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As seen in The Observer's "10 of the Best Creative Breaks" 20/10/19

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Dates and Prices

What I learned from running my holidays when I lived in France was that it was next to impossible to organise dates – I’d fix dates at the start of the year, but I found that people kept contacting me to say things like “I want to do X holiday but I can’t come on the dates you’re running it” and I’d always rearrange dates to suit the interest…which obviously makes much more sense.
So, whenever I have an enquiry I say – “tell me what you want to do and when you want to come and I’ll book you in if I’m free” – we discuss dates and find something suitable for everyone.
Please note that these are self-catering holidays, but there are lots of places we can take you to for dinner/lunch if you don’t want to cook.
I am taking bookings for autumn 2025, but not for 2026 until later in 2025, so contact me if you’re interested. 

You can either:

(1) book to come on your own, or

(2) book with a friend/s who also wants to spend time in the studio, or

(3) travel with a non-sewing friend/partner.

If you book to come on your own, I will advertise the dates you’ve chosen to see if someone else wants to come along at the same time, but can’t guarantee someone will. Or, you can request to be here on your own and I won’t advertise those dates* – it’s up to you. In 2023 I had 3 holidays where people spent the week here on their own, and they loved it, so if you fancy that option do get in touch.  I also ran holidays with 2/3 sewing friends travelling together plus one with a couple where one person sewed, the other just relaxed; it’s really up to you, and what you enjoy!

Who comes on a Textile Holiday? Experienced sewists who have been passionate about Textiles for many decades, and also complete beginners, wanting to learn new skills from scratch… What they’ve all had in common is the desire to forget about “normal life”, to escape to the peace of the countryside, to spend time being creative, to relax in lovely surroundings and to visit interesting Italian towns and cities.

With a creative activity holiday you don’t just leave feeling refreshed and with happy memories, but also with new skills and ideas to take back and build on in future projects.

Prices – further info below:

One person travelling alone and staying with us – £850: I will try and find someone else to come along that same week (unless you’d rather I didn’t – see above*) . If I manage to find someone, the cost will be reduced, to £800 each.

Two guests coming together and staying with us – £1600 (that is, £800 each)

Three guests coming together and staying with us – £2400 (i.e. £800 each)

Four guests coming together – info will be updated later in the year

Non-participating partner/friend sharing your room: £400

Non-participating partner/friend in their own room: £600

Payment terms: We ask for 25% deposit with the remaining 75% due 6 weeks before the start of the holiday. For further information, including my cancellation policy, please see How to book and booking terms (click link below)

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Yasha 05/08/2024 at 15:23

Hi, I would like to learn the basic of sewing clothes in August. are there any retreats now?

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Hello... I'm Bronwen Kaja/Shepherd and I run sewing holidays and workshops in my lovely studio in the beautiful countryside of Umbria, close to Lake Trasimeno. The house is on the border between Umbria and Tuscany - so you look out onto the countryside of both regions including Monte Cetona, Lake Chiusi, Chiusi, and, in the distance, Citta della Pieve. There are olive groves, vineyards, cypress trees and pines as far as you can see - it's very inspiring for someone who likes to stitch landscapes! I've got a Textiles degree and a PGCE (post graduate teaching qualification) in Textiles, for teaching age 11 to 18 years - I've got 13 years teaching experience in UK schools, as a teacher and latterly as Head of Department, teaching mainly A level Textiles. I've also got 9 years experience of running textile classes and residential holidays/retreats in France and Italy. I gave up my teaching career especially to do that - we moved to France, renovated the house, built a textile studio, and started the business there. In 2020, we moved to Umbria, to the Trasimeno area, where I had bought a holiday home in 2007, and I re-established my creative business here. We moved again in 2024, to a larger house with (another) purpose built studio. Apart from teaching, I have 12 years experience as a designer/maker of Christening wear, something which I intend to start doing again, but I also have a few other creative ideas...

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