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5/5/20: A poem written by a guest

I’ve received a wonderful gift… Maggie Patching – who came on a sewing holiday in July 2019 – has sent me a poem she’s written, about…

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1/5/20: Batch production!

Since our April/May holidays have not been able to go ahead, and I can’t run workshops, I’ve been focusing on the other element of our business;…

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18/4/20: Making masks – INSTRUCTIONS

If you want to make a SIMPLE, BASIC mask I’ve posted my instructions below. This design does NOT have a nose-wire, nor a filter, but both…

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12/4/20: Twist and Turn thread catcher – Free Instructions

My Etsy shop: Etsy Shop Threadworkdesign Happy Easter… It will be a strange Easter for most of us… Usually a time for sharing a meal with family…

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10/4/20: Free – Chequerboard Tablemat Instructions

My Etsy shop: Etsy Shop Threadworkdesign Happy Easter! Here are some free instructions for a patchwork tablemat. It’s a great project for using left over pieces of…

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4/4/20: In my Etsy shop “Threadworkdesign”

Etsy shop As well as running Sewing holidays, retreats and day workshops here in South West France, I sell project instructions and patterns in my Etsy…

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28/3/20: FREE Boro-inspired Basket instructions

My Etsy shop: Etsy Shop Threadworkdesign These are difficult times for everyone and we all deal with stress and anxiety in different ways. Mindful sewing is a…

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25/3/20: Free – Bargello Infinity Scarf instructions

Since many of you are currently confined to home because of Coronavirus, I thought I’d publish some instructions for a sewing project. This “Bargello Infinity Scarf”…

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19/3/20: FREE – A Beginners’ Project

These are difficult times the world over. Many of us are confined to home, and/or have people to entertain. If you’ve always wanted to learn to…

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18/3/20: Be Creative article

My Boro inspired basket appears in April’s edition of “Be Creative” magazine. The good thing is, you can probably make it with fabrics you have around…

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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...