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Secret Curves Quilt Sewing Machine Weekend
3 days from £529pp
Your Tour Includes
- 2 full days of tuition with Janet Goddard
- Use of a Bernina sewing machine
- 2 nights full-board accommodation, from dinner on Friday to lunch on Sunday
- Tea, coffee and snacks throughout the weekend
- Services of an experienced Retreat Manager
Experts
Holiday Overview
On this weekend retreat with Janet Goddard, stitch a beautiful quilt that appears to feature curved piecing – yet is cleverly constructed using only straight seams. Working with two complementary blocks, you’ll discover how careful fabric placement and colour choices can transform simple shapes into a dynamic, eye-catching design. The project is fat quarter friendly and equally suited to coordinated colour palettes or a scrappy approach, giving you plenty of flexibility to make it your own. Throughout the weekend, you’ll be guided step by step through a range of techniques, including machine piecing and foundation paper piecing, along with practical tips for accuracy and finishing.
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Itinerary
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Skill Level: Suitable for all levels, although students need to be able to use a rotary cutter and ruler and stitch an accurate ¼ inch seam on the sewing machine.
Requirements List: You will be provided with a list of materials and equipment to bring with you in advance.
Make your own way to the Staverton Park Hotel & Golf Club and check in to your room from 3pm. Get to know your expert, Retreat Manager and fellow guests over dinner this evening.
Included Meals
- Dinner
Today, we focus on creating the striking stepping stone blocks that form the foundation of your quilt, starting with exploring fabric choices and colour placement. Next, we’ll move on to rotary cutting before constructing the triangle units using foundation paper piecing – an excellent way to achieve precision and sharp points.
By the end of the day, you’ll have a set of completed blocks and a strong understanding of the techniques needed to continue building your quilt.
Included Meals
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Highlights
- Workshop
Today, we focus on the nine patch blocks to complement your stepping stone units. Again, we’ll begin with fabric choices and colour placement, ensuring your combinations continue to balance across the quilt. After rotary cutting the fabrics, we’ll move on to machine piecing the nine patch blocks, focusing on accuracy and consistency so everything fits together perfectly. Once the blocks are complete, we’ll start assembling the quilt top, bringing both block styles together to reveal the full optical effect.
As the day wraps up, we’ll explore ideas for quilting and finishing, so you leave with a clear plan for completing your quilt.
Following the workshop, depart Staverton Park Hotel & Golf Club and make your own way home.
Included Meals
- Breakfast
- Lunch
Highlights
- Workshop
Please Note: Although there are no mobility requirements for this tour, please note that you will need to be able to make your own way between our workshop room, your bedroom and the restaurant, which could involve walks of up to 5 minutes. If you require full disabled access, please check with us before booking.
Accommodation
You will stay for two nights at the Staverton Park Hotel & Golf Club.
Staverton Park Hotel & Golf Club
Set in beautiful grounds, the Staverton Park Hotel & Golf Club features an 18-hole golf course, modern leisure club including indoor swimming pool, an elegant restaurant and bar. The stylish bedrooms each have free Wi-Fi access and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. All rooms feature a cosy seating area, tea/coffee facilities, iron/ironing board, hairdryer, and a private modern bathroom.
Hotel Facilities
- 3 Star
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Indoor Swimming Pool
- Gym
Room Facilities
- TV
- Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
- Hairdryer
- Free Wifi
Single Supplement from £65.00
Hotel
Whether you’re travelling by car or train Staverton Park Hotel & Golf Club on the outskirts of Daventry is easily accessible from the M1,M6, M40 and a short drive from Northampton and Coventry. By Car: Close to the M1, J16 and J18 and 14 miles from the M6 – Free on-site parking (electric car points are chargeable) By Rail: 11 miles from Northampton and Rugby railway stations. 7 miles from Long Buckby railway station.
