by Julie Brand | Jan 19, 2019 | blog
I don’t know why I thought this would be any different from teaching in England. It wasn’t much different at all. And why would it be? Get a bunch of stitchers together in one room and it just comes together. Everyone keen to learn and to share, beautiful...
by Julie Brand | Jul 18, 2018 | blog, hints and tips, News
The first World Embroidery Day took place 5 years ago in Sweden. In 2011, a local group belonging to Sweden’s Embroidery Guild took the initiative to organise a special day to celebrate Embroidery and it is now celebrated each year on 30th July. Don’t you just love...
by Julie Brand | Feb 28, 2018 | blog
It’s funny how you get used to things and take them for granted isn’t it? I was brought up in Cornwall and spent many a happy hour as a youngster, sitting on the beach with friends and family. I left to go to Uni and haven’t lived there since but...
by Julie Brand | Jul 26, 2017 | blog
Over the years I have often visited the large stitch and knit shows that tour the country. They are full to the brim of all things stitchy- with new products appearing all the time. How many of us have got carried away with enthusiasm watching a demonstration and come...
by Julie Brand | Mar 22, 2017 | blog
Well it shouldn’t be should it? But in reality, for most of us, it is. Whenever I meet a friend for coffee, 9 times out of 10 it is accompanied by the calorie laden cake. Just makes for a much more treat like experience doesn’t it? Workshops are the same....
