Sewing Retreats

Ok Everyone likes to have fun at their retreats so I'll post some of the things we do at ours.  I generally do the games so I thought I would start posting them here so if anyone needs game ideas they have somewhere to look.  I have searched the Internet and haven't found much so here I go.  The first game I have put together I call "50 questions"  Have everyone get a pen and a piece of paper and yes some many need a calculator lol.  The person over the game asks everyone the questions, how they answer is how many points minis or plus they get.  The person with the most points and the person with the least points get a prize.  You may want to alter the questions for your group but here are the questions I'm using next.  This is aways fun and everyone laughs.  If you have any fun questions you want to add to the list make a comment and I'll add them.

50 questions
1.      If you went to work today  -5
2.      If you took today off from work +5 if you only did a half day you get 2
3.      If you have a tape measure in your purse +5
4.      If you are wearing holiday socks +10
5.      If you are wearing plain white socks -5
6.      If you are wearing gold earrings +5
7.      If you have checked out craft or sewing books at the Library +10
8.      If you haven’t been to the Library in over 2 years -5
9.      If you were born between 1955 and 1970 +10
10.  If you were born after 1970 -5
11.  Give yourself 1 point for every button you are wearing.
12.  Give yourself +10 points if you have named your sewing machine. (and not bad words)
13.  If you hugged someone today +20
14.  If you have bought a bolt of fabric you liked but have no idea what you’re going to do with it  -10
15.  If you have 4 or more UFO’s -5
16.  If you are wearing a colored bra +5
17.  If you are wearing more than one ring -5
18.  If you own more than 3 sewing machines -10
19.  If you wearing a girdle or spanks right now -5
20.  If you have ever fixed your bra with a safety pin +10
21.  If your nails are different lengths (not done) +5
22.  If you have clippers in your purse +10
23.  If the treat you brought has any chocolate in it +20
24.  If you brought Veggies -5
25.  If you are a fan of the TV show “Once upon a time” +5
26.  If you record episodes of sewing with Nancy -10
27.  If you have made a log cabin quilt to completion not a UFO +20
28.  If you have at least one baby living in your home with fur. +5
29.  If you have at 4 or more thimbles in your home -5
30.  If you brought a baby blanket to work on +10
31.  If you fluffed today and didn’t get caught +10 if you blamed it on someone else +15
32.  If you have had to get stitches from cutting yourself with a rotary cutter -10 if you learned your lesson and wear a glove or changed your cutting habits +5
33.  If you have learned how to foundation piece +10
34.  If you have sewn your finger -10
35.  If you made a new year resolution to lose weight +10  If you have lost at least 4 lbs +5  gained -5
36.  If you let the supper pot boil over while finishing that last seam -10
37.  If you stayed up until after midnight finishing a project for a gift +20
38.  If your sewing room is clean enough for guests -10 (you adversely haven’t been sewing)
39.  If you use a pin cushion +5 if you couldn’t find it to bring +10
40.  If you brought more than 4 projects to work on +5
41.  If you have lost an Item you just used +10
42.  If you talk to yourself when quilting +5  if you answer yourself back -5
43.  If you brought a bear and blanket for the charity Share project +20
44.  If you have sewn something wrong unpicked it and sewn it wrong again -10
45.  If you have stepped on a pin -5
46.  If you have sewing at your bedside table -5
47.  If you color your hair +10
48.  If you have sewn your pants/clothes to the item you are sewing +5
49.  If you have a safety pin or sewing kit in your purse for emergencies +10 if you have used it in the last month +5
50.  Give yourself 30 points for joining the group for a fun get away weekend.
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Here is a cute left right story I found I'm having all the ladies sit in circle and pass fat quarters around some ugly some fun.  When the story is read every time the word right comes up they pass it to the right every time the word left comes up they pass it to the left.  When the story is done that is the fat quarter they get.

Mrs. Wright had a wonderfully fulfilling new hobby since last year. Mrs. Wright is now a quilter and wanted to make something for each member of her loving family, Mr. Wright, Susie Wright, Bobby Wright and not to be left out, Grandma Wright. She left for the quilt store right away without a thought. After looking right, then left at the crosswalk, Mrs. Wright hurried right into the biggest quilt store left in the area. After wondering right down every Isle making her selections, not right away of course and making sure no was left out Mrs. Wright hurried right home. The family, however; felt left out when Mrs. Wright spent every evening locked right away in her room. Mr. Wright, Susie Wright, Bobby Wright and not to be left out, Grandma Wright, complained that Mrs. Wright was not doing right by her family. The laundry was left out, the meals were frozen, dishes were everywhere left and right and cleaning went right out the window.  Mrs. Wright kindly mentioned to them that their Right and Left hands worked too and the right thing for them to do was to help out around the house too.
In her sewing room, Mrs. Wright worked hard at placing right sides together, squaring things up and not having any squares left out, which of course would not be right! Mrs. Wright felt the projects were so close to being done right, she didn’t mind being left out of all the activities.
Soon the holidays came. Mr. Wright loved his Football blanket and had the right place to put it in his chair right in front of the TV. Susie Wright left immediately to place her quilt right upon her bed. Bobby Wright thought the quilt was nice but Mrs. Wright knew that Bobby Wright was headed right back to his new truck set when he left the quilt in its box. Not to be left out, Grandma Wright hugged her lap quilt, even thought Mrs. Wright had run out of time and it only covered Grandma Wright’s right leg, leaving her left foot right out in the cold. But…since it was all from the heart, it was just right!
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