About WCRC Quilting Retreats
Celebrating 16 Years of Quilting Retreats through Quilting, Fellowship, and Worship!
Quilting:
Quilting: Bring your current quilting project or start a new one during your time here. If you have never quilted before, Lorraine Mooney, our Quilting Retreat Coordinator, will be on hand to help you get started in the quilting world. She will answer questions and assist with techniques, skills, and designs. There is so much sharing of ideas and patterns that it’s a good idea to bring extra fabric!
Fellowship:
The weekend is designed to allow quilters to connect with others who share this same passion and faith. The retreat will have a relaxed schedule allowing participants to get to know each other and share their quilting projects with one another.
Worship:
We will be exploring how quilting can be a way of worshiping God. There is an old saying, “When life gives you scraps, make a quilt.” The retreat will be peppered throughout with devotionals to help the participants to connect quilting with their relationship with God. We will be exploring how quilting fits into the fabric of our lives and what parallels we can draw from the quilting process.
Lodging:
Quilters will stay in our Oakwood Lodge, Holly Cottage, or Cabin Village. Lodging will be chosen by WCRC based on availability. Quilters will be able to choose who they would like to room with. Tables and chairs will be provided in a large meeting room for quilters to use as they work. WCRC will also provide irons, ironing boards, and cutting board stations. Plan to bring your own sewing machine if you use one when quilting.
Come For the Week or Just the Weekend:
Mid-week quilters can get some extra sewing time by coming on Wednesday or Thursday. Meals and lodging are provided from lunch on Wednesday through lunch on Friday. Weekend quilters come in on Friday. Lodging and meals begin with dinner on Friday and go through breakfast on Sunday. The retreat officially ends on Sunday at 11am. Quilters may continue sewing in the meeting rooms until 4pm; however, lunch will not be served on Sunday.
Activities & Extras:
There will be lots of activities throughout the week.
- A small project or two will be taught by Lorraine
- Day trips and excursions will be available to participate in
- Daily devotions encouraging fellowship
- Show-n-shares to encourage one another in their projects
Meet Lorraine
Williamsburg Christian Retreat Center has had Lorraine Mooney on staff since 2007. In January 2008 Lorraine facilitated our first quilting retreat. That retreat ended up being so successful that we began a tradition of holding a Spring and Fall Quilting Retreat every year. Lorraine is a “retired” art teacher, award winning quilter, quilt teacher, designer, and lecturer. At the quilting retreat you will find Lorraine rotating around to the different sewing rooms giving help and direction as needed. Over her many years of quilting, Lorraine has found that quilting helps her relate and stay close to the Lord. She willingly shares her faith story through retreat devotions. Quilting has become her ministry and she devotes several days a week to charity quilts.
Ready To Quilt?
Have Questions? Please call (757) 566-2256!
Want to host your own quilting retreat?
If you would like to coordinate your own quilting retreat for you and your quilting friends, WCRC’s facilities are available for you!
WCRC has various lodging and meal options. Our newly renovated Oakwood Lodge is a hotel styled building with meeting rooms that are perfect for quilting. Meals can be prepared and served by WCRC in their dining hall. If you would prefer to prepare your own meals WCRC has cottages and a cabin village with complete kitchen facilities.
Call us at (757) 566-2256 to arrange a tour of our facilities to see if WCRC could be the next place for your quilting retreat!
