Quilt Tours

Visit the Birmingham Festival of Quilts on its opening day with over 1000 quilts on display, in competitions and general displays for inspiration and adoration. Get a taste of all the different styles of quilting, with stall holders from all over Europe amongst the 200 stands. Fabrics, threads, kits, bags, clothing patterns and textiles, workshops, embroidery needs and much more, will be showcased at this annual event. Join as part of our UK Quilting Tour with Michelle Marvig (27 July 2025) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/uk-quilting-july-2025.php

Discover the delights of the Murray with our Murray River Quilt tour with Natalie Bird. Visiting Adelaide, Victor Harbor and the Barossa Valley and cruising the mighty Murray River. Highlights include a visit to well-known Burk Salter Boutique Winery, guided walks around historic towns, an Aussie barbeque beside the river; a visit to a wildlife shelter, sheep shearing demonstration and a guided walk through one of Australia’s most significant aboriginal archaeological sites at Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park. The tour is fully escorted and includes Murray River cruise and coach travel, sightseeing tours in each region, visits to quilt shops and special events for tour members. Departing 26 April 2025. For details visit:https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/quilting-cruise-murray-river-april-2025.php The Birdhouse Patchwork Designs

Enjoy a delicious afternoon tea at the Willow tea rooms designed by MacIntosh, opened in 1903, and now fully restored. They are modeled on Kate Cranston’s Ingram Street Tea Rooms from the early 1900s. Visit as part of our UK Quilting Tour with Michelle Marvig departing27 July 2024 - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/uk-quilting-july-2025.php

Travel by train to the ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto. Enjoy an orientation tour of the city of Kyoto and visit the Kyoto Museum of traditional Crafts “Fureaikan” where you will see a kimono and geisha/maiko display and quality craft displays. Join as part of our Japan Yarn Tour with Robyn Hicks (31 October) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/japan-yarn-oct-2024.php

Book by 31 May and save $300 on this fantastic quilting experience. Join Natalie Bird cruising aboard A-Rosa Sena on the Patchwork on the Rhine Cruise & Tour of Europe. Visiting Obernai, Mulhouse, Luxemburg, Bruges, Cologne, overnight Amsterdam, Rotterdam, overnight Antwerp.

Departing 11 September 2024 - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/quilting-cruise-europe-sep-2024.php

Travel to Brno for the International Textile Exhibition. Quilts from all over the world are showcased, made with a wide variety of techniques, themes and styles. More than 900 works from world-renowned artists will be exhibited during the event. About one third of the area is devoted to specialist shops selling fabrics, tools, textile accessories, beads and textile paints. Visit as part of our Quilting Tour to Europe with Michelle Marvig (14 April 2025) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/quilting-cruise-europe-april-2025.php

Visit the famous Den Hann and Wagenmakers, a quilt shop that specialises in Dutch Heritage fabrics and reproduction fabrics, patterns and notions. Browse their stock of amazing original handmade Dutch reproduction print fabric, duvets and bedcoverings as part of our Patchwork on the Rhine Cruise & Tour in Europe - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/quilting-cruise-europe-sep-2024.php

Dock in the capital of Malta, Valletta, founded by the Knights of St John in 1566. Its purpose was to strengthen the Order’s position on the island, following the siege of Malta by the Turks in 1565. Visit as part of our Quilting Tour of Italy and the Greek Islands (departing 8 September 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/italy-greece-quilting-sep-2024.php

Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Bruges, known as the “Venice of the North” and one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It is an UNESCO World Heritage-listed city. See the world-famous Market Square, the Royal Residence, Royal Square, Houses of Parliament and Art Nouveau houses and view the remarkable City Hall. Join as part of our Patchwork on the Rhine Cruise departing 11 September 2024 - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/quilting-cruise-europe-sep-2024.php

This gorgeous village, Lacock, has been preserved by the National Trust was used as the village in Downton Abbey. Visit Lacock Abbey founded in the early 13th century by Ela the countess of Salisbury as well as the William Henry Fox Talbot’s country house with its interesting museum of photography. Join as part of our UK Quilting Tour with Deborah Segaert (21 July 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/uk-quilting-july-2024.php

Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Kanazawa, known for its intricate kaga-nui embroidery and delicate kutani porcelain, among other handicrafts, making it a shopper’s paradise! Once boasting geisha houses and a labyrinthine samurai village, the city was built around Kanazawa Castle. Visit as part of our Japan Yarn Tour with Robyn Hicks (31 October 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/japan-yarn-oct-2024.php

Enjoy a guided sightseeing tour of Antwerp, a picturesque port city on the River Scheldt with a history dating from the Middle Ages. Soak up the 16th-century guild houses around the Grote Market central square with the beautiful Brabo fountain in its center. Join as part of our Patchwork on the Rhine Cruise and Tour of Europe (11 September 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/quilting-cruise-europe-sep-2024.php

Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Athens, the home of the Acropolis and the ultimate in ancient Greek architectural perfection, the Parthenon, built to honor the goddess Athena and one of the wonders of the ancient world. Join our Quilting Tour of Italy and the Greek Islands departing 8 September 2024 - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/italy-greece-quilting-sep-2024.php

Castle Howard was used as the location for “Brideshead Revisited”, its garden is described as one of the finest examples of “The Heroic Age of English Landscape Architecture”. The grounds were first designed by Sir John Vanbrugh to compliment the castle he also designed. Explore Castle Howard as part of our UK Quilting Tour with Deborah Segaert (21 July 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/uk-quilting-july-2024.php

