Time for the next episode in A Stitcher’s Christmas 2017, a series of pre-Christmas give-aways here on Needle ‘n Thread featuring some of the finest embroidery supplies, tools, kits, designs, and goodies available on the market.
Are you ready? Are you excited? I am, because today, it’s all about crewel work!
I’ll announce the winner of A Stitcher’s Christmas #4 (the slate frame and needle minder), and I’ll tell you all about a beautiful new Tree of Life authentic crewel embroidery kit from The Crewel Work Company!
First, winner business!
The randomly drawn winner of the slate frame and needle minder beautifully hand-crafted by Mark Harris of Mythic Crafts is Annamarie in Idaho.
Congratulations, Annamarie! I’ll drop you an email today to get the process going, so that you can enjoy using your new slate frame soon!
A huge thank you to Mark Harris at Mythic Crafts, where you can find exquisite hand-crafted slate frames with customizable options, as well meticulously designed and finished wooden boxes for mounting embroidery, and a wide array of wooden needle minders that feature just about any type of design you want!
New Tree of Life Kits from The Crewel Work Company!
This morning’s give-away comes to you courtesy of The Crewel Work Company, the world’s best source for authentic crewel work embroidery kits.
Philippa Turnbull has recently released a new – and stunning – Tree of Life design, which you can see featured in the photo above. You can get an even better look at it here, on the Crewel Work Company’s website.
The design features a stately dog and all the glorious attractions of a classic Tree of Life design. It’s a fantastic piece, perfect for lover’s of crewel embroidery and Jacobean designs!
The kit includes the design printed on The Crewel Work Company’s historically accurate z-twist linen twill specially woven for them in the Highlands of Scotland, all the required wool threads, a stitch chart, needles, step-by-step instructions for completing the Tree of Life, the beginner’s booklet The Essential Guide for Newcomers to Crewel Work, and a sturdy box to keep everything together in!
And on top of all that, today’s give-away is for two winners, each of whom will receive their very own Tree of Life kit (which increases your chance of winning significantly!).
Give-Away Guidelines
This give-away is now closed! Thanks to all who participated!
If you would like to participate in A Stitcher’s Christmas #5, please adhere to the following guidelines:
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If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why?
4. Leave your comment before 5:00 am Central Time (that’s Kansas, USA time), Monday, December 18th. The winners will be randomly drawn that morning and announced here on Needle ‘n Thread.
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So, if you’d like a chance to create a crewel masterpiece in 2018, leave your comment today join in the fun!
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On my dream needlework vacation I would like to go to Beating Around the Bush in Australia.
I’d scoop up my projects and head to the beach, if I could. Such a carefree atmosphere always inspires me to be creative and relax. đ
What wonderful contests! Thank you so much and merry Christmas!
Dear Mary
I’ll take my chance again
If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why : I’ll will go either to Australia for Alison Cole and to meet with all these artits that work for Inspiration Magazin or to London at RSN for taking summer training at the RSN school.
Hope I can winn one these two marvellous give away from the crewel work company !
Thanks for this opportunity .
regards
Anne-Marie
1 – UK – Royal School of Needlework short course or
– a workshop or retreat from Crewel Company
2 – Italy – anywhere in Italy
Dreaming does cost nothing at all, isn’t it?
Tanks Mary and Phillipa from Crewel Company – a great and nice business
Merry Holidays and Peace, Love and Joy for New Year to you both and all Mary’s readers
Happy stitching
India is my dream destination, all those fabric and threads, wonderful
Oh golly oh golly- seeing this really makes me miss doing crewl work. I hope I am one of the lucky ones. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone. Here’s to another year of beautiful creativity and stitcher.
Beating Around the Bush in Australia
Just gorgeous. I would love to take a stab (with a needle, of course) at it. What a wonderful project. Merry Christmas
I have a list! But, my first dream stitching vacation would be to Hungary to the major embroidery regions and into small villages. My dream!
I want to go to the Victoria and Albert museum in London because of their fantastic textile areas.
London and the Royal School of Needlework!
I think my dream vacation would be going to the RSN and traveling through the British Isles and learn the historical techniques since that is where my family is from.
I really enjoy your emails. I love to do needlework but arthritic hands only allow the simple pest techniques.
My dream needlework vacation would be to Japan for some embroidery classes! Or maybe to the Royal School of Needlework for a summer of study in their classes!! Or maybe……..
Hands down, my dream needlework destination would be England to study at the Royal School of Needlework.
Hampton Court Palace. to be stitching in the walls of such an historic place!!
Would love to learn crewel.
I’d love to go to a needlework seminar in Germany. I’ve seen several advertised. My son is living in Austria and it would be so much fun to combine both loves.
I would visit London, and the V&A’s Clothworkers Centre for the Study and Conservation of Textiles and Fashion. The inspiration from handling real historical garments is unbeatable for me. I might pop in to Liberty’s while I’m there too!
My needle work dream vacation would be’ beating around the bush’ in Australia
I would love to visit the Harrogate stitching show in the UK. For many years
I have heard from those who live in the UK, how wonderful it is.
Definitely England – New Zealand was an English Colony when I was growing up so we followed everything royal. I would love to visit England to see any embroidery related to the royal family – present and past.
I’d love to do an embroidery course at Denman College, the Women’s Institute’s own college, they have a course on Crewelwork
i would love to go in England with some friends and take lessons of different techniques including crewel. I like this kind of embroideries because it gave the possibility to make different kind of techniques.
I would love to go to London to take and RSN course
I love what I call the Victorian like look of this design. Itâd fit perfectly in my 1895 George Barber home! I have a space waiting for it. My dream stitching vacation would be Vermont during fall or winter. I havenât been to Vermont, but how dreamy to sit by a fire and look through a window at a scenic view while stitching! Merry Christmas, everyone!
I would love to attend “Beating around the Bush” in Australia. The seminars seem interesting and varied, and the location is also marvelous
My favourite stitching destination would be Australia. Embroidery of all types seem to be huge there and the shops specialising in needlework are fabulous.
That is a beautiful tree of life design. Thank you for the opportunity to win this prize
I’m not sure what you mean by a dream needle work destination but I would love to go to the Ireland. I can imagine sitting in the country stitching under shade trees overlooking rolling hills dotted with fluffy sheep.
Merry Christmas & Happy New year.
I would love to go to the Royal School of Needlework and take a course on any type of needlework. I would be enthralled by the whole experience.
I would go to the Royal Albert Museum so I could stare for hours at their beautiful Victorian items.
This is a beautiful kit that would be great to do with a friend
I have always enjoyed the tree of life pattern and how everyone’s interpretation is different. I have not done a lot of crewel work but would like to do more.
Australia! Without a doubt. I would love to go to Beat Around The Bush.2018! It’s just a dream,but maybe one day.
My dream needlework vacation is to take RSN classes at Hampton Court, England.
Oh Mary! How beautiful is that kit?! I have been wanting to try Crewel for a long time and haven’t done it yet. I have been following Phillipa Turnbull and her tours for a few years and just to go on one of her tours would be fantastic. To see all of the historic works and all of the sites and experience her expertice would be a dream vacation for me.
My needlework related dream vacation would be a trip to England to take a course at the Royal School of Needlework and unlimited access to the Victoria and Albert needlework and costume collection.
If I could pick a dream destination for needlework, it would be to the Canadian Embroiderers’ Association’s summer seminar in PEI! I’ve always found workshops and conferences to be invaluable in terms of inspiration found, contacts made, lessons learned.
Thank you Mary – your blog is like a conference on the web!
This question was easy…. My dream stitching destination is Japan! The ability to study those techniques and have easy access to the exquisite threads…. a girl can dream.
It would certainly be France so I could tour around the shops in Paris and then to a week or two at Begonia D’Or studios in Rochefort to learn goldwork from the masters teacher there!
My dream needlework vacation would be a trip to check out all the lovely museums in the UK. Between the clothing, embroidery, and lacemaking, there are far too many to list, but the Victoria and Albert museum, and the RSN would be on the top of my list!
At this moment, I am absolutely wanting to visit Hampton Court Palace! Not only to visit/study with the RSN, but to see all the centuries of history that have happened there!
I would love to go to Norway. There are so many beautiful hand embroidered traditional costumes worn by men and women. I would love to learn the skills needed to make one. My family is Norwegian and I am very proud of my heritage.
My dream destination would have to be Australia ‘beating around the bush’ to meet and learn from all the wonderfully talented needleworkers who contribute to Inspirations magazine. I’d love to win one of the crewel work kits as it would be a challenge.
Iâd love to spend a summer in the U.K., visiting historic castles and museums to see original crewel work, and if I were very lucky, Iâd like to take a course at the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court.
Spent Thanksgiving weekend in a restored, over a 100-year old forest service cabin in a wilderness area.
Ah! Peace. Solitude. Beauty. Happy dogs and happy mom!
Dreaming of stitching away…in lovely solitude.
My dream embroidery destination would be Hawaii because the weather is always near perfect. I could embroider outside without concerns over heat, humidity or on the other side cold and wind.
I would love to travel to London, UK to attend some of the needle work classes that are taught by the Royal School of Needlework.
If I were to pick a dream destination it would have to be a week at the RSN. My first love is cross stitch, but every book I invest in is about embroidery, white work etc. I can lose an entire afternoon in a magazine or book, fascinated by the beauty of the stitches.
I would love to win this great package. If I could go to a dream destination spot it would be to London to attend the RSN school. That would be an experience of a lifetime. Thanks for letting me participate.
Nancy
Ever since I discovered the Embroidery and Crossstitch magazine in a needlework shop during a romantic vacation with my husband, I have wanted to go to Australia! I would love to go to some of there classes and comb through their embroidery shops. That would be just so wonderful.
My one needlework-related dream destination vacation would be to England!
I would visit the William Morris sites and most especially the May Morris exhibition. In addition, I would take a tour of the RSN and perhaps take a class or two, and purchase a few kits in their shop. I would enjoy it so.
I love anything Jacobean, and this design is a beautiful example of the textiles of that era.
This drawing is especially exciting to me, as it’s been years (probably about 45) since I have done any crewel work. At that time, crewel embroidery on cashmere sweaters was popular, and I did some work for an artist who designed patterns especially for these projects. It was great fun, but marriage and children took precedence. But now, I have the time to explore embroidery of all types (which I have been doing) and would love to try my hand at crewel work again.
Thanks for all the information and encouragement you give.
Martha
Travel around Europe to be able to see all the beautiful needlework and art from centuries ago.
My dream destination would be a needlework festival where my friend and I could take classes, gather inspirations, and stock up on supplies.
This is a lovely gift pack today. I’ve always been attracted to Tree of Life designs.
Merry Christmas Mary đ
A dream needlework vacation would have to be Australia. Needlework is definitely in the forefront there and Iâd love to visit the InspirationStudio.
Definitely a pilgrimage to the Royal School of Needlework, with a side trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Sounds like England to me!
I know exactly where I’d go — I’d take a leave of absence and attend a semester at the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court! Of course that is assuming I suddenly had more time and money đ I’d love to learn in such an immersive experience.
