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Textile Holidays Italy

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Lesley Hart

I really can't recommend her highly enough...

Lesley Hart (19/6/19)

I really can’t praise Bronwen at Textile Holidays France enough. I’ve always wanted to learn to sew and make things but never really had the courage to do anything about it. If I say that I was a beginner, that would be an understatement! I turned up to my first lesson with my brand new machine still in its cardboard box having bought it the year previously! I was terrified of even opening the thing let alone putting in the bobbin or threading it up!

Bronwen certainly wasn’t phased by my total ineptitude and together with simple and easy to follow instructions, a huge vat of patience, and mountains of encouragement, she managed to guide me through on her half day and later on whole day courses to making two types of cushion, a tea cloth, a tote bag, a wash/make-up bag, a sewing bag and just recently the Rose Garden Quilt. I’m really proud of what I have been able to achieve with her help and I really can’t recommend her highly enough. I’m now looking forward to my next project and feel sufficiently skilled to branch out on my own (albeit knowing she will be there for me on the end of the phone or an email). Just brilliant!

Thank you so much again! You’re a star!

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

Hello... I'm Bronwen Kaja/Shepherd and I run sewing holidays and workshops in my lovely studio in the beautiful countryside of Umbria, close to Lake Trasimeno. The house is on the border between Umbria and Tuscany - so you look out onto the countryside of both regions including Monte Cetona, Lake Chiusi, Chiusi, and, in the distance, Citta della Pieve. There are olive groves, vineyards, cypress trees and pines as far as you can see - it's very inspiring for someone who likes to stitch landscapes! 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 9 years experience of running textile classes and residential holidays/retreats in France and Italy. 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 re-established my creative business here. We moved again in 2024, to a larger house with (another) purpose built studio. 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...

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We are in Italy – in Umbria, very close to the border with Tuscany, 45 minutes from Perugia, Assisi and Siena, 1.5 hours from Florence, 2 hours from Rome. Our closest town (approx. 10 minutes drive) is Castiglione del Lago, which is the main town on Lake Trasimeno, the 4th largest lake in Italy. See “About” tab along the top – under “Contact me” you’ll find a map.

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Textile Holidays Italy is located at: Via Bonazzoli II 28, Gioiella, Castiglione del Lago, 06061, Perugia, ITALY info@textileholiday.com