At this two-day workshop in the heart of the beautiful Cotswolds, I’m offering three beautiful projects for you to choose from.
The two wreaths from which to choose both reflect a warmth and charm that will grace your home, and can be used to top a jewellery or hat box, be framed, used to decorate a cushion, or stitched into a beautiful lingerie or nightwear bag.
With the embroidered picture frame, “Sweet Memories,” you can turn a special photo of your choosing into an heirloom work of art, to be treasured forever.
Please note that prices of kits listed here are for attendees only. All kits include the design transferred to the main fabric, so that you are ready to start stitching on the day. Kit preparation requires a lot of labour, and investment in materials by me. Where a supply used in my original design is no longer available, I have taken great care to find as similar a replacement as possible. Kits are keenly priced, often at cost or below-cost, to encourage your attendance at the workshop. If you wish to buy a kit and not attend the workshop, please note that kit prices will reflect the time and effort that I have invested into putting them together.
Available Kits:
- Sweet Memories: AUD$175 (some embroidery experience)
- Ribbons & Roses: AUD$160 (intermediate)
- Summerberry: AUD$85 (a beginner could do this)
Please note that all kits are priced in AUD and are payable directly to the tutor prior to the workshop.
Kits include the following:
- Complete paper instructions with closeup photos and all drawings, etc.
- Background fabric with the design transferred for you, so that you’re ready to start stitching.
- All fabrics, threads, specialty threads, specialty fabrics, beads, sequins, charms, and needles—everything you need to complete the embroidery.
- Sweet Memories kit includes the bevelled frame mat in 3 ½ “ x 4 ½” opening in off-white, suitable for a 4” x 6” photo.
What is not included:
- Stretcher bars, hoops, presentation board, backing felt
Attendees Will Need to Bring:
- Magnifier and lighting (as required)
- A pair of ‘hack’ scissors and a pair of very sharp, long-pointed embroidery scissors
Hoop/Stretcher Bar Requirements:
- For Ribbons & Roses, a hoop of 11″ is the minimum (12″ is good), or a set of stretcher bars 13” x 13”.
- For Summerberry, a 10″ hoop is good, or a set of stretcher bars 11” x 11”.
- For Sweet Memories, you will need stretcher bars 14″ and 10″, plus an 8″ hoop. It is just possible to work Sweet Memories in a 12″ (32cm) hoop, if you don’t have stretcher bars. You will need to provide your own photo; it can be of a wedding, or a baby, or a special person—anything at all that is special to you! Sepia and black & white photos will also look lovely. You do not need to bring the photo to the workshop, as the photo and mat are placed when all embroidery is complete.
Sweet Memories was designed exclusively for Cotswolds Textile Workshops.
Learn to create embroidered flowers, blossoms, berries, and pods using unusual techniques and creative resources that turn surface embroidery into an ethereal garland that gently embraces the sweet memories of your chosen moment. You could frame your finished embroidery under glass, with a beautifully chosen gilt edge, or let your embroidered frame tell the story on its own. Romantic and dainty, you can personalise this hand-embroidered photo frame as an heirloom reminder of a sweet memory.