but only 20 sleeping rooms and so the numbers were limited in who could come.  The sewing room was also small, and power was limited.  Two people were assigned to a sewing table and no personal irons.  But, the scenery was beautiful!  By the time they hit 50 attendees at Aspen Grove, it was very crowded.

 2002:  Ann Lewis

 Then a group of four planned the next several years taking turns being the chair, but all on the committee.

 2003:  Wendy Liddle

2004:  Penny Craner and Pat Banner, “Quilters of One Heart”

2005:  Marcine Brown, “Hearth and Home”

 Then:

2006:  Carol Ford and Lisa Dunn

2007:  Jessica Ribble and Kim Dodds

 Starting in 2008 the retreat is now going from Wednesday to Saturday

2008:  Laurel Christensen and Cassie Stephens

2009:  Mary Jo Roberts and Kim Borup, “Quilter’s Haven”

2010:  Barb Ostler, Becky Lambert and Ann Alexander, “A Quilter’s Dream”

 Because this venue was small, and for other reasons, it was decided to try another venue and they went to Park City at the Marriott.

 2011: The Mae Sisters, (Margaret Cooper, Dee DeHart, and Liz Laney) put on the first retreat at the Marriot, in Park City.

 2012:  Lynette Rose, “Bound Together with Friends”. This was the first year with the secret sister event and the year they moved to the Yarrow in Park City.

Pin cushion exchanges were from 2012 to 2017

 2013:  Crystal North, “Let it Snow”, Yarrow, Park City

 2014:  retreat was scheduled to be held at the Yarrow, with Lynette Rose in charge, but near the time for the retreat to happen, we found out the Yarrow was cancelling our event, said they were going to remodel.  So, Crystal North and Barb Murdock went out searching for a new place for the retreat to be held.  We looked at many places, but in the end, we moved to the Zermatt in Midway.

 The following retreats have all been held at the Zermatt, Midway

 2014:  Lynette Rose, “Quilting in the Pines”

2015:  Davidene Zimmerman, “Beach Party”. (First year with over 100 attendees)

2016:  Davidene Zimmerman, “Let’s Party”

2017:  Davidene Zimmerman, “Timeless”

2018:  Barb Murdock, “and Bonnie Crysdale, “Sew Many More Friends”

2019:  Barb Murdock and Bonnie Crysdale “A Christmas in Stitches”

2020:  Barb Murdock, “Sew into Fall”

2021:  Hollie Peterson, “Sew fun in 2021”.  (Celebrating 20 years)

2022:  Hollie Peterson, “My favorite things”

2023   Barb Murdock, “Fall, Friends and Quilting”