Description
When and where is it going to be?
- Monday 12th October 2026 at 10am to Wednesday 14th October 2026 at 4pm
- The Wild Pheasent Hotel and Spa, Llangollen, Denbighshire, LL20 8AD, North Wales, United Kingdom.
https://wildpheasant.wales-hotel.com/en/
Who can come?
- Everyone is welcome to come and join us. Both Carie Mason(Bright Quilting) and Diane Warburton(Stitchscape) will be taking your bookings. If you are a client of theirs or find it on there website please book with them. All participants will be part of one happy group
The hotel?
- Rooms are single occupancy and accessible each room has:
Comfortable bed(s) with beautiful linens
Ensuite Shower facilities – all walk-in showers
There are accessibility room for those with disabilities. - Each room has TV, free WIFI access, tea/coffee making facilities, hair dryer, iron and ironing board. (Please do not take the room facilities to the sewing room)
- There is ample free parking on site.
- If you would like to extend your stay either before of after, then please book through me, so you get a special agreed rate for the extra night/s.
- In a peaceful, idyllic setting, the hotel combines the traditional charm and attractive original features of a 19th-century building with the contemporary chic of extensive and luxurious spa facilities.
- Set in the tranquil, naturally beautiful, surroundings of gently rolling pasture land in the Vale of Llangollen, the hotel has a superb location for a relaxing, restful and restorative leisure or spa break. Chester, Wrexham and Shrewsbury are all within easy reach and Liverpool and Manchester are both just an hours’ drive away.
- The Spa facilities (featuring a hydrotherapy pool, sauna and steam room) and spa treatments are available for an additional fee, booking in advance is advised.
Food:
- Tea/coffee and biscuits will available from 10am to 4pm. Out of this time items can be purchased from the bar.
- Breakfast on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will be a served in the Restaurant each morning.
- There will be a light lunch Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Dinner on Monday and Tuesday will be served in a private room. The menu will vary each day.
- All drinks should be purchased from the bar.
The Sewing Part!
- Our dedicated sewing room is a lovely, light, large bright room.
- You will have your own area to work in and it does not need to be put away at the end of each day. You will be with like-minded sewers so that you can get to know everyone, help others and get help yourself.
- There will be irons and ironing boards available and areas to display your makes. But please remember to bring your sewing machine and tools needed for your projects
- Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs or if you have any allergies or food intolerances.
- On booking you will receive an email from your organiser. Please check your spam/junk folder if you do not receive it within a few minutes. Make sure to add your organisers email address as a safe sender to ensure all future emails reach you
- Helen Creasey is an award-winning quilt designer (And Sew I ….) Quilting for her started as a therapeutic hobby after becoming a mother in 2018, but rapidly evolved into a passion for inspiring and sharing her work with others through social media. Helen’s work is graphic, modern and bold. She uses vibrant colours, black and white as well as gradients to create interest and her body of work is both pictorial and pattern-based. She favours Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP), loving the complex look and detail possible and a natural adaptation of her architectural training. Helen will be teaching us to make her “Blooming Mandala” Quilt Pattern which won the “Excellence in Machine Quilting Overlay Award” as well as 3rd place in the Contemporary category, all at The Festival of Quilts, Birmingham 2024.
- Over the course of two days, she will teach us how to:
- Work with cutting templates and transfer reference marks,
- Sew compound radius curves,
- Sew reversing curves with partial seams,
- FPP,
- Accurate point matching
- And sewing inset circlesOver the course of two days, she will teach us how to:
- With the aim to complete at least 1 octant of the Blooming Mandala Quilt, or a mini Mandala (out to the pink/red/orange petals) and provide you with the skill and confidence to complete this stunning quilt alone. Digital copy of the pattern included.
- A Quilt retreat is a great place to be amongst like minded people but please feel free to take some time to visit places that are available locally for a change of scene. There will plenty of time to get to know people and make new friends.
- We will also have a visit from a local fabric shop during the weekend as Carie will be bringing fabrics and products from her shop Bright Quilting in Llangollen, North Wales for you to purchase.
- Retreat Itinerary will be available very soon
- Retreat finishes at 4pm when we say are farewells and go back to reality!
What’s included in the retreat package:
- 2 nights single occupancy, with en-suite, accommodation
- Three days of sewing bliss in our sewing room from 10am on Monday until 4pm on Thursday
- Breakfast on Tuesday and Wednesday will be a served in the Restaurant each morning.
- Light lunch on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (excluding drinks, to be purchased from the Zephyr bar)
- Dinner on Monday and Tuesday (excluding drinks, to be purchased from the bar)
- Refreshments – tea, coffee and biscuits will be available from 10am to 4pm daily.
- There is a lounge area should you wish to take a break from the sewing room and do a little hand sewing
- There will be ironing and cutting stations provided. If you wish to bring your own iron it must be PAT tested by our engineer who will be in attendance on arrival. There may be a nominal charge for this.
Cost:
- Single occupancy Accessible Room £700
- £100 no-refundable booking fee payable on booking
The remaining balance is due in August /September 2026. - Email to contact is the organiser that you booked with
Carie Mason, Bright Quilting – info@brightquilting.co.uk
Other Really Important Stuff!
- Sewing room is on the ground floor and there are lifts to the bedrooms.
Free parking is a short distance from the hotel so you may wish to bring a trolley with you. If not the hotel staff will assist you to bring in all your equipment to and from your car.
Email to contact is the organiser that you booked with
Carie Mason, Bright Quilting – info@brightquilting.co.uk
