Textiles at Goodnestone
Thursday 5 - Friday 13 October 2023
Join us in 2023 for Textiles at Goodnestone, an 8-night luxury retreat that offers the perfect combination of creativity, exploration and relaxation in an 18th century stately home in the countryside of Kent in the UK.
Textile artist Mandy Pattullo returns to teach two projects incorporating vintage quilts and traditional appliqué and in 2023 she will be joined Ekta Kaul, a London-based artist best known for her pared down stitched maps. Together they offer 5.5 days of full-time instruction in the light and airy Coach House studio.
We’ll visit some beautiful places during the week including historic 17th century *Ham House on the banks of the river Thames and Ightham Mote, a medieval moated manor house and gardens. We’ll also take time out from our creative stitching to visit Sissinghurst, one of the most famous gardens in England created by gardener and author Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson.
Goodnestone is an elegant house which was fully renovated in 2016 and modern comforts were cleverly interwoven into the original Queen Anne building. You’ll have the chance to learn more about its history through a house and garden tour and explore the estate through optional accompanied walks during the week, amongst them the restored 18th century Serpentine Path which winds through parkland and chalk grassland and a stroll to a local atmospheric pub for an early evening drink. We’ll also visit the pretty town of Rye during the week.
All meals and wine with dinner are included (with the exception of two lunches out). Breakfast includes a cooked option, lunch is 2-course and dinner 3-course. We’ll have an early buffet-style supper on one evening followed by a film for anyone who’d enjoy it. With a cooking demonstration also part of the week’s activities you’ll end your time with us feeling refreshed and entertained, with new friendships made or old ones renewed and with several hand-stitched textile projects to remind you of your stay at Goodnestone.
The retreat begins in the car park of the Petersham Hotel in Richmond-upon-Thames at 10am on Thursday 5th October and ends at the Petersham on Friday 13th October 2023.
*If we can get tickets (no guarantees!), instead of Ham House we will visit Red House, iconic Arts and Crafts home of William and Jane Morris and the centre of the Pre-Raphaelite circle.
Essential information
Single or double occupancy bedrooms available
Minimum 10 participants. Maximum 13 participants
5-13 October 2023
8 night/9 day retreat
Prices
£3650-£3900 per person single occupancy
£3500 per person double occupancy
£1600 per person for a non-participating partner
25% deposit due on booking
Balance due early May 2023
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Included
8 nights accommodation, 8 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 8 dinners, (1 lunch at guests'cost). Return coach travel from Richmond-upon-Thames to Goodnestone, Kent. 5.5 days tuition with Mandy Pattullo and Ekta Kaul. All workshop materials. Trips to Rye, Sissinghurst, Ham House/Red House, Ightham Mote. Garden tour, cooking demonstration
Excluded
Airfares. Airport transfers. 1 lunch during excursions
More information
Workshop held in English
Sample Itinerary
“You have a created a great experience and will be used as a hallmark when I think about attending other workshops!”
Joanne G,United States
YOUR ARTISTs
Mandy Pattullo
Mandy Pattullo is a Textile artist based in Northumberland, England. She trained as a surface pattern designer before moving into teaching full-time. She left teaching and chose to develop work with old and worn textiles. She cuts up old and unpicks old quilts, darns and constructs new textile collages usually embellishing with simple embroidery and traditional appliqué.
mandypattullo.co.uk
ekta kaul
Ekta’s work is about making with meaning. It enables her to express herself through thread and fabric and to tell stories of place, history and belonging. Her work is about narrating stories, connecting people across borders and generations. Beyond the pure joy of creativity, it offers a contemplative space, comfort, community and connection.
ektakaul.com
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