My dream destination would be London so I could go to a class at the RSN
My dream needlework vacation destination would be England- all over the country to see the different museums and the RSN.
Thank you.
Jean B.
Kent WA
What a beautiful Crewel piece to stitch! I hope you will consider my entry even though I do not have a particular special place that I would like to visit to do some stitching. I have started stitching again (after several years) and am enjoying everything that I have tried in the last couple of years. I would love to go anywhere that I could learn a new technique or improve on one I have tried. I have done crewel work years ago but never something as exquisite as the Tree of Life.
Vacation at the Royal School of Needlework.
No contest here. I would take one of Judith Baker Montano’s crazy quilt classes at her studio in Colorado. This is the last year she will be teaching at her studio. I have been lobbying for this as a Christmas gift.
I love trees. I would love to go to England for the history and museum with rich embroidery (William Morrisetc)
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
Definitely Hampton Court Palace! I would LOVE to go to the headquarters of the RSN!
My dream stitching vacation would take me to Hampton Court Castle in London. Stitching a Crewel Tree Of Life from start to finish. Of course, my dream comes with lodging and gourmet meals
My dream vacation would take me to Australia where I could meet and learn from folks at Inspirations.
In my dreams I would go to Australia and visit Inspirations Magazine.
Italy. So much beautiful white work, drawn and pulled work.
Oh my goodness that is not even a question! The Royal School of Needlework. I feel like they have so much to teach, and I have so much I want to learn.
My ideal place is a little caravan site that we visit in Dumfries and Galloway, where I can sit in comfort and have the sea as a back drop, listening to the seabirds. I still enjoy it in the rain with the sound of rain on the caravan roof. Its warm, dry and stunning views. I never get bored of it even in the rain. Just totally relaxing!!
My grandmother taught me how to embroider about 60 years ago. One of her favorite types of embroidery was crewel work.
I have done some crewel work, and enjoy it immensely. I have begun to get back into embroidery now that I am retired.
My needle work dream destination would be…Merry Olde England, of course! Just think of the possibilities! The castles with their incredible stitch work and tapestries! The elegant clothing once worn by Kings and Queens! And, of course, the museums that house hundreds of years of stitchery!
The place I would like to visit is Bayeux, Normandy, France tonsee the Bayeux Tapestry. I have only seen photos but my daughter, who does beautiful stitchers, has visited Bayeux and was enthralled.
Maybe someday?
Becky Hill
Iâve read about the Lady Anne Needlework retreats. Iâd love to go to one of those in England!
My dream destination would be a mountain top chalet! It would be spring/summer time with green shades of the mountains either emerging or just coming into full blossom with blue skies. And it would be in the US. Thereâs no place like our country!
My needlework-related dream destination would be Kansas, your place, so I could learn to embroider one-on-one!
My dream needlework vacation would be to London to attend the RSN! That would be fabulous. Thanks for the great giveaway, Mary!
If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why?
The museums in England and scotland because of the needlework that they have. A second choice would be a course at the Royal School of Needlework
Dear Mary,
I have been following your site since taking up embroidery after retiring. Thank you for all your help and inspiration. I have not ventured into crewel work as yet, I’m still exploring all stitchery, I belong to an embroidery association, very exciting, I look forward to more of your work on the newsletters I receive every week. Fidele
I think I would pick the U.K. There are so many textile treasure there to see. I’d love to visit the Victoria & Albert museum and the Mountmellick museum in Ireland and so many other great places to see historic pieces.
My dream destination – aside from some personal classes from Mary Corbett which would be AWESOME- would be to take a trip to Colonial Williamsburg and take some of the classes from the Williamsburg School of Needlework. Sometimes they partner with the RSN. The prices for instruction seem reasonable and Iâve always wanted to visit Williamsburg.
I would love to win this prize – it is a lovely sampler.
London! Because of the history of embroidery work there.
This is a tough one, because I don’t know that much about needle work destinations. But i guess a place where I can sit outdoors in a beautiful setting and stitch all day.
I’d go to England. There’s so much I want to see there in general, and I could see the RSN.
I’d love to visit London and see the Royal School of Needlework âĽď¸
To Normandy to see the Bayeux Tapestry.
Scotland! My family came from Scotland and it is a place I have always wanted to go. I can just imagine enjoying the beautiful peaceful scenery while stitching something beautiful.
Dream vacation? Thereâs a hand embroidery retreat in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, offered next spring. I would absolutely jump at the chance to attend. I would go because in addition to the workshops, the package offers guided tours of the areaâs culture. I think it would be a wonderful way to visit the place, to be immersed in learning about the culture.
Oh how I would love to win this! Need to work on a Crewel linen twill piece for further hand and finger therapy and have been wanting to do a larger tree of life design for a while now.
Needlework related destination would be China, specifically for Suzhou embroidery.
My dream stitching themed vacation would be to go to London and take a short course of study with the RSN over the summer. Thanks for sponsoring another great holiday giveaway Mary!
What a gorgeous design. I particularly love the dog and the little rabbits at the base of the tree.
A dream needlework vacation would be attending the yearly national seminar of the Embroiderers Guild of America.
This one I didn’t even have to think about! London to spend hours in the V&A and hopefully to take a class with the RSN
My needlework related dream location would be anywhere near the sea. The idea of stitching, in the sunshine, listening to the lapping of the waves as well would be Bliss!
Julie
My dream needlework trip would beto England and Scotland to see the magnificent royal and ecclesiastical embroidery. I would love to take a class at the Royal School.
Oh, my needlework dream destination vacation! My problem is not taking enough time for needlework or sewing which I have always loved. My dream destination would be to just spend time with people who share my love and spend time with those who would inspire me. When I am around people who embroidery or quilt I find peace, happiness and joy. I’ve learned much by my mistakes and look back at the progress I’ve made through the years and think of all the wonderful people I’ve met along my journey. But I still have so much more to learn! I love your website Mary, that you personally take your time to share with me and others. A special thank you and I wish you a blessed holiday this season. Barbara
I have not been stitching crewel work for very long, but it has become my favorite. This is such a beautiful piece, and I would love to have the opportunity to stitch it. Happy holidays!
I would love to spend time browsing the embroidery collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
(Close runner up would be classes from the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court, but I donât have that much vacation time.)
My dream is to visit Australia, home to
beautiful needlework by exquisitely talented individuals. I would love to have instruction from there.
Venice Italy , hands down a dream vacation for many reasons, including the textiles of all sorts.
The dream destination for needlework for me would be the UK. I love many types of needlework, and in addition to beautiful surface embroidery I would be able to see extant examples of bobbin lace, blackwork, and maybe even some early tablet weaving. There are spinning and knitting traditions in the Shetland Isles I’d love to see as well A visit to the V & A museum would be so wonderful!
My needlework dream vacation is a stay in London that includes classes at the Royal School of Needlework.
My dream vacation/needlework destination is Ireland
My dream place is home with my family – I get my two favorite things stitching and my family!
England would be my second choice because of all the museums, schools, and history encompassing a variety of stitching techniques.
That is a very difficult question because the Chinese and Japanese have made incredible embroideries throughout history. But, my heart does go out to England so that would be my pick. To narrow it down further is really, really hard and would require a great deal of research.
Ooooo! I always wanted to try one of those crewel kits and that design is gorgeous! Thank you for the opportunity.
I think I would want to go to Australia. They seem to have all the cool classes, kits and so many awesome materials. I love history (history major here) but when it comes to needlework I like doing more than examining. So I would want a trip to take classes and meet designers etc.
I would come see you – to meet you, ooh and aah over your work and pay you to teach me!
My dream needlework destination, not a specific place, but it would need to be on the coast with the waves crashing on the rocky shore. Sandy rock pools dot the shore line and forest on the other side of the flower filled meadows behind me. Lots of wildlife with the birds serenading all day long. The temperatures would be constant and range from 68 to 75 degrees. Nice and warm but not too warm. Why, because here my spirit would be comforted, allowing my creative dreams and endeavors free reign to be completed.
I would love to go to Lady Anne’s retreat. Combining travel and historical homes and needlework just couldn’t get any better.
Australia because they have that big needlework conference each year.
Thanks so much for the opportunity! I would love to travel the U.S. in an RV and visit every imaginable needlework shop. There always seems to be something in their shops that is specific to their area and customers. You would then have to hit the skies and visit other countries to see their different techniques and styles. So much fun!
Mountmellick, in Ireland! I just adore this beautiful style of whitework embroidery!
If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why? Scotland.
I would like to learn Ayrshire embroidery. Along with all the other great techniques that come from the land of the Picts and Celts.
I ran across several beautiful christening gowns from 1870 while volunteering at the local museum. Naturally the words formed in my brain, I can do that! So the quest is on to find all I can regarding this beautiful form of embroidery.
Thank you for all these contests!
Barabal D.
If I had to pick a needlework dream destination it would be the UK and a Lady Ann’s retreat. Not sure that’s in the cards….
That is a really difficult one. I have been to most places in the British Isles and do not know much about places abroad. I would love o be able to go to Beating around the bush in Australia but now at my age it is unlikely ever to happen.
My needlework dream destination would be England because I’d love to visit the Royal School of Needlework and take some of their courses.
My dream destination for needlework would be to attend the School of Needlework in San Francisco, and take some classes there. It would also be a great opportunity to see my son, daughter and one year old granddaughter who live nearby in Santa Clara. Seeing my family and becoming a better stitcher- this is what I would love to do.
The Crewel Work Company does needlework study tours. I would love to attend the Scottish Highlands & Islands Tour in Aug 2019. I didn’t know these types of tours were available, so thanks for introducing the Crewel Work Company to me – so much to explore!
My dream destination for a stitching holiday would be Scotland. But then, my dream destination for any holiday would be Scotland.
I would go to England to take one of those tours that combine a stitching class with seeing historical textiles. The thought is such a happy place in my mind during these worrisome times.
My one needlework-related dream destination vacation would be to Ireland. Not only for the beautiful needlework, but the inspiration of the landscape, the history (like the book of kells) and the people.
I would love to visit Japan to learn more about their needle painting
Ann Carroll
I would love to go to England to view the needlework in the Victoria and Albert Museum and to take a class at the Royal School of Needlework.
My dream destination is the Sequoia mountains a little town at the base is three rivers. The air is crisp and cool the scenery is breath taking. It’s a artists town miss it just thinking about it.
my dream of destination….i would love to take a trip through the UK or Germany
it is hard to decide between those …i have been to both, i was stationed in Germany and went to England when my son was stationed there…each has short memories of needlework shops, i would love to make a trip where it is “long” memories of needlework shops ….
Thank you for the chance!
Take Care…You Matter…..
mary
I would go to England to view the historical embroideries and all the textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Well, that would be either Great Britain where I would like to see more of 16th and 17th century embroidery on sweetbags, embroidered bookbindings and caskets or Hungary where I would like to learn all the different kind of peasant embroidery before it disappeares and nobody knows how to make it anymore. Don’t make me choose.
O wow this is so very nice too look at.this is really my cup off tea.