Known as the “Ideal Town of Renaissance Architecture", Pienza is a small town in Tuscany Italy, framed by 15th-century buildings such as the Pienza Cathedral and Piccolomini Palace. Wander through the gorgeous town center and soak in the rich culture as you look out over the valleys. Join as part of our Quilting tour of Italy and The Greek Islands departing 8 September 2024 - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/italy-greece-quilting-sep-2024.php

Enjoy a tour of Bath with a local guide. Founded around naturally occurring hot springs, the Romans built baths and a temple. Bath has been listed as a world heritage city. During the Georgian period, it became a popular spa resort. Visit the Roman Baths and Georgian assembly rooms, No 1 Royal Crescent as well as the Jane Austen Centre as part of our quilting tour of the UK with Deborah Segaert (21 July 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/uk-quilting-july-2024.php

Visit the KattenKabinet, an art museum in Amsterdam devoted to works depicting cats. The museum collection has a large range of paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works of art. The museum also serves as a residence for live-in cats.🐈 Visitors can explore the different rooms of the museum, each filled with cat-themed art, and interact with the resident felines. Join as part of our Patchwork on the Rhine tour of Europe (11 September 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/quilting-cruise-europe-sep-2024.php

Visit the Shibori Museum where you can try on Shibori Kimonos and browse a variety of scarves, bags, fabrics and souvenirs at reasonable prices from the museum shop. Take part in screen printing a scarf using the resist dye Shibori technique and explore the museum! Enjoy as part of our Japan Yarn Tour with Robyn Hicks (31 October 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/japan-yarn-oct-2024.php

Visit the Temple of Hadrian and admire the Private House (a brothel which was part of the scholastic baths), the Library of Celsus and the Bouleuterion (a small theatre used for the meetings of the Senate) which was completed by the Romans in 117 AD and has a capacity for 24,000 spectators. Join as part of our Quilting Tour and Cruise of Italy and Greece with Michelle Marvig (8 September 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/italy-greece-quilting-sep-2024.php

Visit the Kinkankuji Temple, also known as the temple of the Golden Pavilion. It was built in the late 14th century with three stories topped with gold leaf. It extends over a pond, which reflects the building and is surrounded by a beautiful landscaped garden. Join as part of our Japan Yarn Tour with Robyn Hicks (31 October) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/japan-yarn-oct-2024.php

Travel to the historic town of Delft and tour the Royal Delft factory. They have been creating blue Dutch ceramics since 1653. Enjoy a guided tour of the factory as well as time to explore the museum and the shop. Visit as part of our Patchwork on the Rhine Cruise & Tour of Europe (departing 11 September 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/quilting-cruise-europe-sep-2024.php

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Explore as part of our Quilting Tour of Italy and The Greek Islands with Michelle Marvig (departing 8 September 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/italy-greece-quilting-sep-2024.php

Accompany us on our UK Quilting Tour with Deborah Segaert and visit the Museum of London’s Dress and Textile Collection. It showcases clothes and textiles made, sold, bought and worn in London from the 16th century to the present. We will see clothing made by London fashion houses including hardy Amies and Mary Quant and garments made for the Royal family. (departing 21 July 24) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/uk-quilting-july-2024.php

Visit the famous Den Hann and Wagenmakers, a quilt shop that specialises in Dutch Heritage fabrics and reproduction fabrics, patterns and notions. Browse their stock of amazing original handmade Dutch reproduction print fabric, duvets and bedcoverings as part of our Netherland, Belgium and France Quilting Tour with Michelle Marvig (5 April 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/belgium-france-quilting-michelle-marvig-apr-2024.php

Visit the Mosque Cathedral, so named as it is a mosque inside a cathedral. From the Patio de los Naranjos, to the Mihrab and into the Cathedral, this 10th century monument displays the amalgamation of Islamic and Christian architecture. Join as part of our Spain Quilting Tour with Michelle Marvig (departing 13 March 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/spain-quilting-michelle-marvig-mar-2024.php

The Bruges Lace Centre is housed in a renovated old lace school of the sisters of the Immaculate Conception. See various different types of lace and learn about their geographical origin as well as the lace industry in Bruges.🧵Visit as part of our Netherlands, Belgium and France Quilting Tour with Michelle Marvig (departing 5 April 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/belgium-france-quilting-michelle-marvig-apr-2024.php

Explore Santorini, known as the “Black Pearl of the Aegean”, one of the most spectacular landscapes in Greece and in the world. It offers a breath-taking view from the clifftop created by a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. Visit as part of our Quilting Tour of Italy and The Greek Islands with Michelle Marvig (departing 8 September 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/italy-greece-quilting-sep-2024.php

The Birmingham Festival of Quilts has over 1000 quilts on display, in competitions and general displays for inspiration and adoration.🪡 Get a taste of all the different styles of quilting, with stall holders from all over Europe amongst the 200 stands. Join us as part of our UK Quilting Tour with Deborah Segaert (21 July 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/uk-quilting-july-2024.php

This year will be the eleventh year that the Pour l’Amore du Fil Show has operated. It has exceptional exhibits, antique quilts, and dozens of famous artists and designers from around the world. 🪡There are more than 120 selected stands, workshops and demonstrations. Visit as part of our Netherlands, Belgium and France Quilting Tour with Michelle Marvig (departing 5 April 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/belgium-france-quilting-michelle-marvig-apr-2024.php

Explore the famed Alhambra, the palace of the Moorish sultans of Granada. Completed by 1391, it is one of the most spectacular Arabic buildings in the world. Visit the palace and the impressive gardens that surround it as part of our Spain Quilting Tour with Michelle Marvig (13 March 2024) - https://www.travelrite.com.au/patchwork-quilting-tours/spain-quilting-michelle-marvig-mar-2024.php