Quilter cruises

[prarie cruiser]

Anyone know of any cruises where quilters will meet!

[didjano]

Quilters will be on Carnival Elation cruise leaving Galvaston Jan 30 thru Feb 6th, 2005.
I signed up via a quilt shop in Oklahoma.

[aimeeRN]

If anyone gets more info as time passes, please let me know. thanks. i will try to search for the group "leader" and get more info for my mom regarding signing up and what not. thanks again.

[CaribbeanBound]

Quiters cruise?

Will any quiters do, or a specific category of quiters?

[momesu]

This is an old thread. Don't know if anyone looks at it any more, but I just found it. I've actually been on two quilting cruises and will be going on my third in Feb of 2005. RCI's Mariner of the Seas to the Eastern Caribbean. The group I am with is usuallly around 40 or so quilters and then assorted husbands and friends who go along for the "ride". The group is sponsored by QuiltPro which is actually a quilting software company, but we have all types of classes. Carol Doak teaches paper piecing, Sharon Hultgren does design and machine piecing and Alice Wilhoit does various hand work classes plus we've had beading classes and of coure computer classes. Obviously I've had a good time as I am going back for the third time.
Suzanne

[ladysail2]

Also, there will be about 20 quilters on the Carnival Glory, Nov. 5, 2005. It isn't a quilt cruise...just a quilting group. I think they are going to do their own classes. They all live in Florida near the port and I believe that they are bringing their machines.

I quilt, but won't be in their group....but do hope to meet them and see what they are doing.

Enjoy your quilt cruise, Suzanne, and the Mariner of the Seas....have been on her and she's a beautiful ship.

[quilter49]

Has anyone done a cruise through world of quilts/ Deb Roberts?

[limace]

I'd love to hear anyone's feedback on any of these quilt cruises. My mom and I are planning a trip and, as it's our first trip, hard to know even where to start. Reviews of the actual cruises are hard to find.

[Labeelady]

Limace, I'm booked on the March 23 Quilting Cruise out of New Orleans! It's all paid for, and we're just waiting for any pre-cruise instructions. So far, nothing has been sent out.

This will be my first quilting cruise, and my cabinmate's also, so I'm afraid I can't tell you much until after the cruise.

[limace]

Oh, I can't wait to hear your report, Labeelady. Please come back and update once you sail. I'm interested in the quality of the classes, but I also don't want to feel that I have to be quilting all the time, especially since this is our first cruise. I just looked and it looks like you're on the Craftsy cruise. I don't see pictures of the projects you'll be doing on the website; did you get that info? That's one of the struggles we're having, some of the cruises talk about instructors but give no info about the actual projects. We're both picky, and especially my mom, who's done a ton of classes and doesn't want to pay a fortune to retake something basic.

[Labeelady]

Limace, I will certainly come back here after the cruise and left you know how it went. I'm more or less a newbie to quilting, so any classes at all will be the first ones for me! So far I've only had one actual class, and that one was using the twister tool.

[limace]

Wow, big leap going on a quilting cruise as a new quilter! I'm sure you'll love it, and I think it sounds like a great way to get some intensive quilting instruction in.

[Labeelady]

Originally Posted by limace

I just looked and it looks like you're on the Craftsy cruise. I don't see pictures of the projects you'll be doing on the website; did you get that info?

No, I haven't gotten any info on the projects yet. All I know about are the instructors, like you said. Hopefully it will be some easy sewing and not too complicated. I just sent off my info sheet last week (per their request), so I suppose they're getting ready to send out pre-cruise instructions.

[limace]

Originally Posted by Labeelady

No, I haven't gotten any info on the projects yet. All I know about are the instructors, like you said. Hopefully it will be some easy sewing and not too complicated. I just sent off my info sheet last week (per their request), so I suppose they're getting ready to send out pre-cruise instructions.

Oh man, that would make me crazy! I definitely am picking our cruise largely based on what the projects are (combined with the itinerary, of course); not knowing this close to sailing would annoy me

[dluttrell2]

Originally Posted by limace

I'd love to hear anyone's feedback on any of these quilt cruises. My mom and I are planning a trip and, as it's our first trip, hard to know even where to start. Reviews of the actual cruises are hard to find.

LImace - you can check out our shop/travel company www.stitchinheaventravel.com We have lots of great trips - both cruises and motorcoach - and have reviews posted on our page. MOMESU (Suzanne in the above post) has traveled with us on 3 cruises and has a 4th one planned! I think that speaks for itself! LOL! You can also just Google "Quilt Cruise" and find most of the good and organized companies listed on the first page.

It is important that you select a company that has a good reputation and knows the ropes for this kind of thing. There is a great deal of behind the scenes details that must be worked out to have a successful trip. Do you know what teachers will be teaching? Do you know what project you can expect to learn? Do you have to bring your own machine or will one be provided? Will you be assigned a "nest" for the entire trip where you can sew anytime you want or are you asked to remove your things from the sewing area each day? Do you have a contact where you can ask any/all questions you need answers to prior to sailing? Can you know you are going to have a great time? These are just a few of the questions to consider when planning a quilting cruise.

These cruises are great fun. They are like going to a retreat where you have gormet food served to you at least 3 times a day, you don't have to make your bed or clean or take care of the family, and you pretty much are waited on hand and foot for an entire week. I hope Suzanne sees this thread and will chide in on this thread. We meet so many new friends and we also can pair people up if you don't have a cabin mate. Suzanne and Marie have become good friends and they met on their very first cruise together.

Anyway...I hope this helps and hope you will try one of these cruises out.

[Labeelady]

Limace, I have since found out about the classes being offered. I am considering only two of these, as the others involve art and drawing, and I'm not good at either.

The other two concern hand-applique and improvisational piecing. I'm not that into applique, but I do need to learn about doing it.

We do have the option of taking all 4 classes, but I'm only going to sign up for the 2 I'm interested in. There's so much to see and do on board the ship, I don't want to spend all my time at a sewing machine!

[limace]

Labeelady, I definitely recommend hand applique! I love it, and I especially love being able to carry around small projects that I can work on wherever I am-in front of a TV, in a boring meeting, etc

Dlutrell, definitely one of the companies I've been looking at