When i see this i want to sit by the fireplace and do some crewelwork.
I would go to the Halsingland region of Sweden. They have what is called “Landscape embroidery” which means there are at least 5 stitching techniques named after towns in that region. Museums display the remaining examples of these techniques. Count me gone for a couple of weeks researching and stitching!
I would love to go on a needlework tour in England!
I would love to go to Australia to attend the Beating Around the Bush stitching retreat to meet new people, learn new things and then have an opportunity to check off the “bucket list” a tour of the country.
Dream needlework vacation – England to visit & take a class from the Royal Academy of Needlework.
I would like have a stitching holiday in Great Britain. Tours to see the great house with historic embroideries, museums, and visits to designers studios. Along the way some gardens and small towns known for other fiber crafts, knitting, weaving, spinning as well as others. Can I go for a month please?
I would love to take a crewel class and visit the Royal School of Needlework. Their work is just so beautiful. I have always loved crewel. Especially the Jacobean style.
If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why?
I would love to be one of the winners of the Philippa Turnbull Tree of Life crewel embroidery kit and the “dream” needle-work related vacation. My vacation choice would be to attend a class at the Royal School of Needlework in Hampton Court. From what I have read, the teachers are wonderful and the Tree of Life theme is a long-time personal favorite
A snowy chalet would by my dream place to take a handwork project. My stitching is mostly done in the colder months.
I would like to visit Needlework and Design
I’ve looked at the Tree of Life a number of times so I’m hoping.
If I had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, it would be England. I would love to take a course from the Royal School of Needlework and be able to actually look at some of the gorgeous items on display in the school.
I would go to Beating Around the Bush in Australia to take classes from master instructors and to visit an amazing country.
A destination? I would choose London to see all their lovely needlework in their museums. This tree of life crewel piece is beautiful and is true to the fine work of yesteryear. Thanks for the opportunity. joan c
I would love to go to Japan and see their beautiful embroidery and take a few classes.
My dream Needlework destination would be London to attend the Royal School of Needlework. I would also spend a whole day at the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is a trip definitely on my bucket list.
I think I would love to go to England to see their Royal School of Needlework. How’s that for an imagination.
My dream needlework destination would be in Europe visiting the linen weaving companies. Thank you.
Without a doubt, The Needlework Tours and Cruises South Pacific cruise.
Be still my heart!!!!! Wow!!! What a beautiful crewel project from Philippa Turnball to soothe my soul and keep me out of trouble in 2018. My dream vacation would be a tour of England’s ancestral homes that have crewel collections and of course, a visit to the Royal School of Embroidery at Hampton Court!
Carolyn
My dream destination vacation would be to stay at an old castle in Scotland or Ireland with a great big needlework canvas to work on. I love old castles with their amazing rugs and tapestries. Wouldnât matter what type of needlework because I love them all. As long as there is a needle and some sort of thread/yarn, I am a happy happy gal.
If I could choose one place for my dream needlework vacation, I would lose my mind for a little bit because there are many good choices. But then I would settle on (because I have already settled on) Glasgow, Scotland for these reasons: a) the Royal School of Needlework has a satellite campus in Glasgow; b) Glasgow has a strong tradition of surface embroidery going, especially the embroidery of the Glasgow girls; c) Charles Rennie Mackintosh; d) it’s cheaper to fly to Glasgow than to London; e) the Glasgow School of Art; e) Glasgow is the setting for many mystery stories by Denise Mina whom I love; f) in general, it looks like a cool place to visit–a bit off the beaten path.
I would go to the Victoria and Albert museum in London to see their collections of embroidery because I love the V&A and I love London!
That’s so easy! I would pick the Crewel Work Company 4 Nations Tour! I might as well dream big! What an absolute luxury that would be. I would be happy to settle down and stitch this lovely give away too. Thanks to Phillipa and Mary both for the chance to win.
I would like to visit Needlework and Design in San Francisco, CA. Their website has many of the patterns I would like to do. I am getting back into needlework again ad their website seems to have a lot of my taste. Their patterns are very colorful and pretty. I’m teaching myself a lot of new techniques and enjoy browsing the web for new ideas.
I would go to Japan – there are so many different types of embroidery there and the examples I have seen would require very careful study. The silk embroidery is magnificent and I just love the Sashiko patterns.
I would really love to take a course from the RSN in Hampton Court Palace. What an experience that would be!
I am blown away by this tree of life design. I havenât done crewel work in many years, but this would be worth starting up again!
I’d run off to Puzzlewood in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It is a rich, dark, mossy fairyland full of inspiration and mystery!
On my dream vacation (for needle work) I’d go back to the Cook Islands. It’s a total rest vacation. There is almost no shopping, no place to go when you get there. You just eat, sleep, snorkel, and stitch! It’s where I let my mind go when I need a beautiful calm, quiet place to be.
I would do a tour of Italy, taking months, going from top to bottom to take in all of the different types of ethnic embroidery. My grandparents were born in Italy so I want to touch my roots.
Thank you so much for this opportunity! I would love to go to the U.K. on a needlework tour, I would love to see the needlework there and learn more of it’s history. Thank you again, and Merry Christmas!
I would LOVE to go to the Victoria and Albert Museum. I can only imagine all the embroidered items they have on display as well as in their archives. It would be a dream come true.
This is a tough question as I dont know where the dream destinations are! My dream would be to travel Britain to every place that has antique Crewel work, study, photograph, and embroider! I cannot travel so this will only be a dream…I read books and teach myself, and think of all those who came before me, embroidering the same stitches, and what their lives were like. Sigh.
Thanks for the amazing giveaways! I’ve never tried Crewel work and this would be the PERFECT chance to! I’m guessing my answer will the similar to most, The Royal School of Needlework would be a puuurfect dream vacation! It would combine stitching in an absolutely amazing setting with getting to go “across the pond” đ Thanks for the chance to win!
Iâd love to go to RSN for a course!! And tour around Europe seeing different needle arts and taking classes as we go!
I would love to go on one of Philippa Turnbull’s trips in the UK that mingles the historic embrodery works and the crewel work lesson.
my wish for a needlework destination vacation would be the opportunity to attend “Beating around the Bush” conference in Australia and then on to a class with Alison Cole and a visit over to Perth to visit (and maybe take a class) with Dale Rollerson of the Thread Studio.
I would love to go to England and visit the Royal School of Needlework. If it was truly my dream vacation I would have the opportunity to take a class or workshop,
My perfect needlepoint vacation would be in the foothills of Sierras in Northern California, where I could sit by the hills, stitch in the peaceful natural beauty with my only living brother while he plays guitar and we sing together. What a gift that would be…
I dream ( literally) of going to the Royal School of Needlework, and spending years taking every course.
My pick would be Scotland, my ancesters came from there and I am very attracted to things Scottish. I have always wanted to see Scotland and even tho I am 80 and have been doing crewel work for years, would love to see some of the original. Thanks for this opportunity.
I’d pack up some needlework and head to a mountain chateau (because obviously I have access to one of those) and work in front of a fireplace, uninterrupted. đ
I would like to head to SW London to take classes at the Royal School of Needlework.
I would love to go to Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court. No better place for a History buff and stitching lover!
Easy question! Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court.
I have never done crewel work, although my Mom did some. I must have inherited my love of needlework, sewing, crochet and general crafting from her. I recently retired and have almost completed my first goldwork piece. If I could pick a needle work related dream destination, it would be a visit to the Royal School of Needlework because I donât know of anyplace comparable in the United States.
I would go to the Royal School of Needlework because I’m a huge Anglophile and they are the best.
The United Kingdom. Iâm fascinated by creep work and itâs use throughout the ages. I would love to travel through England, Scotland, Ireland learning new techniques from different regions…
Dream destination is to see the May Morris exhibition in Walthamstow. My planned trip has been cancelled, twice unfortunately. However Iâm determined to get there before it closes at the end of January.
Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes to you Mary and to all followers of this inspirational embroidery site.
Mary x
I would go to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London!
I have a lot of choices, so I will narrow it down to three:
1. Alpine Experience in France – classes taught by well know embroiderers, lace makers etc. (I just checked and the classes are filling up)
2. RSN in London
3. A class with Phillipa Turnbull.
There are many others that are on my bucket list.
The crewel project is beautiful!
I’ve never thought of having a needlework destination vacation, so I really have no idea what a dream one would look like. Maybe visit and take lessons at the Royal Needlework School in GB? If it’s a dream, might as make select the best!
I would love to go to Hampton Court & the Royal School of Needlework!
I would choose to go to Kansas to meet none other than Mary Corbet. She has been my hero for as long as I can remember. I know she is a private person (so am I) but to sit with her for an hour sipping tea and looking at all that she has created would be my dream vacation.
I would go to England to take a class at RSN and also tour V and A Museum to see their needlework exhibits.
My needlework dream vacation would be to go on a month long retreat with only books to readand stitching supplies. I would have electricity and plumbing. Iâd bring soups and the bread machine with me for simple meals. No electronic gadgets. No TV. I would have my acid player for music and some books on tape.
This makes my heart go flipity flip. I worked several crewel kits when I was young and pregnant and would love to get back to it. (Not pregnancy).
I would really love to travel to the UK for a dream destination needlework trip. I’ve been there in the past but my love of needlework started after my trip and so I missed so many sights!
My dream stitching destination is anywhere that has Needlework stores. And did I mention by cruise ship! Lol!
I would love to visit Lyon, France, where I would spend hours at the Museum of Textiles drooling over works of textile art for inspiration.
Needle n Thread dreams!
Merry Christmas
Thatâs a tough question…Iâve visited many of my dream places in the U.K. thanks to friends who live there. And there are so very many wonderful ethnic embroideries around the world. Every destination I think of, itâs more about time than place….the time to really explore the needlework of an area, take classes,, meet the embroiderers. I think my destination would be Italy from one end to the other…there are so many lovely embroidery techniques done there. Thanks for the opportunity, this was a really interesting question to contemplate.
Royal School of Needlework in UK!!! Wouldn’t that be amazing?
Thanks for the giveaway!
My dream needlework vacation would be to the UK to visit the archives of the V&A and Fitzwilliam museums. In fact youâd have to drag me home!
Oh well, this is an easy question!
My absolute number one needlework vacation destination would be the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court!
History, needlework, beautiful surroundings!
Yes!
My dream destination would be to a Queen Anne Retreat to learn how to do stitches correctly instead of just doing an approximation of what they look like
Dream destination? A cabin in the mountains with a great room (with a great fireplace too) to stitch in, view the lovely little lake out front and share with some stitching gals. It would be staffed for fireplace filling, meals and laundry- but we could stitch, swim, enjoy meals and watch the stars. Wishing that wishing made it so. If you know of such a place please let me know!
I’d love to visit England and visit the royal school of needlework, study samplers in museums, and so on. Thanks for the chance! Teal
This piece is so fabulous… It’s on my Christmas wish list!!!
My needlework vacation would be a trip to London to take a course at the RSN, with a visit to the V&A, and a side trip to see the Bayeux Tapestry! I love historic needlework. The V&A has a fabulous selection, and the Bayeux Tapestry has been on my must-see list for years.
