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

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8/3/20: More “Sewing” bags…

Here are the other gorgeous bags made on Thursday afternoon… I love the way that – as with anything made from fabric! – the finished result…

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6/3/20: Sewing Bags workshop

Yesterday afternoon I ran a Sewing Bag workshop. This project (available in my Etsy shop here: Sewing Bag, Etsy ) is great for people fairly new to sewing,…

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3/3/20: Birthday Sewing Day

Today I hosted a “Birthday Sewing Day” here at Textile Holidays France… Two lovely ladies came along with fabrics, patterns, food and wine, and spent the…

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29/2/20: March 2020 Newsletter

Since this time of year is always quiet here at Textile Holidays France, I’ve called next month’s newsletter – due to be sent out on 1st…

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18/2/20: Cognac

Yes, you did read “Cognac”, and no, as far as I’m aware Cognac has nothing to do with Textiles….. However, Cognac IS a lovely town about…

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11/2/20: Beginners’ Day

Today I had three complete beginners in the studio for the day. We started by looking at their sewing machines and how to thread them, fill…

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1/2/20: Free form Bargello

I made this “free form” bargello piece at least two years ago – it was meant to hang on the wall in the kitchen so I…

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20/1/20: New facilities…

Sorry I’ve been quiet lately! I’m used to spending a lot of time in the studio but over the last few weeks we’ve been renovating the…

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14/1/20: Another Afternoon Tea quilt

Today I made an “Afternoon Tea” quilt for one of our guest rooms. I made one for that room in October , but stole it to…

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10/1/20: CNC Embroidery pictures

I’ve turned some of the practice CNC embroideries I did a few weeks ago, into framed pictures! I’m adding more “Textiles themed” pictures to our guest…

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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...