As seen in The Observer's "10 of the Best Creative Breaks" 20/10/19

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17/6/18: Patchwork holiday

This week I’m running a patchwork holiday for two ladies who live in the Limousin. They’ve never done any patchwork before, but one is making a…

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13/6/18: A new Log Cabin lap quilt…

After my “students” left at the weekend, I started work on a new Log Cabin lap quilt made from Moda “Regency Blues” jelly roll, with some…

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8/6/18: Peacocks!

Yesterday, one of the ladies (Rabab Wereda) on my residential sewing holiday stitched a beautiful peacock feather in free machine embroidery, ready to incorporate into a…

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7/6/18: Free Machine embroidery, tunic tops, and a pouch…

The day started with an introduction to Free Machine Embroidery. Both “students really took to this, and very soon they were sewing away VERY competently. The…

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6/6/18: A cross body bag to go inside the “Pippa Bag”…

Today’s a day off for the ladies on this week’s sewing holiday, and they’ve gone to Angouleme – first to the fabric shop (of course!) and…

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5/6/18: Pyjama bottoms and tea towels…

So, here are the tea towels made yesterday – I’d forgotten to photograph them. However, today the same two ladies each made a fabulous pair of…

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4/6/18: “Pippa Bag” in stunning Indian fabrics…

I’m running a residential sewing holiday this week – 3 ladies are staying with me. Two are complete beginners, one has some experience already. So, I’ll…

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3/6/18: PDF patterns available

Well, I’ve been working on downloadable PDF patterns for the last 4-5 weeks or so and the 6 I’ve been working on are now available from…

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Protected: For TESTERS: Bread Basket

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Protected: For TESTERS: Crossbody Bag

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Discover a new hobby while on holiday in Italy...

Hello... I'm Bronwen Shepherd and I run sewing holidays and workshops in my lovely studio in the beautiful countryside of Umbria, close to Lake Trasimeno. The front of the house looks out into Tuscany - Monte Cetona and Lake Chiusi, and the back of the house - beyond the olive grove - looks out over the rolling countryside of Umbria. I've got a Textiles degree and a PGCE (post graduate teaching qualification) in Textiles, for teaching age 11 to 18 years - I've got 13 years teaching experience in UK schools, as a teacher and latterly as Head of Department, teaching mainly A level Textiles. I've also got 4 years experience of running textile classes and residential holidays/retreats in France. I gave up my teaching career especially to do that - we moved to France, renovated the house, built a textile studio, and started the business there. In 2020, we moved to Umbria, to the Trasimeno area, where I had bought a holiday home in 2007, and I'm re-establishing my creative business here. Apart from teaching, I have 12 years experience as a designer/maker of Christening wear, something which I intend to start doing again, but I also have a few other creative ideas...