Let’s see so many choices….my dream needlework vacation would be a visit to the London RSN. To observe, possibly learn, techniques would be truly memorable. I so appreciate needlework craftsmanship in clothing, home decor, and military uniforms.
Dream needlework trip? A class from the Royal School of Needlework in Hampton Court Palace. Hands down. I would just plotz.
My dream destination would be a week or two or three at RSN. My bags would be packed so fast it would make your head spin! I would love to stitch anything from the Crewel Work Company but the cost is prohibitive for me. đ
My dream stitching destination would be Italy. There are so many different techniques of needlework done in the many old towns that a lifetime could be spent looking at and trying to understand them! What fun.
My dream location would be London. Why, The Victoria and Albert museum and the Royal Needlework Academy.
I would go to London to visit the museums, such as the V&A Museum, that hold some of the very oldest samplers! <3
Royal School of Needlework. The UK and needlework, what could be better?
I would fly to London and see the May Morris exhibition at the William Morris Gallery. While I am there, I would eat up all the views of William Morris tapestry possible. Why? Because their embroidery is the best. I am sure that I would want to touch it too. (No, NO!)
Mary
I’d love to go to Beating around the Bush in Australia . I am always drooling over the images I see of the courses and the show…and a chance to learn a new or better technique .
My dream vacation is the island of Tenerif in Spain to be able to warch the lacemkers for tips. And enjoy a bit of the island!
I would love to be able to visit the needlework collections hidden away in our English country houses with someone who could teach me how it was done. Failing that, India-so full of incredible colours and designs
I would pick South Africa due to the work of Trish Burr and Hazel Blomkamp – my 2 current inspirations.
I want to spend a week in the storage collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. I’d want a different curator each day as a resource and guide. I’d spend a day looking at Turkish and Central Asian embroidery, another day with Moroccan embroidery, another with English samplers, another with samplers from Europe (especially Holland), and a last day flitting from one thing to another trying to absorb it all. And I know I’d come away frustrated that I hadn’t seen enough.
Don’t get me wrong as there is so many places I would love to go to, but my ultimate destination would be the Royal School of Needlework. I really do long to go and take a tour or the school, maybe even take a class or two.
The Royal School of Needlework in England. I fell in love with what they do in the 1980âs when I discovered they existed. Iâve been back once and found invaluable help when I visited their store and bought lots of books which we then had to get home! Great teachers, a hugh store of knowledge and my kind of weather (I am originally from Seattle).
I would choose to spend time at the Royal School of Needlework housed in Hampton Palace. There is probably nowhere else in the world that better trains people in the finer points of embroidery. I would especially like to have the opportunity to work on designing and stitching a clerical stole using multiple embroidery techniques (pulled/drawn thread, hardanger, counted thread, “crewel”-style embroidery, even appliqued items. Worked on linen with silk, linen and metallic threads, it would be an heirloom piece to pass down from generation to generation.
My dream needlework destination would be the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, preferably with a personal tour guide! I love historical needlework and a visit to this museum would fulfill a lifelong dream.
So many places I would like to travel for needlework, but number one has to be a week (or more!) at the V and A museum in England. So many wonderful textile treasures in one place! Sigh.
I love crewel embroidery. Dream vacation would be to the
Royal School of Embroidery .
My dream destination would be to stay in the British Isles. I would love to create a tour where I could visit and learn more about our needlework history including stitches, threads, and techniques. It would be marvellous.
Good morning, Mary from snowy central New York. A good day for stitching! I love crewel, it’s one of my favorite techniques. My dream destination would be Europe – not very specific, I know, but there is such a wealth of history in needlework there, I would be hard pressed to pick a specific town, region or country. Of course, I would love to visit the Royal School of Needlework!
I would love to do one of the tours in England.
Oh yes, yes! I just bought the custom fire screen from Mark and the Tree of Life would be PERFECT!
My perfect stitching destination would be a month at the Royal School of Needlework
Taking two certificate classes. How heavenly to spend time among such experts. And to stitch and stitch!
Darcy
MY needlework destination would have to be England. It would be to visit one of the many museums or the best of all would be a needlework school.
If I could have a needlework dream come true, I would go straight to England to study with the Royal Needlework Society. My fingers are crossed.
I really live your newsletter. The Tree of Life is so beautiful. I am new to your website and have enjoyed every newsletter.
Brook Dove
Similar to other folks, I am torn between England for RSN and the Victoria & Albert Museum and Australia for Beating Around the Bush & visiting The Bobbin Tree (Jenny McWhinney’s store). If I win the lottery, both can happy đ
Phillipa’s kits are wonderful; I am so happy that she is participating and that you are sharing all these goodies with us. Thank you, Mary!
I think it would have to be Beating About the Bush convention in Adelaide. Iâve never been to Australia, I understand Adelaide is lovely, and there are all those wonderful tutors and workshops.
My dream vacation for stitching would be southern France.
Brook Dove
How could one every tire of London, whether for needlework or anything else? The Royal School of Needlework would be my dream destination, ideally to take one of their crewel courses. Steeped in the history of the Hampton Court Palace, the school must be awe-inspiring in both geography and opportunity to study needle art.
Hi Mary, my dream needlework destination would most likely be in Kansas!! Yep, I would love to have the pleasure of meeting and being instructed by you….
I would love to go to the Su Embroidery Centre in China to see all the beautiful silk embroidery.
Royal School of Needlework would be a first choice destination.
Iâd go to London to see needlework in museums and historic sites and to take a course at the Royal School of Needlework.
My dream needlework vacation would be Africa! Iâd get inspiration from all the wild animals and stunning sunrises and sunsets !
To Ukraine and work with a master whitework stitcher to hone my skills.
I would love to visit the DMC facility in France. I am always amazed at the breadth of the colors and the consistency of the colors. I would also like to revisit the Bayeaux tapestry. It was amazing and I could identify many of the stitches.
Mary–it’s such a testament to you and your great website that so many suppliers and artists from around the world are giving away treasures here, more every year. I know it helps their businesses, but like you, their goal is to keep needlework in all its forms alive!
Hard to pick just one destination, so I’ll pick two–UK and Australia because each has a long tradition in the needle arts and so many current world renowned teachers. Also because I’ve never been to Australia and there are so many great needlework museums in UK.
Hi Mary,
I hope you and yours are well.
My dream embroidery destination would be being able to stay close to the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace for long enough to be able to attend class every day until I had finished all of the modules (10) needed to gain both their Certificate and Diploma in Hand Embroidery.
I am currently working on my piece for the Crewel work module, but can only attend periodically.
All good wishes for you and my fellow embroiders as a New Year approaches.
Regards,
Allison
I would love to go to Beating Around the Bush in Australia. My mouth just waters looking at the Inspirations Magazine with all the classes. It would be such a treat to learn from some of their teachers.
A dream come true would be a visit to London with a copious amount of time to enjoy the needlework at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal School of Needlework. Meeting Philippa Turnbull would be an extra bonus.
My dream vacation would include a long long time in the Victoria and Albert Museum with (since weâre dreaming) special tours of the needlework. Perhaps a side trip involving studying crewel at the Royal School could be fit in.
London, to attend classes at RSN. I would also include visiting museums to see the historic gems of Europe.
Hi Mary! My dream location would be Hawaii – what a wonderful place to stitch!
Merry Christmas, and thanks so much for all these chances to win a Holiday gift!
I LOVE her crewel work! If I had a chance to go anywhere in the world for a needle retreat I would choose England and the Lady Anne Needlework Retreats.
My dream destination would probably be the UK. There are so many options for things to do that are needlework related – classes to take at the RSN and places to shop. And it’s one of my favorite places to travel anyway!
Mary in MN
I would love to go to the Royal School of Needlework in the U.K. I canât imagine anything better than taking classes there to hone my skills & broaden my horizons.
My dream needlework destination would be to visit you. I would love to just sit and stitch with you, sharing stories of our shared love of needlework.
If I went somewhere fantastic I would be out exploring instead of stitching. Give me a comfy chair Ann assortment of old movies and I would be happy.
Thanks for all the giveaways
Iâm living my dream this Christmas
6 adorable puppies to snuggle and play
Husband home for the holidays
Nestle in by the fire and relax
All I need is a project a warm chai and Iâm in the zone
Thank you for the opportunity
Have a very merry Christmas to you and family
Nancy
My needlework dream destination vacation would be Denmark to see EvaRosenstand I see it many years ago on holiday but it was closed that day and also see lacemaking there.
This is a gorgeous gift Mary! Thank you to Phillipa! I find todayâs question nearly impossible to answer. Gosh Williamsburg or the RSA? Phillipa s tour, or one of the gatherings with Tricia and the casketeers? San Francisco s needlework school? Just one.? Really? Because I dream about all of the ones I read about! As well as the Bath Costume Institute and their collections. Okay, a two month tour of Britain, including Scotland and Wales and the European Continent to tour and study in museums, churches and historic home collections!
I would choose Scotland and preferably for a RSN satalitte class there. I would love to see the Scottish needlework because it is the land of my heritage
I would go to Bayeux – definitely!
I want to study this Masterpiece in detail as I have reproduced a part but never had the chance to see it in reality
Suzhou, China to visit the embroidery institute.
My dream needlework vacation would be to attend a course of study at the Royal School in London
If I had to pick a needlework-related dream vacation, it would be to Nepal. Nepal has a long history and an amazing contemporary body of work in weavings and tapestries, with outstanding colors, patterns, and subject matters. Just yesterday I was admiring a full silk hand made rug that used traditional Nepalese color schemes alongside modern impressionism to recreate a horse scene — just breathtaking.
I would love to go to Mexico. I have recently watched a fascinating tv programme about Zapotec women and their fabulous embroidery for Tehuana dresses and for huipil. The programme followed one embroiderer from design to completion but it has only served to whet my appetite for more, more, more.
My dream stitching trip would be to Beating Around the Bush in Australia. Some years ago I heard a fellow guild member share about her experience at this event and they have such wonderful classes and tutors!
I want to go to England. There is so much needlecraft history there. I would like to look at finished work as well as shop in some of their wonderful stores. What a dream trip!
Linda
Your studio! I would love to watch you work.
Have you ever thought of having a needlework workshop or retreat? For all I know it would entail a prohibitively high price point to make it worth your time, but maybe not?
My dream needlework vacation is to go on one of the tours sponsored by Philippa Turnbull. Although I have been to the UK, her tours provide access to venues and to needlework displays that are simply not available to the average tourist/traveler. Saving my dollars in hopes of being able to go on one of her tours in the not-too-distant future.
My dream destination would be England. I love all needlework and history of the country as well as well as knowing my roots are from there. Perhaps that,s why I am drawn to the history and needlework from there
Thailand or Mexico would be interesting needlework trips.
What a beautiful crewel design. My favorite needlework vacation destination would be one of the tours and classes in England, especially the Royal School of Needlework.
Crewel embroidery is my first love and I am planning to finish a long ago started bell pull during 2018 as part of a guild program. There is something about the wool threads, linen, and completing a design in crewel that makes me happy!
