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RSN Crewelwork Course Day 8 – Mounting
The RSN allows an entire day for mounting your finished project. Having mounted a few pieces before, I was skeptical that we would really need that much time. Well, it was close and I was still working...
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Sampler Museum in Celle, Germany
Years ago I did cross stitch. My daughters each have their own Christmas stocking with a cross stitch border along the top. I had always thought of cross stitch as a very North American form of...
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I passed!
I received my assessment from the Royal School of Needlework today and I am over the moon! It’s been a long, long time since I’ve earned a grade for anything and, although I know it’s the learning that...
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Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum. What do you think of when you see those words? I think of a huge place, full of just about everything. Everything and more everything. This was going to be fun… Going...
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French goodies
Would you guess, from the photo below, that it’s a shop that sells embroidery supplies? No? Neither did I! But it is and therein lies a huge difference between shops in the UK and the USA and France. I...
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Bayeux Broderie
As you know, I fell in love with Bayeux. If I had unlimited money I would buy a little house in the countryside and go there for every holiday. The town is not too big and not too small…it’s just...
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Ecclesiastical Embroidery at Halberstadt Cathedral
A few weeks ago we had a long weekend and decided to take a trip into the Harz region. The Harz mountains are about two and a half hours by car southwest of Berlin. We specifically went for two...
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Fabulous Embroidery Tours
I received an email a few days ago letting me know about the tours planned by Phillipa Turnbull through The Crewelwork Company. You may remember I was able to join the first part of a Lady Anne’s...
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Embroidery at Traquair House
During the few days before my crewelwork courses began with Tracy A Franklin, we did some sightseeing. Driving through the Scottish Borders in autumn is really enough of a treat all alone, so seeing...
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