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Jackie (October 2023)

Our holiday with TextilesHolidaysItaly was beyond our expectations. A friend and I had followed Bronwen for a while on Instagram and seen the beautiful creations that…

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Linda (October 2023)

After searching for some different ideas of how to celebrate my 60th year I came across Textile Holidays, and made contact with Bronwen almost a year…

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Christina (September 2023)

What an amazing time I had with two friends @textileholidaysitaly. I chose to make two quilt tops designed by Bronwen, quilting being my love. We were…

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Georgia (July 2023)

I had my sewing holidays in mid July 2023 and I had a very good time. Bronwen and her husband John made everything in their power…

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Alison (August 2023)

I really enjoyed my week at Bronwen´s textile studio this summer, I would have loved to have stayed longer. I arrived with the idea of reviving…

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Kim (September 2023)

I visited Bronwen with two friends in September. We all belong to a quilting group near our homes in Kent and Sussex and we fancied a…

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Anne (September 2023)

I travelled with 2 friends and had an idyllic holiday; great sewing and Italian scenery with very comfortable and well equipped accommodation that was spotlessly clean.…

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Antonia (August 2023)

Aquest estiu passat vaig passar una setmana en Castiglione del Lago, vaig anar a casa dels Llogaters més amables i encantadors que us podeu trobar!!! Et…

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Sue and Charlotte (May 2023)

Sue and Charlotte spent a week here at the end of May, on a free machine embroidery holiday. They were already very accomplished, but neither had…

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Caron (April 2023)

Here’s my latest sewing holiday review. This time, my guest left a lovely note when they left – see photo! When I asked if I could…

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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...