Thank you again Mary for this opportunity and to the many contributors of these wonderful gifts.
My stitching dream destination is to attend classes at the Royal School of Needlework. Oh my, what a joy it would be to go there! Thank you for the lovely giveaway – this is just my style. Merry Christmas!
My dream needlework destination would be to France to study the medieval tapestries.
This one is easy – a dream needlework destination vacation would be to Australia to attend one of the Beating around the Bush weekends. Secondly would be some sort of stitching type cruise up and down a river somewhere – anywhere. Enjoy working with wools, so enjoy crewel work and would love a Jacobean inspired Tree of Life. Thanks Mary for doing these for us out here in your Netherlands…
This design reminds me of my favorite genre of books–Victorian England. I would love to work it up and display it in my home.
My dream needlework vacation would be to attend the RSN and hone my skills in surface embroidery. It would be a challenge me and I would love to test my abilities.
Any of the RSN courses/tours. More likely though will be a trip to Williamsburg VA for a class there.
My destination would be England. Not only because I was born there and lived there until I was seven, but also because of the rich history of needlework.
I dream of attending classes at the Royal School of Needlework, going to a workshop with Phillipa Turnbull at The Crewel Work Company or even talking with Elizabeth Almond about Blackwork.
But that’s not all, I want to see the fine embroidery in the old castles and museums. I want to understand up close and personal what was done in the past so I can recreate it and show what people with so few electronics and machines did with there hands. And of course visit my old neighborhood!
Sorry got lost in my dream there a minute LOL!
Gillian
Id like to take a course at the RSN in London on vacation and visit the V and A museum while Im there!
Needle work related…. Bayeux. It has to be Bayeux.
Hi Mary,
I’d love you to do one of those needlework tours in the UK.
Thanks so much for the giveaway.
Have a wonderful holiday, Mary.
If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why?
London, England for a class or two and visiting an exhibition at the royal school of needlework!
There are so many ideas that could be gleaned and techniques learned.
My dream vacation would be a green mountainside in Ireland, sewing with my love.
My dream destination is England. There is so much to see there in the way of needlework and there’s the Royal School of Needlework too. I have lots of relatives there so I wouldn’t need accommodation either!
Cheers
My dream needlework vacation would be spent attending a course at the Royal School of Needlework, in Hampton Court Palace.
I would love to go to The Royal School of Needlework
I would love to attend a retreat or, better still, a Scotland tour with the Crewel Work Company. Or a class at the Royal School of Needlework.
Angela from the Ore Mountains
I’d love to visit New England’s needlework shops.
If I understood the question, you mean a place to vacation and spend time doing needlework, right? I would love to go to Scotland because it is such a beautiful place and they have a history of all kinds of work such as weaving, knitting, sewing, and embroidery that fascinates me.
My dream destination would be the Highlands of Scotland where I could look at all the beautiful scenery and get lots of inspiration to stitch!x
A cabin in the woods during the winter with snow on the ground and a roaring fire. All I would want to do and could do was to do needlework.
I would go to the Royal School of Needlework. I enjoy reading about them and would love to visit.
I would love to go to London to visit the Liberty shop!
Ever since I have become more and more interested in hand needlework, I have dreamed of a trip to the British Isles (England, Ireland, Wales) to get a good look at the real needlework in person. I have living relatives there and have not visited them – yet. Only my folks have and they have many pictures of the castles. My grandparents on my dad’s side came here from there, so I feel a close connection, especially since I probably inherited much of my hand skills from that Grandma.
it would be Sardinia – each village/town on the island has its own embroidery history and the hand embroidery is stunningly beautiful and exquisitely made.
My needlework related dream vacation would be a trip to the British Isles. I’d love to visit the Royal School of Needlework, the V&A and as many other sites with historic needlework as possible.
Hands down, England would be my destination of choice!
Dreaming of a trip to France to attend the annual Quiltmania show — I’m interested in the needlework on quilts.
I can take my needlework with me any place that is warm and has some relaxing water near by
Oh, I have a destination for my needlework vacation, and it is tinged with a minor regret. We visited London two years ago, right when I was thinking of beginning to learn to embroider (yes, I’m a relative newbie). We visited Hampton Court, and I noticed the Royal School of Needlework location within. My family was interested in many other things at Hampton Court (as was I), and I decided to save RSN for near the end. And then it closed early! I want to go back to London, back to Hampton Court, and march over to RSN first thing. Also, I recently read that Hampton Court has museum overnights, and that would definitely be part of the plan.
Needlework related vacation? London, I’d love to see the textiles at the V&A.
My dream would be to go to England and tour the old castles and learn how to make those amazing tapestries and whatever else they have to offer. thank you
I would dearly love to have a stitching holiday in England, learning from Phillippa Turnbull, Jenny Aden-Christie and other wonderful tutors who teach the correct ways to stitch. To me England is where the best embroidery in the world has been done, and to learn surrounded by this history would be amazing.
I would love to go to England and take one of those tours! Love 16th century English needlework.
If I had to pick one Needlework vacation, it would be England filled with the rich history of Opus Anglicanum, Goldwork, Stumpwork and Crewelwork!!!
Where would I go? I think itâs still Great Britain, particularly London. There is the V&A including all the buttons and lace as well as the RSN with its fabulous collection and store. I would also consider China because of the countryâs history but because it is not my culture I donât always appreciate at what I am looking. Then there is Paris with its garment history as well as haute couture. Iâve never visited the City of Light, but Iâm thinking it should have some fabulous embroidery. But in the end, my heart belong in London….
Australia. I am a subscriber of Inspirations & it truly has inspired me over the years. A dream would be to take some of their classes.
My stitching vacation would be a cabin in Northern Georgia – during January or February…..To be snowed in would be even better – as long as I was stocked with all the essentials and had plenty of needlework projects and supplies…..
Thank you ever so much for the opportunity to win the Tree of Life Crewel work Mary.
Although I could never, ever surpass the beautiful work you do I would love to give my all as I journey to Wales for an embroidery vacation.
My paternal family’s roots are in Wales& it would beeper so nicety travel there.
My dream destination for a stitching holiday would be the San Francisco School of Needlework and Design. Lucy Barter and her partners have put together a wonderfully intimate, exciting school with a library of resources, collections of needlework samples that inspire and inform, and best of all–professionally trained instructors to bring out your best talents. While there may be more glamorous destinations, we have a true gem stateside just waiting for everyone who loves needle craft to explore!
My dream needkework destination would be Ireland. A country of rich history and inspiration xx
Choosing a needlework related dream destination is tricky as there are so many beautiful places to see and be inspired by. I’m happy to let you choose Mary and I’ll see you there x
A hop, skip and jump across the pond to ‘Beating around the Bush’ in Australia would be my Christmas wish….Wishing you lots of these Mary!
I would choose to go to BATB (Beating Around The Bush). It’s the needlework seminar held in Australia. The country hold such an allure for me with all it’s natural beauty. It’s also where “inspirations” is published, so there must be a large needlework community there.
Ah! Dream vacation! Well, if I’m just stitching, it would have to be the mountains! Always, the mountains!!
But, if it’s a vacation to learn about stitching, that’s much harder! Europe? Asia? South America? The possibilities are endless! May I vote for a round the World tour????
My dream needlework vacation would be to Australia to the Beating Around the Bush retreat. The offerings of teachers & classes is incredible! I would love to take any of them, but especially the stumpwork classes from the likes of Jane Nicholas & embroidery classes from Hazel Blomkamp would be the best!
The crewelwork kit offered in this give away is a stunner. I would love to be the lucky winner of such a wonderful prize.
Julie
Thank you for running this giveaway. I have been following your website for years and deeply appreciate all the tips and techniques you so generously share.
Crewel embroidery is fascinating: the history, the intricate work, the extensive array of stitches, the colors and the naive way the subjects are depicted and of course the fabric used by yesteryear embroiders are beautiful.
I’ve tried my hand at a few and enjoyed the challenging stitches.
The destination I would pick is Sri Lanka. It has beautiful beaches on the coast and cool, tea-covered mountain areas in the middle of the country, all great for creative needlework.
thank you
I think Needlework Tours & Cruises sounds interesting. Visiting a few destinations like France, Italy, England and, while traveling from one spot to another, working on embroidery overlooking scenic views of the water and simultaneously being pampered aboard the ship. That sounds like a relaxing dream vacation to me!!
My dream needlework vacation would have to be England. Following your blog I know there are so many places to visit to see and learn needlework all across England.
I would like to go many places but at the top of the list would be Beating around the Bush in Australia because I would love to see Australia and New Zealand and there are many wonderful needlework teachers there. I also receive the Inspirations Magazine so I am inspired to go. The Royal School of Needlework would be great to take a course. Thanks for the wonderful gifts to share with your readers.
I loved the post about the Valley Quail EGA. I belong to the Valley Oak EGA so we are nearby. Beautiful gift.
Merry Christmas
I’d love to go to Germany to see some of the embroidery work in person. A wonderful tour of Craftsman shops and museums for that solid mideval technique and blackwork. But also England with some classes at the Royal institute!! Would be amazing.
I would love to do a historic needlepoint tour of the British Isles, and explore all the gorgeous castles, villages, and priceless historic needlework in between!
What an amazing design. I just love it!
I have always been fascinated by embroidery from the Far East and Central Asia, so my holiday of a life time would be a tour of Japan, India, China and the section of the silk route that runs through Central Asia.
Thanks for this opportunity to win such a wonderful give away.
Oh my – the Royal School of Needlework – what a dream this would be
Those are exquisite kits! Tree of life is so traditional for crewel, and Iâve always wanted to do one.
To answer the question, I thing this time Iâd say Belgium, in particular Ghent. Iâve been there once before, and it is a lovely ancient city with many many bobbin lace workers. I have experimented with bobbbin lace dice visiting, but I would love to take a class there, since Iâm dreaming, for two weeks!
I am so impressed by the generosity of your donors.
A needlework dream vacation for me would be a scenic landscape with inspiring views from my window, but a chill to the air, so I’m inclined to stay inside. So when I look up from my project, I can become re-inspired by my surroundings. Ideally, this would be the hills or coast of the UK in the cooler months. Happy holidays!
I would love a cruise. The destination doesn’t matter. I love the idea of seeing places and stitching…a lovely combination
I would love to go to Beating Around the Bush. Being able to improve my stitching and see Australia would be amazing.
I too would love the ‘stars to align’ so that I could manage a trip to Oz for Beating Around the Bush! : )
Happy Christmas everyone!
Hello Mary,
Wow! That is another great giveaway. I have one wish and that is to go to England to the Royal School of Needlework. If I were rich I would sign up for a full education program with them.
The giveaway today is beautiful. Since I love this kind of needlework this would be a dream come true for me. I have purchased Hazel Bloomkanp’s book for crewel embroidery. I just love it, but I have a hard time transfering the designs I would like to make. But I will get there with a bit more work.
So have a great day and take care.
Louise
Ooh! be still, my heart! I’m currently working on the Mellerstain firescreen and having a blast.
