We are SO VERY GLAD you are
joining us in Branson for the 2012 Circle of Friends retreat!
If you have never been to a
retreat before, the FQ challenge is strictly a volunteer project ... you can
say yay or nay ... and it's LOTS of fun to see everyone's creativity in what to
do with the same fabric everyone else receives.
It's usually chosen in relation to the location or atmosphere of the
retreat. This fabric was chosen special
for our retreat !!!
I know you are all surprised, and
some maybe even disappointed, in what you see ... that's there's none of my
feathered friends enclosed ... Altho I fought long and hard, my love for my
friends won out, and this is what you wound up with, and this is why.........
A few things
about Missouri...
~ It's known as
the "show me state". It's also known as the "fern state"
and the "cave state"
~ The state bird
is the bluebird
~
The state flower
is ugly, and should be a dogwood or peony
~
Ice tea was
invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis (THANK YOU !)
~ The state animal
is the mule ... guess y'all knew that !
~ The state tree
is the dogwood (good going!)
~ Aunt Jemima
pancake flour was invented at St Joseph in 1889, and was the first ready-mix
food to be introduced commercially.
~ Situated within
a day's drive of 50% of the US population, Branson and the TriLakes area serves
up to 65,000 visitors daily. Branson has
been a "rubber tire" destination with the vast majority of tourists
arriving by vehicles, RVs and tour buses
~ On Sucker Day in
Nixa, the little town swells to a throng of 15,000
hungry folks, all craving a taste of the much maligned but delicious bottom
dweller fish loathed by almost everyone else ... the sucker fish!
~ Missouri is the
birthplace of President Harry S. Truman, in Lamar, and a museum is dedicated to
him in Independence. Mark Twain was born
in Florida Missouri, and Hannibal holds his boyhood home
~ The Laura
Ingalls Wilder museum is located in Mansfield ... just east of Springfield
So ... here are the FQ challenge rules for the project
in the Circle of Friends Retreat ~
1. You MUST use 75% of the FQ in your project, and it has
to be showing.
2. You cannot add more of the challenge fabric to your
project above the FQ you are given (i.e. you cannot use someone else's FQ along
with yours)
3. You can add all the extra fabric you want for your
project, as long as 75% of your FQ is used :)
Now if your project is small, and the ONLY fabric being used is your FQ,
that will be accepted.
4. Your project can be any size or shape and use any
method you like. It does NOT have to
necessarily pertain to quilting ... it can be sewn, crocheted, decoupaged,
etc).
We will have voting by ballot at
the retreat for fun and prizes. You will
only be able to vote once for a project.
Categories will be ~
most creative, best use of
challenge fabric, best use of color, best workmanship, most "out of the
box"
OK ... that's it! Have fun with your fabric, it lends to a lot
of choices creatively so we hope you will enjoy the fun of the FQ Challenge at
this year's retreat! Any questions, send
me a PM on the message board, or an email to COF2012Branson@gmail.com ...
See y'all in Branson this
September!!!!!
SavedSinnr
Lindsay
Come ready to make new friends,
rekindle old friendships, play games, laugh, sew, eat, shop, and have a GREAT
time! We are SEW looking forward to welcoming
you to Branson!!! And Branson is ready
for YOU!