| Lucinda Hathaway's Sewjourns |
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| January, 2008 |
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Big news!
Round the World: Takashi Sails Home
2nd book, finished! to be published in September, 2008, by Down the Shore Publishing
(www.down-the-shore.com) Very exciting! I have sailed around the world with Takashi and my word processor. Hope you will enjoy this trip as much as we have enjoyed our "Sewjourns". |
| Lucinda Hathaway's Sewjourns
Needlework Tours
Join me and other enthusiastic stitchers to visit new places, learn new techniques and just have fun. We always stitch! Our little bus stops at needlework shops, antique shops, quilt shows, whatever interests us along the way. Our pace includes cups of tea and conversations. As the tours are limited to 10/12 we are really traveling as friends. It is truly a "traveling sewing bee". Welcome aboard! I look forward to our travels.
Lucinda Hathaway lucinda@serendipitytours.com or 941-383-0216
Mail address:
SerendipityTours, 602 Norton St., Longboat Key, FL 34228
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| May, 2007 ~ Durham/York/Padfield's |
This was our 4th trip to stitch with Vicki Padfield. We love staying with her and husband Mark at their gorgeous B&B, Borrowby Mill. Vicki is an accomplished teacher and is willing to have all 6 students working on different projects and techniques. We all learn from each other. Our touring included the beatuiful towns of York and Durham. There were special tours of the embroidery at Durham Cathedral and York Minster. In Durham we enjoyed visiting Tracy Franklin's Studio. Fabulous work! With these tours we continue the tradition and art of needlework, included is a good time. |
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| Borrowby Mill B&B |
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| Sweet Temptations |
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| Sewjourners ~ May, 2007 |
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| Vicki Padfield |
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| Castello di Porciano ~ 2007 |
There is a magic castle 45 miles northeast of Florence. It's name, Castello di Porciano. The castle is owned by Martha Specht Corsi, daughter of an American and an Italian Countess. You can read the story of the Castle if you "google" the name. I have been lucky to go there three times : two needlework tours and this time with just a small group of friends. We took a train to Arezzo to the antique market, painted in the mornings, visited Cortona, listened to Martha's stories, had a fabulous dinner at an old Mill, ate lots of gelatto and enjoyed Tuscan wine. It is a special place and I'd love to again take a small group of "sewjourners". (only 6) Let me know if you'd be interested.
lucinda@serendipitytours.com |
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| Castello di Porciano |
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| Our View |
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| Dinner is served |
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| watercolor by Beverly Taht |
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| England/Wales ~ June 2-28,06 |
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| Vicki at Borrowby |
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| Our work at Borrowby |
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| Cotswolds/Wales Sewjourners |
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| Phyllis's embroidery at Sulgrave Manor |
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June, 2006 ~ A big trip to England for me. We repeated "The Padfield Experience" at Borrowby Mill for two weeks, June 5-15. Four wonderful days of stitching with Vicki Padfield and a week of touring around Yorkshire. The highlight of the tour was a visit to York Cathedral and a tour of their embroidery with one of theirBroderer' Guild. Fabulous! The Borrowby group went home and I met the next group in London. Our first stop on our tour of Cotswolds/Wales was the replica of the Bayeux Tapestry done by the Embroiderers Guild and displayed in the Museum of Reading. We spent time looking at each panel and marveling at the skill and design of this story tapestry. From there we went to the Cotswolds and Serendipity kicked in....after a bad night at a less than wonderful hotel we fournd The Crown Hotel in Blockley. (www.crowninnblockley.com) It is Bliss! Our class in goldwork with Hazel Everett set up by Jan and David Cohen was so wonderful that the ladies cut their shopping time to work. Great class! Visited National Trust properties in the area and headed to Elizabeth Bradley in Northern Wales. The drive through Snowdonia Park was literally breath taking. Our class at Elizabeth Bradley lived up to its reputation of being wonderful. Some of us even took a boat ride to see the elusive puffins that live on an island off shore of Anglesea. We toured Anglesea and headed to the Manchester airport for our return home. What a month!
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| Elizabeth Bradley Shop |
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| Happy stitchers at EB |
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| Happiness is a week at Borrowby with a needle in your hand! |
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| My Elizabeth Bradly purse |
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| A Bit About Past Sewjourns.... |
| 2005 June ~ The Padfield Experience |
Please click on above photos to enlarge. What fun!
May 22 - June 1, 2005 ~ "The Padfield Experience" at Borrowby Mill. Four Lucky Ladies and I went to stitch with Vicki Padfield at her new B&B in Yorkshire. Wonderful place! Great lessons! Good food! This is a dream vacation for stitchers. I can only take 4 at a time.......... will happily go again whenever 4 of you call and want to go. 941-383-0216 is my telephone number and I can pack in a hurry. Just give me a call and Let's go! Would love to go again in September, 2006. Call me! |
| June 2-12, 2005 - Serendipity Scotland |
"That was the most wonderful trip! I loved every minute of it from our first stop at Rosslyn Chapel to our dinner under the bridge..." (Firth Bridge) Kind words from one of the newest travellers. Thank you, Judy! LCH |
| We had a great time! . Everyone came home with happy memories and new ideas to use in our stitching.
Tap on photos below to enlarge ~ Enjoy the tour! |
| England! May 1-13, 2004 ~ Fun trip! |
| Bluebells, Cherry Blossoms, Fabulous Food, great class at the Quaker Tapesty and our friend Jill Milne designed a special piece for us that looked exactly like the Lake District that we toured. All of our post cards read, "Wish you were here!" and we meant it. Fabulous trip! |
| Sewjourn to Scotland 2003 |
| "Just loved the trip! Probably my favorite one!" |
If you'd like to read an account of this trip:
www.classicstitches.com has a full report of this trip...click on stitching zone (upper left) & tap on spotlight...read the new spotlight and down at the very bottom. Tap on archives. We are now in the archives under the title, Always Packing. Enjoy your read! |
| England ~ September/October 2003 |
Trip was fabulous! We stitched Astbury Village in Astbury with Jill Milne, our class room was across the street from the church we were painting with thread. You can see our project on Jill's web-site www.jazz-design.com It was a special project for our group. |
www.craftdirectory.org everything you ever wanted to know
www.down-the-shore.com go to the books section and find my book, Takashi's Voyage:The Wreck of the Sindia This has not one thing to do with stitching but all of you grandma's, aunts, and moms looking for a present for a kid. This is "my suggestion". Keep an eye on this site Round the World: Takashi Sails Home will be ready in 2008.
www.apneedlearts.com Alex-Paras, wonderful shop in St.Pete, Fl has workshops, wonderful inventory, more...........
www.needlepointivy.com on Venice Ave. in lovely Venice, FL beautiful shop! Congrats to the new owner.
www.caron-net.com ~ beautiful site that has included Serendipity Tours in its listing.....thank you! Take a look.
www.stitchamaze.com Rosalyn's gorgeous stitching is an inspiration and her web-site is fabulous. She has new kits of her designs. "ABFAB"
www.stitchershideaway.com Nice Domestic stitching workshops!
www.thesophisticatedstitcher.com Lots of good stuff! Good site!
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| Stay in touch and "be prepared for Serendipity" Regards, Lucinda |
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