Quilt Camp

	Pioneer Quilters go to Quilt Camp two times a year - once in the spring and once in the fall. Next Camp Date: April 22-27, 2008 Location: Mt.Hope Bible Camp, Forbestown, CA. Emergency phone numbers: Office - 530-675-2022; Kitchen - 530-675-2088 Directions: Take Highway 65 North to Marysville. In Marysville, take Highway 20 East towards Grass Valley for 11.5 miles. Turn left on road E21 (also called Marysville Road). Go through the towns of Browns Valley and Brownsville. Once through Brownsville, after 3 miles turn left on Challenge Road Cut Off. The Mt. Hope sign is one mile on the right. Drive all the way down to the Chapel, at the base of the complex, to receive your cabin assignment and to unload your sewing supplies. Your cabin assignment will be based upon your desire to be in either a quiet or not-so-quiet environment! Schedule: Arrival time is either Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. Tuesday arrivals may arrive NO EARLIER than 4:00 pm and are served dinner. Departure time is by 12 noon Sunday. Brunch is served at 10 am that day. Accommodations: rooms are in an 8-room dorm, 2 or 3 women per room (depending on whether trundles are used), with clean and roomy indoor restroom and shower facilites. Meals - 2 per day, at 10 am and 5 pm - are gourmet good. Activities: bring your own projects to work on, plus a great attitude and readiness to have fun! The conference center is located in a wooded area with hiking trails around the grounds that you may want to expore. There is a large grassy area adjacent to our sewing rooms, which is very conducive to catnaps, reading, or conversation.

Special activities for the Spring 2008 Retreat:

block exchange - 9" birdhouse blocks
fat quarter exchange - stripes
special contest - Name Tags - you need it by Wednesday dinner, so start now to work on it! Name tags are a mandatory item.

Things to remember:

Absolutely no smoking at Mt. Hope - indoors or outdoors!
No alcohol on the grounds or in dorm rooms.
The soil around the conference center is reddish and abudant. If you go for a hike, be sure to bring shoes that won't be ruined by the red soil.
Once you have unloaded your sewing equipment, cars need to be parked in the dorm parking lots.
Be respectful of your fellow quilting "campers" in both the sewing and dorm areas.

Things to bring to camp

Questions: contact Paula Thompson, Retreat Coordinator

Recipes from camp (coming)

Pictures from camp:


Most of us quilt in the chapel.		On the road to the Fireside Room.

Dining room - gourmet food!	Walkway up to the dorms.	Some of the grounds.

Most of the Spring 2006 group (not all ready for the picture!)	Relaxing...

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