7 Nights
Join Lorna Bateman for a Dream Embroidery Holiday in the French Alps!
Thank you for your interest in the Dream Embroidery Holiday in the French Alps with Lorna Bateman. This is an exciting opportunity for embroiderers of all levels to join together for a week of stitching in a beautiful location.
The holiday will take place from the 10th - 17th July 2024. Lorna will provide 30 hours of tuition over 5 days, split between 3-hour morning and afternoon sessions. You will have the opportunity to complete your chosen project with Lorna's guidance and expertise.
The classes will be held in a large open-plan studio in a beautiful mountain chalet with stunning views of the Arve valley and mountains. This is a perfect place to stitch and make new friends with like-minded stitchers.
Mark, with 20 years of culinary experience in world-class restaurants, will create dishes suited to each class, taking into consideration any dietary requests. He will use local, seasonal produce to create a menu that excites the palate while remaining familiar enough not to be intimidating.
Nadine and Mark will be available throughout the booking process and your stay to provide any assistance you may need, from airport transfers to dietary needs or lost luggage.
There is also a day set aside for an excursion to Annecy, where you can enjoy a relaxing cruise on the lake, followed by lunch in a classic French bistro and an afternoon of shopping in local haberdashery shops.
This is an opportunity not to be missed, and we can't wait to welcome you to Creative Experiences. Book your place now and get ready for an unforgettable stitching holiday in the French Alps!
Lorna Bateman
I enjoy working with a variety of threads and silk ribbons to achieve a raised and textured effect in my work. I love experimenting with a number of different embroidery techniques, including ribbon embroidery, stumpwork, crazy patchwork, painting on fabric, canvaswork and applique. I am passionate about colour and about nature and often use flowers and landscapes as sources of inspiration.
I have lived in the UK for the past 19 years, having originated from South Africa. My teaching has taken me all over the UK, South Africa, Russia, France and the USA.
I have had my work featured and published in a numbers of publications, including Stitch (UK) and Australian Inspirations, amongst many others. I have appeared on Justhands-On-TV and also on Hochanda craft channel. My book, Embroidered Country Gardens, was published in July of 2019 and released in French in 2020.
Teaching is my passion! My goal is to try and encourage people to try as many different forms of embroidery as possible, using a kit as an aid to move onto working and experimenting with their own designs. I love working with beginners and reaping the rewards of their enjoyment.
Please go to the class you would like to book. You can find the button to book on the top right. Please enter all your details and you will receive a booking confirmation. In case you have any questions before booking, please contact us by email on info@creative experiences.com or click the enquiry button. We would love to hear from you.
To book your holiday with Creative Experience, there is 20% non-refundable deposit due. This deposit must be paid on time of booking.
Please contact us on info@creative-experiences.com if you require a different payment structure.
You can pay your holiday by online payment. We work with Stripe which is our online payment system. It is very secure and we have been working with Stripe for many years.
Creative Experiences is run by MNR Travel Ltd. MNR Travel stands for Mark and Nadine Roger and we have been working in the travel industry for more than 20 years. We have run The Alpine Experience in Les Carroz, France in the past 10 years. The Alpine Experience offered embroidery, lacemaking, beadwork and textile art classes with fabulous teachers from all over the world. Since 2023, we have launched Creative Experiences to take all craft classes on the road and travel with our tutors and guests to the most amazing places in the world to craft.
We do enjoy all crafts and hope to provide as many holidays around the world in the future.
Once you have booked your holiday with us, you will be send a booking confirmation with all information.
We advise you to buy travel insurance for your holiday with us.
Creative Experiences will only book hotels with disabled access. We cannot guarantee that we will have disabled access in private villas but please contact us to confirm.
We are Nadine and Mark Roger and we are a small family company who have been working in travel and hospitality for over 20 years. We are organising craft holidays all over Europe and we will always be with you on the travel. We have many years of experiences with selling holidays to our clients and we always try our best to ensure you have the best holiday.
Yes of course, your husband/wife, partner or friend can join your holiday as a non-participant.
Your partner will receive a £250 discount on there their double occupancy rate.
We are more than happy to help organising different activities for the non-participant guests. The non-participant must share a bedroom with you in a double or twin occupancy.
You have different options to travel from the airport or train station to the venue. You can book with us shared transfers where we offer you to come and pick you up at the specific time for an additional charge. You can organise your own private transfer such as taxi or any other private transfers companies at your own expense. We can help you finding train times if you want to come by train from the airport or train station to the venue.
You would like to share a bedroom with someone to share the cost but you have no one to share with? We are happy to talk to other clients who have booked on that class if anybody would like to share with you. However, we cannot guarantee that it will be successful.
We will only offer accommodation/ bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms.