When Helen Richman of The Bluebird Embroidery Company first shared the design of her new Crewel Work Chaffinch kit at the end of January 2018 I e-mailed Helen straight away as I just had to get one. Due to studying for the RSN certificate it has taken me until now to stitch it but I loved…
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It seems odd to write a single blog post about something so big as the Royal School of Needlework Summer Intensive certificate course in Canvaswork I have attended for the past two weeks. However, as it really was a single event I didn’t want to split my experiences into several shorter posts. I hope you…
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When I finished my Jacobean Crewelwork module in February, it felt like ages before the start of my next module but now it is only one week away! Even though it will be my 2nd module I am still quite scared about it all. Especially since I will be doing the Summer Intensive course, which…
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A couple months ago I wrote a blog post about cleaning and repurposing a vintage printer’s cabinet as my ’embroidery cabinet’. A number of you expressed an interest in seeing the inside after it has been filled. With redecorating my craft room I never got round to it, but with my next certificate course coming…
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Yesterday, we visited the Museo didattico della Seta di Como. Primarily since the 1800s Como has been at the centre of the region’s and later the centre of Italy’s silk production. Silk from Como is currently well known all over the world for its quality. When at the end of the 20th century many factories…
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Last Monday I received the results of the assessment of my Jacobean Crewelwork which I had complete as part of the Royal School of Needlework Certificate course. I received 101 marks out of 108, which is about 94%. Obviously, I was extremely happy with the results and it has given me a lot of confidence…
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Last weekend I was back at the Royal School of Needlework. Not to continue with the next module of my certificate course but to attend a 3-day class on drawing and design for embroidery. This class was offered as one of the RSN-day classes but was specifically aimed at certificate & diploma students but anyone…
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At the beginning of last month, Catherine (of Hillview Embroidery) and I attended a workshop by Jenny Adin-Christie at Au ver a Soie in Paris. This weekend I finished the brooch we started during the workshop. It is really fun little project and in the process of making the brooch, you learn lots of essential…
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During the past week, I have been embroidering a Sashiko sampler. Sashiko, which literally means little stabs or little pierce, is a form of decorative reinforcement stitching from Japan that started out in the 17th century. It was originally used to reinforce homespun clothes and to repair worn places or tears with patches. The technique…
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Aiguille en Fête is Paris’ main needlecraft show. For the past few years, I have seen pictures of this show on my social media timeline and it looked like a really nice show so I thought it would be great to attend. An even better idea was to combine it with a visit to the…
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