Embellish and Decorate Your Work with Karen Crookes.
This is a weekend to explore hand stitching and the fact that a lowly running stitch can be turned into simply stunning stitches to embellish and decorate your work.
We will begin the weekend with some machine piecing. You can either choose to do this ‘free style’ or use a simple foundation pieced pattern. This will give us the basis of our blocks that we will then focus on to embellish.
If you want to complete a small project, then why not make some cushions, or a table runner. For those of you who want to indulge in your hand stitching, think big and create your own size quilt! All versions will use the same techniques. This is an excellent chance to dive into your stash.
The weekend is ideal for beginners through to those with more experience.
A weekend retreat for £470 per person
Classes will take place in the hotel from 10 – 4 on Saturday and 10 – 4 on Sunday AND you can sew until late, late, late on Saturday evening if you want.
Lunch and refreshments will be served both days including a buffet lunch and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast and a buffet lunch on Sunday.
What’s included:
- 2 full days of classes with Karen Crookes
- All patterns used in the class
- 1 night accommodation at The DeVere Horsley Estates, East Horsley
- En-suite bathrooms, LCD TV and tea/coffee making facilities
- Lunch will be served both days, plus dinner Saturday and breakfast on Sunday All meals buffet style
- Coffee, tea, and refreshments available all day
- Free parking
- WiFi is available throughout
Add the FRIDAY night for £125
You can now add another day of dinner, bed, and breakfast to your weekend. Arrive on Friday evening, enjoy a drink and dinner with your fellow retreat attendees. Then, wake up to a buffet breakfast, leaving you refreshed and ready to start sewing on Saturday morning.
Click on +FRIDAY for more information about the Friday/Saturday/Sunday package, or contact us at retreat@justhands-on.tv
The DeVere Horsley Estate, East Horsley, Surrey
The DeVere Horsely Estate will be our home for the weekend. Located in acres of Surrey parkland, this is a unique hotel and retreat complete with a gym, pool, and terraced lawn with lake that are ideal for wandering and relaxing and exploring. The conference area combines neutral tones and natural light to create a fresh and energising backdrop. The modern bedrooms, all recently refurbished with bold tones and contemporary décor, still offer glimpses of the original stonework of the old stables.
And it’s easy to get to. Close to Guildford, 5 miles from J10 of the M25 and with direct train routes into London Waterloo. Parking is free.
What’s special about a justhands-on.tv retreat
We keep numbers limited on justhands-on.tv retreats so that everyone has access to the tutors as well as the space to work on their project. Attendees tell us it is “ a little me time.”
Click on the video image below to see “What happens at a Justhands-on.tv weekend quilt retreat”
Click here to read a review of a justhands-on.tv retreat from Popular Patchwork.
Don’t miss out. Book your place now.
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If you choose to RESERVE YOUR PLACE then you will need to complete and return a Booking Form (downloaded via link above) along with a deposit of £50. See Booking Form for details.
Additional information
If you pay in full by Credit Card, a £50 deposit is part of your payment and is non-refundable. If you pay in two stages (deposit & balance), your deposit of £50 is non-refundable.
We do our best to accommodate special requests, e.g. non-residential place, partners, Friday night accommodation, etc. Disabled access information is available upon request. Contact us at retreat@justhands-on.tv if you have any questions.
Materials are not included in the cost of the retreat. If appropriate, a requirements list will be sent to you near to the date of your retreat.
You will be required to bring your own sewing machine unless specifically noted otherwise.
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