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The Scottish Highlands Tour - Day 1

Written By Laura Turnbull - August 21 2019

The Scottish Highlands & Islands Needlework Tour has begun and I have a few days to catch up on so brace yourselves for a few blog posts back to back as I throw out there all the juicy photos we've been taking over the first week.

Final checks for the final Scottish Highlands & Islands tour - Starting Next Week!

Written By Phillipa Turnbull - August 07 2019

I recently returned from the beautiful Islands of Scotland, having completed the final checks for our needlework retreat beginning in a few days. This was the last of three trips we have made over the past year to make sure everything is in order and expectations are met for our small group of needlework enthusiasts when they arrive on Tuesday. It seems like an age ago that we first started building this itinerary and I am quite thrilled by what we have in store most of which we have kept a secret until now.

Welcome to our new tutor - Mandy Ewing

Written By Karen Morley-Chesworth - August 07 2019

We are pleased to welcome our new tutor to Lady Anne's Needlework Retreats, Mandy Ewing. Originally from Cumbria, Mandy completed the Royal School of Needlework Apprenticeship in 1995 in London and taught for the RSN and worked in the RSN Studio as a studio embroider and then for a period of time the Studio Manager, overseeing a wide variety of commissions.

Feature Post - The San Francisco School of Needlework

Written By Laura Turnbull - July 30 2019

It's a rare thing to be able to actually visit the needlework stores and destinations you hear about in other countries. It's almost like seeing a famous person in the street, you get slightly tingly. This is how I felt when I walked into three needlework destinations in San Francisco that I'd heard much about from Mum but never visited myself

The Muncaster Bed Hanging - My Jacobean Dream

Written By Phillipa Turnbull - July 10 2019

I have been lucky enough over my career to have been in the presence of some fabulous historic embroideries. But none have taken my breath away quite so much a the crewel work bed hangings at Muncaster Castle. We are delighted to open our interest list for the Muncaster Bed Hanging, our new project design soon to be replacing the Glasgow Bedspread!

Treasuring and Celebrating Historic British Needlework

Written By Laura Turnbull - July 10 2019

At the Crewel Work Company we share a passion for historic needlework and for enabling others to enjoy historic designs through our kits and retreats. Our activities in the needlework world bring us into contact with incredible historic textile collections all over Britain. The people responsible for these collections are part of a network of custodians all over the country who work tremendously hard to house, treasure and celebrate historic needlework.

Lady Anne's Retreats - How Do we Create Them!

Written By Karen Morley-Chesworth - June 20 2019

If you are looking for something unique and definitely not on the tourist trail whilst also enjoying your needlework, you can rest assured you will find it on Lady Anne's Retreats. It would be almost impossible to achieve the experiences guests enjoy on our retreats as a lone traveller.

Getting Ready For Our Next Retreats!

Written By Karen Morley-Chesworth - June 20 2019

We are counting down to our next adventures with excitement as we make the final checks and preparations for our Scottish Highlands and Islands tour in August and All England Part II retreat in September.

Andie Luijk of Renaissance Dyeing

Written By Karen Morley-Chesworth - June 19 2019

Andie uses traditional, natural dyeing processes and is dedicated to producing hand embroidery thread and fine knitting wool in Ariège, France. We caught up with her recently as we release three new redwork kits (which come with a FREE redwork Rabbit kit until the end of June) containing Andie's wonderful natural Cochineal-dyed wool.

Our New Project Kit Coming Soon!

Written By Laura Turnbull - June 19 2019

We are currently working on a new project kit to be released in the Autumn. This kit will feature a section from a large bed hanging from an original 17th century Jacobean Bed Hanging in the collection at Muncaster Castle.

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