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The Elizabethan Oakapple Crewel Work Kit

Written By Karen Morley-Chesworth - September 19 2019

The beauty of living in a rural town is our connection with nature and the seasons, which has been and continues to be a great inspiration for artists and designers.

As the magnificent trees start to see their leaves take on the golden glory of British autumn, the nation celebrates the wonderful apple. And the start of a new season is the perfect time to start a new needlework project, and what better design than our Elizabethan Oakapple?

Tartan Needlepoint from the Scottish Highlands Tour

Written By Laura Turnbull - September 04 2019

These beautiful tartan needlepoints were recently completed by Sandra McFarlane and Pamela Clarkson, who attended the Scottish Highlands Tour in August.

The canvases, which were hand-painted with the MacGregor tartan, were provided by our tutor Meredith Willett who also taught a silk and metal thread design during formal teaching hours (this was much too fiddly to stitch while travelling!). Phillipa taught a beautiful crewel work piece in a deep blue wool. You ca read about all the projects from this tour here.

Seat Frame Widget to fix the hoop droop!

Written By Laura Turnbull - September 03 2019

For some time we have been working with our Seat Frame manufacture to fix a design fault on the bolt mechanism between the hoop and the stalk. In order to use the frame comfortably, one MUST have nice sturdy hoop, which means the bolt needs to stand up to frequent tightening. Unfortunately, as some of you will have noticed, it sometimes fails such scrutiny and you end up with a droopy hoop.

Needlework historian Dr Lynn Hulse during our All England Tour

Written By Karen Morley-Chesworth - September 03 2019

Although we have only just come down from the excitement of the Scottish Highlands Tour, we are already looking forward to our next one! Beginning in just a few weeks the All England Tour, Part II will take us from York to Windsor exploring needlework treasures in the East of England. We can't wait!

We are particularly looking forward to meeting needlework historian Dr Lynn Hulse, who will lecture on Embroidered Garments and Accessories of the Tudor and Jacobean Periods during the tour.

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.

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