{"id":342,"date":"2024-04-01T09:19:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T09:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sewingescapes.co.uk\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:30:10","slug":"find-out-everything-you-need-to-know-about-retreats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sewingescapes.co.uk\/index.php\/find-out-everything-you-need-to-know-about-retreats\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out everything you need to know about retreats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sewingescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6c163697-2159-4b26-a372-59b20d6a7edd-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-524 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewingescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6c163697-2159-4b26-a372-59b20d6a7edd-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/sewingescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6c163697-2159-4b26-a372-59b20d6a7edd-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/sewingescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6c163697-2159-4b26-a372-59b20d6a7edd-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/sewingescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6c163697-2159-4b26-a372-59b20d6a7edd-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/sewingescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6c163697-2159-4b26-a372-59b20d6a7edd-scaled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi, I&#8217;m Gill and I&#8217;m the person behind Sewing Escapes. You might recognise me from Instagram (@theonearmedsewist) or from The Great British Sewing Bee \ud83d\udc1d. Learning to sew sew has helped transform my life, I feel comfortable with my body and love who I am, and sewing has given me the most amazing friendships. I started Sewing Escapes to try and offer this to other people, creating sewing events to bring like minded people together and offering a place to learn, share and elevate sewing skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My amazing friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatvickimade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vicki Reid<\/a> helps out with some of the organising and planning that goes on behind the scenes, as well as the social media and co-hosting retreats. 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