My mom and I have been to these retreats for four years running, and we're HOOKED! The classes are great, the ladies we meet are great, and WOW—how spoiled can you get? You get a terrific class with tremendous support, and someone cooks for you and washes all the dishes! This is better than any vacation I ever took!

—Joelle from Sacramento, CA

I have attended one retreat a year for the last 5 years and I have to say that there is NO better vacation than the one you get at Dottie's place. Where else can you spend three nights and not have to do anything but have fun? No cooking, no cleaning, no resposibilities. You just relax and do what YOU like to do. This is the one vacation I look forward to going to all year long. It's fabulous!!!!!!

—Keren from Boise, Idaho

I have been attending Dottie's quilting retreats since 1999, some years I've attended two or three. The retreats are wonderful! The company is great, not to mention the food, and the ambience. Dottie and Jean just make the retreats wonderful from the time you arrive, until you have to leave. I just love being able to sit on the porch and have meals, and listen to the wind blow through the trees. It's truly a heavenly experience. I really can say it's the best retreats that I've been on.

—Lori Hoog

I recently went on the Baja Cruise! While I did not get many blocks done I had the best time. And who better to cruise with than quilters. I have signed up to go again next year!

—AnMari

If you've ever had a favorite place to go on the weekend, or for Thanksgiving, or for any other holiday, now you can add Dottie's and Jean's quilting retreats to those places! It's like the friendship, the warmth, and the comfort of coming home--to family, to friends, to good food and great company! AND, you get to quilt, too! My sister and I go every year and leave just wanting to return. It's great!

—Sheila Grant

Dottie and Jean's quilting retreats are a great way to stay connected to family. Dottie and I were co-workers/friends . . . like 100 years ago . . . when we both worked for Contra Costa County.

My first retreat was a mid-week retreat 3 years ago with all family. There were two cousins from Texas, 2 sisters-in-law—one from Southern California, and one from Northern California. Then there were my three daughters—one from Seattle Washington, one from Bangkok, Thailand, and one from the East Bay area and, of course, ME. The next year, the attendance changed slightly—one cousin could not come, but a granddaughter and her 7-month old son joined us. Some of the husbands stopped by in the afternoon to visit. More family connections!

James was such a happy baby . . . he was "singing" the whole time. Playpens are great, and there were plenty of adults to cheer him on. This year, with a 1 1/2-year-old toddler, my granddaughter will not be able to attend. It is possible that another sister may join us. We can be so much more flexible with attendance when it is mid-week and all family.

I am really singing the praises of a mid-week retreat for families to get together. We have the option of choosing our own pattern (although no one has done it yet !). I finally asked Dottie to choose a pattern for us.

My daughter, Leslie, and I went on the quilting cruise in February. We both finished our quilts, plus had a really great time! We are both signed up again for 2007.

Yes, I will be going to Dottie and Jean's retreats for as long as they have them . . . like forever and forever!

—Joyce

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