20 October 2009
Textile Holiday Tours is an exciting new business – "the first company in the UK to offer fully escorted, small group textile breaks around the UK".
The tours aim to delight and inspire participants with the rich variety of textiles, both traditional and contemporary, in stately homes, churches, cathedrals, castles, cottages and studios. They include talks from local experts, creative (and fun) workshops, and a relaxing stay in a quality, independent hotel. Lorraine Traer-Clark, owner of Textile Holiday Tours, who escorts the tours personally, expertly chooses and arranges the varied itineraries. More information and booking details on the Textile Holiday Tours web site or call 01621 869089.
8 November 2006
The Embroiderers' Guild is running two new tours in 2007/2008, led by Lesley Robin. The first, in September 2007, travels the the ancient Silk Route and explores the cultures, crafts and folk arts of the lesser-travelled regions of Chinese Central Asia. The trip includes a workshop in Suzhou embroidery with National Arts & Crafts Master Madame Zhang, and there's also the opportunity for a limited number of participants to stay on and study further with Madame Zhang on a six-day residential course.
The Guild has been running popular tours to Northern India for some years now and 2007 is no exception, but in January 2008 there will be a exciting new tour - 'Colours of Eastern and Central India' - which starts in Calcutta and culminates in Madhya Pradesh. More about all these tours on the Embroiderers' Guild web site
