Every Year we hold a number of Patchwork Quilting Retreats here at The Old Rectory Country House. If you love sewing this is a great way to learn a new skill and have a lot of fun with like minded people. We offer Patchwork Quilting retreats ourselves and also host a number of Patchwork Quilting …
Patchwork Quilting Weekend As a quilter myself I love hosting Patchwork Quilting weekends here at The Old Rectory Country House, Leitrim. We have a fabulous Lake View Pavilion for you to enjoy a weekend away of pure bliss. We both run Quilting weekends ourselves and also work with groups to host their own Patchwork Quilting …
Patchwork Quilting Weekends If you love sewing, a quilting weekend at The Old Rectory Country House Leitrim is a great way to get away for a weekend – you will be in good company with other like minded sewers. You will learn new techniques and make new friends. We run beginner and advanced quilting weekends …
Hand Sewn Quilts It is not often that we have a quilter arrive at The Old Rectory Country House unless they are on one of our quilting retreats. My daughter Aoife is working on a similiar project so we had lots of questions for her and it was lovely to hear the story behind the …
A few years ago the lake completely froze over except for some little springs that you could see. We even saw the paw prints of a fox walking out to the islands in the snow on top of the ice. If you skim a piece of ice along the top of the frozen lake it makes the most …
For the past two weeks at The Old Rectory Bed and Breakfst and Self Catering Leitrim I have been slowly working my way through the garden putting it to bed for the Winter and getting in all the Spring bulbs. And during that time I have had a great companion, who checks out my work …
We spent some time in Leenane last weekend and although it has been a few years since I have been there it is still one of my all time favourite places in the world. We were blessed with fantastic weather one of the days with clear blue skies. We went surfing and kayaking on Irelands …
Quilting Weekend If you enjoy sewing why not try a quilting weekend at The Old Rectory. We have two quilting weekends coming up on the 28th February- 2nd of March and on the 4th – 6th of April. During the quilting weekend you will be making a quillow which is a lap quilt that folds into a …
Quilting Weekend in Leitrim Leave your kids, husband, work worries and stress behind and join us at The Old Rectory for a practical, relaxed, friendly weekend and immerse yourself in the wonderful world of quilting with Diane Matthews. Whether you are a beginner or have been quilting for years, you will enjoy this opportunity to …