Yesterday I taught my first class at Bee Crafty http://www.beeingcrafty.co.uk/ - a lovely shop in Ellington, near Huntingdon. I taught a Casalguidi embroidered pouch using very non-traditional wedgewood blue linen and beautiful, variegated hand-dyed threads. It was a small class, but this made it quite cosy. It was a very sociable one too, as it was held in the shop, so customers coming in found themselves receiving a quick lesson in Casalguidi. Sarah and Julie kept the tea and coffee flowing, as well as the lovely home made biscuits. A complete kit is now available for this pouch. If you would like to purchase one please email me at tdfhaines@aol.com
Caslguidi Pouch stitched using Chameleon Hand Dyed Threads |
If you are interested in learning a bit more about Casalguidi embroidery then I highly recommend this book "Casalguidi Style, Linen Embroidery" by Effie Mitrofanis. You may also find this blog very useful http://italian-needlework.blogspot.com/2010/07/casalguidi-embroidery.html.
Here is a more traditional piece of Casalguidi which I am busy stitching |
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