Textile Adventures-India Edition with Tutor Gillian Travis.

CAS is teaming up with intrepid traveller and well-known textiles teacher Gillian Travis. Gillian is well known for her back-packing and has a great eye for an interesting place and turning her photos into art quilts back home.

We are following Gillian’s love of travel and using it to inspire creative work, but ditching back-packing for an air-conditioned bus and comfortable hotels to make a journey to gather inspiration and skills.

This tour is based around is Gillian’s Course – how to transfer your travel photos to cloth [NO drawing skills necessary]

AND

Visiting The Stitching Project – a workshop we can call home. Design an wooden printing block, learn how to use it to print cloth, have that cloth made into a top for you.

Pre-trip there will be an email briefing and preparations tutorial, along the road we will have tutorials, take artisan workshops and gather lots of inspiration. 

Dates 1 to 11 February 2025

Textile Adventures-India Edition with Tutor Gillian Travis.

Full Itinerary & Costs

Bookings Open- use this link

The blockprint studio
Gillian's blocks
Gillian’s blocks
Gillian will share the trick to printing with these back home when you don't have an Indian set up.
Gillian will share the trick to printing with these back home when you don’t have an Indian set up.
The look of pleasure watching Gillian’s son print fabric and then have a shirt made is what spurred us on to making this trip.
Can’t beat a good dot print- we have about 8 different dot blocks for you to use
On the cutting table.
All you need
The top she printed and a quilt from raiding the scrap heap and printing fabric.
Some of Gillian’s Indian Ladies

At Creative Arts Safaris Tours we offer fully escorted, small group tours. CAS focuses on textiles, crafts, arts and culture and yummy local cuisine.
On tour we like to get our hands dirty taking workshops, exploring locations and culture. We like to include lots of local experiences. Textiles and crafts are our passion.
Our friendly groups are inclusive. They are companionable and well organized allowing a relaxed adventure, great for solo travellers.
They include pickup & drop to airport, accommodation, group travel, sightseeing, workshops, and most meals. Almost everything EXCEPT the shopping – that is your job. Help the local economy.