About QuiltEscape & Cindy Casciato

For almost two decades, we have been providing a luxurious, fun and educational quilt retreat for quilters of all ages. Our classes are diverse and all levels of experience are welcome. Our retreat is scheduled with plenty of time to work on your project as well as to enjoy the numerous amenities offered at Deer Creek State Park.

QuiltEscape is a fun, contagious event completely stress-free from the demanding schedules of everyday life. We dress casual, we sew to all hours, and we eat great food served by a wonderful friendly staff. We love to pamper you. Although you are in classes with some of the best Instructors from Ohio and Kentucky, you can break free from quilting whenever you feel the need to wander. There is a heated pool, hot tub, and sauna inside or you can take a relaxing stroll on the wooded pathways around the Lodge. Our Show 'n Tell from Home is served up with hot cider and popcorn, and just couldn't be more inspiring. So mark your calendars, bring a friend and enjoy a wonderful experience you won't soon forget!

Surrounded by more than 3,100 tranquil acres, Deer Creek Lodge and Conference Center just naturally inspires a change of pace. This is a refreshing destination for a vacation or getaway, a special celebration, family gathering or business meeting. You and your group will love Deer Creek’s relaxing atmosphere, refreshing recreation and great settings for events.

 

Whether you come for business or pleasure, Deer Creek State Park Lodge is a perfect retreat. Choose one of our lodge rooms, a spacious cabin or historic Harding Cabin. Enjoy wonderful dining in our lakeview restaurant and take advantage of all the activities at the marina, lake and golf course.

Like most families, we have traditions. One of ours is helping make memories you will cherish. So take the time to get away from it all and visit Deer Creek State Park Lodge, just 30 minutes south of Columbus, Ohio.

 

 

Deer Creek State Park website

 

History of the Area

On a long ridge that once overlooked Deer Creek and its valley, researchers have discovered evidence of a camp of an ancient Indian tribe. The nomads who camped here around 2,000 B.C. were hunters and gatherers and used this camp periodically throughout the year. Since agriculture was not practiced by the nomads, they moved on after they depleted the plant or animal food supplies in a locale. Burial sites near the camp indicate it was inhabited over a period of time.

 

In more recent years, a cottage owned by Harry M. Daugherty, the attorney general under President Warren G. Harding, overlooked the valley. The rustic one and one-half story cottage was built in 1918. The President was said to have visited this cottage which now bears his name. The completion of the dam in 1968 created the lake with the park officially opening in 1974

 

The first Quilt Escape was held at Shawnee State Park in 1994. Quilters from all over Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, & Pennsylvania met for the first time and have continued to return on the first weekend of November every year since.

 

Deer Creek State Park Lodge and Conference Center is located at:

22300 State Park Road 20

Mt Sterling, OH 43143-0153

 

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What People Are Saying About Quilt Escape...

Hi!
I really enjoyed QuiltEscape last year and am looking forward to this coming November. I was wondering when the information for this year's weekend will be available-besides my mom coming again, I am hoping a couple other family members/friends will come as well.
Thanks,
Carey Steele

 

Dear Cindy and Drew,
I just wanted to say thank you for giving me a wonderful experience when I attended QuiltEscape 2002. What were the odds of my children picking a getaway weekend for me off the internet that was more than they anticipated for me? Thank you both for also being so flexible with the whole idea of a gift certificate. I have mad some wonderful new friends and I hope to come back again and again and again. You both obviously love doing what you do and it shows.
Sincerely,
Donna Bowman

 

Cindy & Drew,
As a kid, summer camp was the highlight of my life, hay rides, swimming, chatting and laughing with friends both old and new have left me with lasting loving memories. QuiltEscape has opened that door to the past for me again. I look forward each year to seeing old friends and making new ones as well. Unlike summer camp the food is wonderful and the staff always friendly, and there are no lights out.
Susan

 

Dear Cindy & Drew, wow, what a fun filled weekend. How do you do it year after year? This weekend has become my Christmas present to myself. Please keep up this wonderful escape.
Barbara

 

Hi Drew,
How are you and Cindy doing? We have seen Cindy on T.V. a few times!! It was great!! How is QuiltEscape 2003 coming? I keep checking each week to see if it is on the web site yet! We are hoping for a cabin again this year....we can't wait!
Sew long for now, one of the cabin girls.
Angie Kremer

 

Hi Friends!!
Linda and I just returned from an absolutely WONDERFUL weekend at the Shawnee Quilt Escape. This was the 7th year for this even and honestly, it just gets better and better! The timing always seems perfect...this year especially sew. The weather and the scenery was truly indescribable. We were at Shawnee State Park in the rolling wooded hills of southern Ohio. The view from the lodge was genuinely awesome. The accommodations were wonderful, the food was delicious, the even was well-planned and well-organized and Drew and Cindy Casciato truly made us feel that they were just glad we were there. Best-of-all.....the company of the other quilters was enriching and uplifting. When I was growing up, I never realized grown women were allowed to have sew much fun! One of the women told me her husband considers this her vacation. Honestly, I consider it more like a retreat. When we go to these event, the participating women really are "allowed" to just be themselves. The "teen-agers" come back out to play. Unless you have attended a quilting get-away, you probably have NO idea what I am talking about, but it is really one of the most rejuvenating events you can imagine...we feed our bodies, our friendships, our creativity, our funny-bones, and our souls. When we return to reality it all looks a bit less "overwhelming". Perspectives have shifted a bit and we know we are going to be "okay" until our next "quilting fix". If you ever have an opportunity to participate in a get-away weekend such as this, do yourself (and your loved ones!) a favor and GO! You just can't imagine the difference it can make!
Rita

 

Thank you, thank you, thank you. What a beautiful weekend. Everything was just fantastic and I am looking forward to next year already. If you order the weather you couldn't have asked for anything better.
Billie