My dream needlework vacation would be a trip to Hampton Court to the RSN, take a course in either crewelwork or blackwork, and then spend several days looking at the handcrafts in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Sigh.
(I can’t complain, though, I got to go see the Bayeux Tapestry last year and spent quite a while in Broderie Bayeux — right across the street, check it out if you go! the proprietor is extremely knowledgeable and has great kits…)
these contests are fabulous, and I am always so excited for new blog posts and new topics, Mary. Thank you!
Top of my list is a trip to the Royal School of Needlework where I would immerse myself in all things embroidery for as long as possible.
Thank you!
My dream is to visit the Royal School of Needlework plus take a tour of the many historical sites in Britain to see the fabulous embroideries they house. I absolutely love the Tree of Life and would be thrilled to win one of these two Crewel kits.
That is so beautiful, Mary. (like you … beautiful … not wooly). I would love to go to Britain and visit the V&A textile section, and sit and stitch in an English garden, maybe in a public garden with flowers and birds and if lucky, a dog.
Merry Christmas.
I would love to go to the V&A Museum and spend days studying all the needlework.
My dream vacation would be to go to England to the Institute of Needlework. not exactly sure what the name of the Institute is but I know I would LOVE to go. I love all kinds of needlework and would love to know more.
Lovely giveaway Mary.
I would love to go to Hampton Court Palace, to visit the RSN. As I live in the UK, that one should actually be ‘doable’, so my absolute dream would be a needlework cruise. Lots of time to indulge in stitching and tuition, coupled with lovely food and drink, like minded people, and sightseeing.
Dream on!
My dream needlework destination would have to be Hampton Court Palace and the Royal School of Needlework for a lifetime supply of classess and tutorials. I might even have to move in and travel around with the ghost of Henry VIII (or not since he tended to get rid of the women around him in nasty ways).
Royal School of Needlework London for a summer school – with out a doubt!
Oooooo! I have been drooling over this piece ow needlework. Simply can’t afford it. Imwould love to win it. My dream vacation would be to Britain tomstudy at the RSN. I am self taught and would love to learn from the masters.
Mary, thank you for these Stitcherâs Christmas giveaways. They are incredible. Iâm excited about the chance to win TCWC tree of life kit because my stitcherâs dream vacation would be to take one of Philippa Turnbullâs castle tours of old tapestries and crewel work. Iâve stitched several of her pieces and would love to see the originals in their own environment. Have a very happy holiday season!
I would love to go to Australia to one of the beating around the bush events. I love inspirations magazine, the designs are so inspiring.
needle related dream destination: France or Venice to see lace making!
Thanks for another great opportunity. My destination would be somewhere on the water because it’s such a relaxing and inspiring environment for creative needlework.
France, to take the tour offered by The French Needle. I have talked with Lisa at The French Needle about the trip. Not only does it sound amazing but she is delightful. What a great experience that would be.
My dream needlework vacation would be a trip to Europe to see famous needlework like the Bayeux Tapestry and also to see handmade lace in the Mediterranean area. This would be a tour of at least 2 weeks to a month! Oh my gosh what fun. And to have several other needlework enthusiasts with me, naturally. And why? Because I have seen so many photos of these things and books, but would like to see the real items and their surroundings. Oh my! Thanks.
I am really torn about my answer for this question! Consequently, I will have to answer as follows for my dream destination! #1 would be Guatemala where I could work with women there who have started and sustained their coops that produce embroidery, rug hooking and beaded products, resulting in sales/proceeds which have improved local communities immensely.
Second destination would be Britain, the Royal Embroidery Society! My love of vintage textiles, sewing and this place would be something I would remember forever!
Thanks for the chance to win, Mary!
Royal School of Needlework has been a long long time dream.
My dream needlework destination would be London — with luck, to take a class at Royal School of Needlework! Not sure my skills would improve dramatically, but it would a job to immerse myself in all that glorious needlework atmosphere!!
My dream embroidery related vacation would be either South Africa or Australia. Whichever place Hazel Blomkamp happened to be teaching a seminar. I find her crewel work extraordinary. Her attention to detail is superb. I have both of her books. She has been an inspiration, and I was fortunate to read about her when her first book was reviewed here. Thank you so much for that. I value your emails for their information and resources as well as your beautiful embroidery.
I wish for you a happy Holiday season and a healthy and happy New Year.
You know what? At 84 and with everything I want right here in my city, in my neighborhood and with my cats and all the neighborhood cats I feed, I’d stay right here and sew to my heart’s content.
My choice for a dream stitching vacation would be my own cozy sunroom.
Ooooh too many choices…but the top of my list would have to be a course at the RSN in London . So much history and stitching to take in while there…..V & A museum for starters. One can always dream.
A needlework dream vacation? England, of course – home of the Royal School of Needlework and so much more. Thank you, Mary for giving us a chance at these lovely give-always
My dream destination would be to go to London so I could take a class as RSN, and visit the V&A museum to view the needlework! That would be a dream!
MISA West. Great location for a winter visit!
My dream textile vacation would be to the V&A Museum in London. A previous visit there was far too short. Their textile collection is incredible.
I would love to go to England. There are several great needlework people from England that I admire and I have some of their books. Would be wonderful to shop some of the needlework shops over there. That is my dream destination.
Iâd love to learn how to do Crewel work with this Marvelous instruction Kit and a trip to the Caribbean on a Luxury Ship sounds like a perfect getaway place to spend time away from the darkness of our Alaskan Winter.
ummm… The Scottish Highlands and Islands Needlework Tour, of course!!! I’ve been drooling over that for a while now!
A dream needlework vacation destination would be the countryside of England. Visit all those manors!
My needlework-related dream destination is in my own backyard! On the shores of Lake Superior with all of Mother Nature’s glorious forces uninterrupted by man-made distractions. The sun is shining the waves are lapping and there is peace and serenity. Needlework Nirvana.
Mary, your torturing me. All this work to do and now I’m in the rabbit hole of dream vacations. Well, I think I’d join Lady Anne and go to the Cotswolds. I did a week in SF at the Needlework School doing crewel, and I’d love to see what Ms. Turnbull does. I’ve enjoyed her videos. All that Scottish Twill, I’d be filling my suitcase.
Now if her class is full, I’m going to Italy. Fashion, embroidery (oh so many kinds), food, and a stop at Sotema to fill my suitcase with linen. I’ll send you some when I get back! On second thought, let’s go together!
The book looks very promising for all avenues of creativity. Many uses for so many different types of stitching.
My dream needlework vacation would be to the Royal School of Needlework either in England or the one in San Francisco. I would like to work on a new technique and learn it thoroughly.
Tree of Life is my faorite traditional crewel pattern. This version os simply lovely. I would love to stitch it!
Ih, the Crewelwork is just beautiful. I would be thankful for this gift! I’ve been crazy quilting a lot lately, need a different project for 2018.. Thank you for the opportunity, Carol
woops, forgot where I’d love to go… Australia, Victoria, Sydney, or where their next big needlework show is..
Needlework destination. Probably England to see all the Jacobean and Elizabethan embroideries and tapestries. I am sure there are plenty of samplers created by young and old as well. I don’t expect pioneer women had much time for such detailed efforts and decorations, instead devoting their time to functional things like quilts.
Beating Around the Bush, Australia would be wonderful.
My Dream vacation would be Either The RSN summer school in London Or The San Francisco School of Needlework and Design.Also Thank you for the opportunity to win this lovely Crewel kit. And Merry
Christmas to one and All
Needlework destination, ooooo! How about Hampton Court or anyplace the Royal School of Needlework is offering classes!
I think my needlework vacation would be in a cabin on a snow covered mountain, with all necessities provided and just a few days of uninterrupted stitching.
I would love to go to London and tour and take a class or two at the Royal School of Needlework.
As indicated by my “name”, I love stitching crewel. My dream vacation would be an extended visit to England and Scotland to study crewel in the museums, stately homes, and other sites. An extended course at the Royal School and time to stitch in the Cotswolds would also be on the agenda. Many thanks for the opportunity to won this wonderful kit and also to dream about a visit to the UK.
I would visit the Royal School of Needlework in England because I’ve heard so much about it and value many of the teachers who have had the opportunity to study there.
Crewelwork was probably my first favorite embroidery. I have moved on to other types of needlework but crewel pieces are scattered in my stash of UFOs and S2Ds projects.
Oh so hard to choose! Either RSN in London, or a beach trip with plenty of supplies! How fun to enjoy thinking about a dream vacation! Thank you for the encouragement to dream a little and for the chance to win!
I’d go to Lexington, KY to learn tambour embroidery.
I would love to go to Beating Around the Bush in Australia or to the Royal School of Needlework in England. Thank you for doing these fun give aways!
Crewelwork was probably my first favorite embroidery. I have moved on to other types of needlework but crewel pieces are scattered in my stash of UFOs and S2Ds projects. I dream of a nice sunny beach house to sit and stitch.
Tree of Life is my faorite traditional crewel pattern. This version os simply lovely. I would love to stitch it! My dream meedlework vaction would be to England, where see so much for myself!!
Stitchers Dream Destination â Australia hands down. For years after seeing the great machine embroidery designs, sewing, quilting and hand embroidery magazines (Inspirations) that I have wanted to go to Australia and sit at the feet of the ‘master’s’. I have loved every copy of Inspirations that I could get ahold of and I have kept every issue that came my way of anything from Australia. It seems like everyone in that country is talented in the needle arts. Why can’t someone here in the US put together a magazine on par with Inspirations?
That is an easy question to answer. My location is the British Isles, there is so much history and Needlework to do in amazing venues.
What a beautiful design. Crewel work is one of my favourite types of embroidery but I am still mastering the techniques needed. My all time embroidery destination would be the castles of England and Scotland to see some of the historic embroideries including Jacobean crewel work. I tour with Philippa Turnbull would be amazing
I would love, love, love to visit England to do needlework – why? Because there are sooo many resources there compared to here, starting with the RSN.
I am fascinated by the English embroideries. They are unique and so beautiful. If I were lucky enough to be able to take a class definitely would be at the RSN in England. There is so much to learn from these experts, so it is my favorite place.
Wow–if I could pick a Needlework Dream Destination, no holds barred, it would probably be Beating Around the Bush! I have only recently become familiar with Inspirations Magazine, through you actually, and I am awed and indeed inspired by everything I have seen through them, the weekly email newsletter is awesome. Plus, I have always wanted to visit Australia!
Tuscany. It’s my dream destination for anything and certainly has fabulous sunny balconies where one could enjoy one’s needlework. Merry Christmas to you Mary!
My dream needlework vacation is to spend time at Cober Hill, a Victorian Mansion near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, with the sewing ladies from the Wigginton group.
Hi Mary, what a lovely giveaway!
My needlework-related dream vacation would be to tour the estates in England and Scotland to see examples of the beautiful work that this design references.
Thanks to visits to our family stationed in England, I have had a chance to see some splendid needlework all over the U.K. My choice for a lesson is now to attend a session at The Royal School. Now, thereâs a wonderful dream.
Victoria and Albert Museum to see their amazing needlework!
