Russellee has had a busy six
months with retreats. January saw our 2nd Australian Quilting Retreat at Sea. This was followed by UFO Quilting weekends and Scrapping
weekends plus a small a Card Making weekend.
Our
Bali Retreat is now full as is the September Scrapbooking Retreat. We are
getting a steady flow of bookings for the 3rd
Australian Quilting Cruise – A Quilting Retreat at Sea. We have some ladies coming for WA. One is driving her mobile home across and
parking it in her friend’s backyard while she is on the cruise.
To
promote the Retreats I have decided
to do some of the Craft Alive events. This is the first time that I have been a
store holder at this type of event. My
first weekend was at Griffith. Unfortunately
the weather was not kind to us and this Craft Alive was not as successful as
all had wished. Many of the stall
holders have been attending for several years and stated that this was by far
their worst. However it was a great
learning curve for me and I did secure some bookings which was what I set out
to do.
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| Russellee stall at Griffith Craft Alive |
To
finish the first six months of the 2013 Russellee
is having a Scrapping Retreat the 21st
– 23rd June. There are still a couple of
places available for this retreat. The
cost is $260 for two nights accommodation, meals and three workshops.
The
second half of 2013 has a busy program.
Two of these retreats are already at capacity but there are spots available
in all the rest.
I
have included a Thread Painting Retreat
this year as it is over 12 months since I have presented one of these
Retreats. Thread painting is my passion
and I am love sharing this with others.
Below
is a full program for Russellee
which will take us up to the Quilting
Cruise in February 2014.
12 – 14 July Wodonga
Craft Alive - Retreat promotion
2 – 4 August Wagga Wagga Craft Alive - Retreat promotion
23 – 25 August UFO Quilting Retreat - $210 includes two nights accommodation, all
meals
13 – 15 September Scrapbooking
Retreat – This retreat is booked out.
15 – 28 October Quilting Retreat Bali – This retreat is
booked out.
1 –3 November UFO Quilting Retreat - $210 includes two nights accommodation, all
meals
15 – 17
November Card
Making Retreat - $225 includes two nights accommodation, all meals and two
card workshops.
23 – 24 November Thread
Painting Retreat - $170 includes workshop, one nights accommodation, all
meals
15 – 17 February 2014 Scrapbooking
Retreat - $260 – includes two nights accommodation, all meals and three workshops.
27 February
2014 10 night Quilting Cruise – Voyager of the Seas
Our
Quilting Retreat at Sea is great value even with the
exchange rate as it is at the moment.
Our prices start from $1351.21 US per person inside cabin plus $380 AU
per person for the Retreat portion of the cruise. This retreat price is great value as it
includes 10 days use of a huge workroom where the machines can be set up for
the entire cruise plus three workshops.
The
cruise gives you the opportunity to combine a wonderful holiday Plus the company
of great ladies from all parts of the country who share the same passion for
patchwork and quilting.
Also if the above dates are not suitable for you we cater for small groups from 4 - 10 who wish to create their own retreat. This can be a weekend or mid week.
If
you would like more information on any of these retreats please contact me by
phone - 02 69474216 – or email russeldr@bigpond.com
Until
next time
Dorothy
