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          • Bread Basket/Bag
          • Mitred corners
        • Including hand sewing
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          • Sashiko work
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Textile Holidays Italy

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

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10/09/22: Telegraph article

For those of you in the UK, today’s Telegraph magazine “Saturday” features an article called: “People who went on holiday – and never came back”! –  – and I’m one of the 4 people in the article.  I “met” the journalist on Twitter, who interviewed me over the telephone, then they flew a photographer over here from the UK, put him up in a hotel in Perugia, and then he drove out to Passignano, then Castiglione,  and finally to our home to take photos of me for the article. This took 4 hours…luckily he was very nice, but I loathe having my photo taken, hate being the centre of attention. Unfortunately, the photo they chose doesn’t really represent Castiglione very well – it looks shabby, run down, whereas in fact it’s a very charming old town, looking out onto Lake Trasimeno.

 

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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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          • Mitred corners
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        • Sewing or Toiletry Bag
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        • Beginner’s Goldwork
        • Hand Embroidery
        • Patchwork for Mindfulness
      • Free Machine Embroidery
      • Sew-it-Yourself
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      • Learn to Sew €100
      • Intermediate/Skills Workshops
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