My favorite place in this world, for whatever excuse to go there, is Gotland–an island off of Sweden. I can imagine doing any of my needlework in peace and quiet, either the pastoral parts of the island, or in the ancient city of Visby.
You said “dream” so here goes. Let’s go on a cruise and have you as our teacher. The cruise would be through the Norwegian River areas. It would be a two-week tour and we would stop and visit castles with tapestries, works of art, etc.
The United Kingdom would be my dream destination because of the opportunity to see so many historic needleworks.
I would travel to England with my niece and take a course with the Royal Academy of Needlework.
My niece and I are passionate about embroidery and it would be a memorable experience to share with her.
At this point in my life, I would like a whole day of interrupted stitching as a dream vacation. No internet, all the supplies I need right there next to me, phooey on the daily chores and the ability to work any stitch magnificently.
Wendi
My dream stitcher vacation would be to go to England & Scotland- they have such great tapestries and other hand stitch items on display at museums and castle tours!
I would love to go to the Royal School of Needlework. I am not sure I would be qualified to take a class, but I would love to see samples of their work!
This Tree of Life design is beautiful! My dream needlework vacation is 2 months in London taking the Certificate program offered by the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace.
I would love to go back and stitch in my Grandmother living room. It was a magical place, I started my first sampler there when I was 5. There was a very big and long couch that I could use the Ottoman to get up on. Then the magic happen, there was a picture window as long as the room. It look over the lake and woods. I sat there and stitch, and watch the world unfold in front on me. My Grandmother would come in every now then and check my stitches. She would smile and tell how good I was doing. That is my dream
Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court, England
A 2 week cruise would give me the option of trying a variety of embroidery techniques on board, as well as visiting a number of ports. There is a good one that travels from Sydney, Australia up to Vietnam that could be a very intetesting destination for fabrics and unusual embroidery techniques.
My dream destination is Japan, mostly for temari and yubinuki, and for all the amazing techniques that can be found in this country.
I would love to go to St Petersburg, to visit the Hermitage museum, surely here me at be textiles there. But if not then just to visit the big country houses and museums of the British Isles because I know they have so many treasures on show and tucked away!
The UK
I think my dream vacation, if I had to only choose one, would be Scotland. I love all the designs that reflect that local. And besides kilts. Need I say more? âşď¸
Iâd like to visit the UK
My needlework dream vacation is to take the needlework trip to Scotland that the Crewel Work Company has advertised. It would be so much fun.
My needlepoint dream destination would be England. Specifically to take classes at Hampton Court Palace with the Royal School of Needlework. In addition, I have admired some of the needlework classes that travel the country and stay in various castles learning about antique needlework creations.
I think I would choose the Royal School of Needlework in London! I work all my needlework by myself and would really appreciate instruction to improve my skills!
England! Either to a Lady Anne retreat or to the Royal School of Needlework. I would love to win the crewel kit, it’s beautiful!
To visit Phillipa Turnbull of The Crewel Work Company for a one to one tuition session.
Have always wanted to visit Ireland to see all the wonderful traditional whitework and the UK. The embroidery school would be amazing. Bit more realistic ticking Wanaka (NZ) Embroidery School off my bucket list next year
I would love to participate in a course that allowed me to ‘go behind the scenes’ at the Victoria and Albert Museum. They have such a stunning collection of fabrics and embroideries – how wonderful it would be to learn more about part of it.
My dream embroidery related vacation… It would have to be the Royal School of Needlework in Hampton Court, London. I worked love to attend another Summer course there. It is a magnificent setting and the tutors are the finest embroiderers in the world.
Bayeux , France to see the Bayeux Tapestry. It is the most recognizable embroidered work in the world. Having survived over nine centuries is amazing and the story it tells as well as the craftsmanship is extraordinary. I would love to see it.
My dream vacation would be to go no a river cruise and drift down a river with needle work in hand. I think the gentle movement on a river boat would be so restful and inspirational.
Probably several days at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. I’ve only been there once, and a few hours was not enough. There are so many beautiful needlework creations, caskets, clothing and tapestries – I could easily get lost in them.
My dream has always been to go to Great Britain, and I’d probably be glad to stay there. One spot in particular that I would be sure to include is the Victoria and Albert Museum, to see the textile exhibits of all sorts. Lots of needlework there. Then there’s also the Royal School of Needlework. Couldn’t pass that up either.
I would love to see the historic and current stitcheries in the United Kingdom.
I have always dreamed about going to England, Scotland and Wales. My motherâs family was from Scotland. I love the handwork and beautiful dark colors of green from that region of the world. Thatâs why I love this Tree of Life piece and I would love to win it!
Oh yes and I am from the windy state of Kansas too.
Destination: Highlands of Scotland
Why: Steeped in my ancestral history…really love to embroider more of the designs from Scottish Heritage.
I want to to go to Scotland! They have such a rich history, not only in needlework, but also culturally. I’d love to be able to experience all of it!
My dream stitcher’s holiday would be Italy. Many of our fine needleworking & stitching threads come from Italy. The quality and design are superior which aid in having our hand or machine work last longer.
I would like to be anywhere as long as Iâm not doing chores there.
Very beautiful, it would be a delight to do
I’d go to South Africa where some marvellous embroidery occurs. The kit designers, thread dyers and classes available are wonderful.
These questions keep getting harder. I have never done needlework related travel. While I dream of the Royal School of Needlework courses at Hampton Court Palace, in the meantime I can enjoy trips twenty minutes down the road for the occasional quilting retreat with good friends at the Hampton Inn.
My dream is to go on one of the stitching retreats in England. Thanks for the giveaway!
My dream destination would definitely be to the UK to visit the Royal School of Needlework. I would love to be able to take a class or two there!!
My dream is to travel from rural Shropshire in England to the bright lights of New York. The MET museum houses some of the best examples of historic English needlework.
I just ordered my very own Needlework System 4 floor stand. What a perfect project to use it with!
Although I’m not normally a sun bather, but a dream destination for stitching would be someplace warm & sunny where I could sit outside, enjoy a light breeze, and make use of copious natural sunlight. So probably a tropical island somewhere. đ
I have been a crewel addict since 1994! I was pregnant, had pneumonia and had to take it easy. I bought a small crewel kit and so my journey began. I have enjoyed other forms of needle work but crewel will always be my first love!
My dream needlework destination is the Totally Crewel Work with Phillipa Turnbull in England because I’m in love with England and crewelwork is my favorite style of needlework.
Royal School if Needlework in England. Hands down.
My dream stitcherâs destination would be to visit the Royal School of Needlework in Great Britain. They do such lovely, interesting things with needlework. Just to be there would be a thrill. Crewel is my absolute favorite form of needlework. To win this prize would be a dream.
I just finished my first crewel piece this summer and I would love to do another one. This one looks beautiful.
I would like to go to London to the RSN. They have much to share.
I am most interested in traveling to see production of some of the tools. Factories that make threads, linens, wooden tools, goldwork supplies. I think that would make for an amazing trip.
Crewel embroidery, I love discovering the many different stitches and the feel as well as the look of each finished piece of work.
The Royal School of Needlework. Need I say more.
I would like to go to The Royal Needlework School in England. As a beginner I am teaching myself and don’t want to get into bad habits. I probably won’t make it there. Maybe Williamsburg, Virginia. That would be exciting too.
My dream needlework vacation: so many possibilities, England to see all the Jacobean work, France for the couture embroidery, Italy for fabulous whitework – but right now I would choose Romania and the Peasant Museum in Bucharest and the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography in Cluj for the amazing traditional costume embroideries. This was one of my first interests in embroidery, dating back to when I was 12 years old. I would love to go and study the pieces closely for both design and technique.
Hi, Mary, to climb the tree, I must start at the root, so my dream of holiday with embroidery, would be anywhere in the USA, a workshop of any type of embroidery, learn, look and buy materials for embroidery. Why? . Because I’ve never been in one. Greetings and blessings, have a nice day.
I would jump on a plane and go to England to see all things connected with William Morris. …that would be heaven on earth!
Mary, I have always read your newsletter but have never requested a gift from you. However, when I saw the crewel work I fell in love. Please consider me I did crewel work for several years and loved it.
Thanks for considering me, Billie Stooksbury
My destination would be to The Royal School of Needlework and then visit my grandmother’s home in Scotland. Perfect for fulfilling a dream.
I just love the stylized nature of crewel work! As for an needlework-themed vacation, I would love to go to Japan. I just love the prominence of birds in Japanese arts–and some of the color pallets!
My absolutely most desired needlework destination to visit would have to be the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I was supposed to visit it on my one and only trip to the UK but ended up with food poisoning while in London. I was utterly miserable so missed out on that dream visit.
Royal School of Needlework to obtain a degree.
I would like to go to Switzerland. Such a beautiful, inspirational place. And in summer it’s warm and so much green, and the lakes… wonderful. And in winter, snuggling up warm, doing a bit of embroidery by the fire, hot chocolate and fondue, breathtaking snowcapped scenery. It would be wonderful to do some kind of embroidery workshop, whilst relaxing, taking everything in and exploring.
(Starts digging out the passport for renewal!)
I would love to go to Australia to Beating Around the Bush. I love the creations of Gary Wright and Alison Cole. I love crewel work Have done numerous pieces., the last one I did was one from the Crewel Work Company and it was so much fun to stitch and the materials were the finest. I loved doing it. When I was finished stitching it I gave it to my sister. I would just love to do the tree of life. That is something I have always hoped to do. I am crossing my fingers that I will win this one!
I would choose to vacation in Hungary because the floral embroidery is so colorful and graphic. It just makes me happy!
It would have to be a tour of the British Isles. I would love to see the places where so many needle work styles, such as Crewelwork, Blackwork, and Or Nue, have been practices for hundreds of years. My ethnic background is Irish and English, so seeing where my ancestors came from would be a wonderful bonus!
Hello,
What a beautiful gift that has been donated. How I would love to work on Phillipaâs design. I have a long bucket list of places that I often dream about going to see the historical needlework they have in their museums. If I had to pick just one it would be Scottland. If I am lucky to live a long life I would also like to see England, Wales and Australia. I used to work for Elsa Williams and my favorite design of hers was also a Tree of Life. My frame is ready and willing should I be the lucky winner!
Thank you,
Debbie
India for sure!
Hawaiian Islands Maui especially. Stitching alongside one of the beautiful waterfalls.
Well, recently, I would have said the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, because people kept telling me about all the wonderful needlework there. But I was there two months ago, and it turns out that they have moved all the needlework off site, one has to make a special appointment to see it, and I got the impression is was stored away rather than on display, so one would have to ask for specific items.
SO….Now my needlework destination trip would be one of the ones that takes people around England/Scotland/Ireland to see beautiful needlework pieces and sometimes to take classes for working such pieces. (Having figured that out, I’m actually going to look into some of them!)
Dream destination? Inspirations beating around the bush in Australia. Pick me!
Such a beautiful kit! I love it. Just love your blog. Thank you for everything you post and share.
