UK Quilters
Some of you may know that Strictly Quilting has been running sewing retreats for a couple of years now in collaboration with Cecilia Slinn. We recently held our Summer Retreat where we had a fabulous time. There were two projects for people to make. Cecilia brought us a Project Bag and I designed a Block…
If you’ve met me before at a show, in a class or on our wonderful retreats you may well also have met my Mum. We started our quilting journey together well over a decade ago at a local quilt shop and, as the saying goes, didn’t look back. From quilt shows to exhibitions, local quilt…
This year is passing so quickly. Easter has come and gone and the garden has started to grow even with all the rain. It’s about now I start to look forward to summer, hoping for a little sunshine to make us all feel better. Cecilia Slinn and I have been arranging this summer’s June Retreat…
Having taken mine along 5 years ago and both of us having a great time I found I didn’t spend as much time stitching as I would have had I gone alone or with a stitching friend. This is not a moan on my part but an honest account of how I found it. I…
I’ve just been looking at booking a holiday in our caravan. Chatsworth House has been on my visiting list for a long time and I think this year might be the time to visit the Peak District but I also LOVE taking time out for a sewing retreat or two every year. The first retreat…
Helen Kent and Cecilia Slinn announce the dates of two new Retreats for 2023… by Cecilia Slinn. The ‘Sewcial Retreat’, held last November in Bromsgrove, was the first time I was personally involved in the organisation of a retreat and there were a few feelings of trepidation as the date approached. Helen (from Strictly Quilting…
I’m writing this a week before the Bloggerati retreat – and it could well be the last Bloggerati retreat. I feel sad should this be the case, as the retreat has given me the chance to meet like-minded people and to establish some firm friendships. The impending trip also brings a few feelings of guilt…
Strictly Quilting has some brilliant news – We are going on Retreat! As followers of Strictly Quilting you may know that a retreat has been on the cards for some time. Imagine – a whole weekend fully catered dedicated to our wonderful hobby of patchwork and quilting. Having been on a few over the…