Another fabulous giveaway, Mary. I love that tree of life. I’ve never worked in wool but would like to try. A destination I would love to go to? I would like to go back to England and explore all the 17th century stumpwork that I could find. Especially the caskets. I’d love to make one one day.
Heather M. in Vancouver
Oh my gosh! I thought this was an easy question to answer, but the more I think about it, the more answers come to mind! Should my answer be London to take a course at the RSN? Or to do One of the glorious tours around the UK, Europe, or even Vietnam? Or to China or Japan to really learn silk shading?
But, on second and third contemplation I will stick to my initial answer of going to Australia for a Beating Around the Bush conference… that way I can have it all!
My dream destination would be the UK…specifically, one of those historic homes needlework tours…but of course while I was there, I would have to visit the RSN and try and do a class by Jenny Aiden-Christie!!
Thank you for this opportunity to enter the Tree of Life kit giveaway. If I had my choice of all places in the world to enjoy some time to stitch and peruse the view from my window, it would be from a cottage overlooking the Blasket Islands in Ireland. Of course, there would be a peat fire going and soup simmering on the hearth with fresh bread cooling on the table!
Italy would be my dream destination to see all the exquisite regional types of embroidery – and hopefully to include some classes
A Cruise ship art and craft voyage. Then I could have all my supplies with me and be constantly seeing different sights. I’d be able at the same time to meet interesting people. Or a Nature Reserve where I can work outside in stunning Nature.
Tough choices but my dream vacation for needlework would be either to the Soviet Union- a country of mystery and a part of my heritage since learning the embroidery techniques from when I was but a little girl or a trip through the UK where so many needlework treasures have survived and are available to see at great exhibits throughout the country.
My dream needlework vacation would be either London or Colonial Williamsburg for a RSN class on adavanced crewel work. It might actually come true in the next couple of years.
A needlework-related dream vacation. Hmm. Well, the pennant banner you received from the group in the Bay Area is the only needlework-related location I know of. Iâm so new to this Iâm practically disabled when it comes to talking about needlework. But, I absolutely LOVE the Bay Area, and I would love to take my embroidery box and sit with a needle in my hand in the park, in summer.
Thank you so much for these great opportunities at wonderful gifts!
I have always wanted to do a crewel piece like this one. This has great potential to be a personal masterpiece.
My dream destination would be a warm desert island where there would be no distractions which would give me time to sew and just eat at meal times a lovely meal where i dont have to take time to cook. The light would be great for sewing as well.
I think the best “dream vacation” would be to attend a class or classes at The Royal School of Needlework” The quality of the teachers must be at the top of the list! A needlework tour of England would be a wonderful vacation, too.
Hey, I just noticed your comment! We can go together! Lol!
If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why?
I think I would like to stitch in Hawaii. Some of my reasons why are the weather, sight and the inspiration one would get from such a beautiful place
The perfect needlework destination would be Laos, for me. To stitch the Buddhist/French architecture in the misty mountains, a dream!
My dream stitching destination would be to take a week course with Alison Cole – wherever she is at the time.
Being here in England where it’s long dark by four, right now I have to say anywhere with long daylight hours would be my ideal stitcher’s destination! I miss sitting stitching through the evenings without struggling to get my lighting right… Which is actually why I’m currently doing another crewelwork piece, rather than the tiny counted thread projects I’d previously been working on!
My dream needlework-related dream destination vacation would be at he Royal School of Neeedlework, so I can learn all kind,types of needlework, to see what is new, to chat with the masters, to visit everything, etc.
Hi Mary,
What a fantastic give-away. I have always enjoyed crewel embroidery and this would be a dream project. If I had to pick one destination it would be England to attend courses at the Royal School of Needlework and to visit the many collections of historic needlework and textiles that are housed in the museums, castles and manner-houses throughout the country.
Italy for a month or so, anywhere in Italy. I have the thread addiction also. Maybe northern Italy so I can make a short trip by train to France to the DMC Warehouse?!? And while traveling on the train I could bring out my embroidery and take in the scenery while plying my needle. Oh to dream and dream big.
OOOO…I would love to go to a cabin in the mountains!!!!
I am new to embroidery and crewel work has stolen my heart. I don’t have many frames or hoops and am slowly building my “stash”. I love your work and follow your projects closely, tho not brave enough to tackle any yet.
My dream needlework related vacation would be to go to the Royal School of Needlework.
My dream destination would be to the Bristish Isles. I would visit all the needlework shops. I would then like to explore the Victoria and Albert Museum to see the needlwork there then to the country side to see the sheep because I am a spinner too.
My dream stitching destination would be to travel to the UK and see the historical embroideries in the palaces and museums.
My dream destination would be Ireland. All of the lush greens in the country with the old style cottages. I think it would be so beautiful and peaceful and so fun to try and catch all of that in a design to cherish forever.
I would LOVe to win the Tree of Life crewel kit!
Of course, wouldn’t we all Love to win it!
BUT….I would even more than some Love to win it. hehe. đ
My dream needlework vacation would be in Lexington, Kentucky, where in 2018, the Royal School of Needlework is featuring it’s first Summer School ever in the USA! Learning needlework from such a renowned school, and to share in both their history and knowledge will be amazing! Thank you, Susan
I would go back to Levens Hall in Cumbria because I loved that house and the stitching I saw there was stunning!
I have often thought the Royal Academy of needlework would be a great vacation, learning experience. I am sure I would be horrified when my needlework would be seen by such experts. But a dose of humility would be ok just for the experience of being there.
Paris, France and visit all the wonderful needle work shops
I would go to Australia because I love the books and magazines that show the beautiful stitchery produced there.
I work very cheap!! My favourite destination is my own backyard!! I love being with nature and I get inspired by my own garden, so to be able to indulge in sitting outside (where the light is good) and enjoying the peace, quiet and beauty is a dream come true.
There is one place that I would love to visit and that is the Royal School of Needlework. My husband wants to go to London but cannot understand why I would want to spend a day taking a class there. Sigh. It would be a dream come true.
I think a ski lodge, but I’d have to research the exact location. Beautiful views, bright light reflecting off the snow, a warm fire, and great exercise after sitting too long.
I would love to visit the textile workers in India as the work produced there is so intricate and also we need to ensure that they are working under the fair trade rules.
I’d love to be able to go to Australia for stitching workshops. So many great stitches are from Australia and there are so many very talented designers there that I could spend months just trying out the numerous stitching techniques offered by these artists.
Dream Vacation: Anywhere by the sea. Peaceful. Sit in the sunshine and stitch!!
Oh so beautiful. Ive dream to some day do something like that. Keep the beautiful needle art alive. Keep needling. Lol. Barbara
My needlework related dream vacation would be a cruise with international teachers on board, and stops in various places to go through fabric and fiber manufacturers. I can’t be more specific unless I do research on “where” offers “what” – but it’s a dream so it would all just fall into place, right !
My dream vacation would be to time travel back to where all the gorgeous
Embrodered clothing and ecclesiastical embroidery was being done in England
And Europe, and just WATCH! Seasons greetings and thanks for the chance
To win a kit. It is just beautiful.
My dream would be to go to England and stitch at Hampton Court.
Beautifully executed, lovely design. Would like to go to England to search out historical embroidery
I would love to go to the Royal School of Needlework in London, see their wonderful collections and take a class.
This Tree of Life design is stunning. Congratulations to whoever wins it.
My needlework dream vacation would be to London , England to go to the Victoria and Albert museum. I think it would be the most informative and breath taking trip of a lifetime.
Thank you so much for all your fantastic gifts and your wonderful e-mail that are so delightful and informative.
Merry Christmas, Mary
Tanis
Iâd love to spend quiet time with you, Mary, learning how to crewel first hand! Not buttering up. Just if it is a needlework vacation, why not learn from an expert while on that vacation? Second alternative would be to learn from a good instructional book like this one. Thanks and have a wonderful day.
I would love to go on a needlework cruise, like from Needlework Tours & Cruises. They have one that goes through England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy for Embroidery. Or there is a Stitcher’s Escape that travels from the UK, to Germany, Norway, and Belgium on Royal Caribbean’s and before they start out the cruise you get to explore London and take classes at the Royal School of Needlework. I think it would be a blast to be on a trip with other people who enjoy and understand what you love about stitching. I am the only person I know who stitches and there are not any groups near me to meet people and have friends who enjoy stitching like I do.
My dream vacation would be to go to Florida and spend time visiting all the cross stitch shops and also spend some time stitching in between of corse-LOL.
My dream needlework vacation would be to Australia. To make it really special would be a class with Jane Nicholas.
I would love to take a class in Montisi, Italy. Three years ago, I stayed there, and took a one week knitting course. It was quaint and lovely.
Bayeux in Normandy. Home of the Bayeux stitch!
My dream needlework vacation would be to Beating Around the Bush in Australia. What a treat that would be!!! I would also love to go to the Royal School of Needlework in England!!!
My needlework dream vacation would be to take classes at RSN. Besides you Mary, they are the best tutors.
A dream needlework vacation would let me tour the Royal School of Needlework in England, with an ample allowance to buy thread and little doodads to bring home! Ever since I heard of this school, I wished I had known about it when I was younger, so I could have gone to it. So a tour and workshop class would satisfy me now.
Oh, I picked this too!
My dream destination would be a log cabin with a beautiful lake setting.listening to what nature has to offer.
My dream destination would be a Lady Anne’s Needlework Retreat – the upcoming one to the Scottish Highlands and Islands sounds wonderful. The combination of history, scenery and stitching would be a terrific experience.
Dear Mary, thank you for sharing your projects and experiences. i learn so much from your articles and instruction.
An ideal dream destination vacation would be to England to see old crewel pieces, perhaps with Phillipa herself.
all the best,
k.a.
My dream needlework destination would be the Alpine Experience because it combines many of the things I love, embroidery, the European Alps and great food. My father came from Switzerland and I’ve spent a couple of years living there; I would love to spend some more time in the mountains and what better way than learning some embroidery too.
My dream needlepoint destination would be Paris. I love browsing (and buying) in the wonderful needlepoint shops I saw when I was there. Paris can’t be beat for the sights, the food and the wine!
I am one of the very few people who do not dream of an elaborate vacation spot! I would rather be home than on vacation, so I would have to say “Home Sweet Home”. Cozy by the fire with hot chocolate and stitching the beautiful crewel Tree of Life would be ideal!!!
The place I would most like to go for a needlework vacation is London. I would love to attend RSN classes in historic places, and experience the level of teaching firsthand.
The Tree of Life is a important symbol for me, both religiously and personally.
Wow ONE dream destination – normally I would say England, however, today is my 70th birthday and years to fulfill my bucket list are dwindling. So I will choose Australia. It is cold here today in Boston 25F – but it is summer down under. I want to visit all the shops I see listed in “Inspirations” magazine.
Oh, gosh. I’d feel funny showing up on your doorstep for tea, stitching, and chatting, but my next choice would be a really long vacation: touring all the locations where the RSN offers classes and taking a class at each one.
I would love to join an English tour of needlework sites and join classes. Bliss!
Picking one Needlework related dream vacation is easy – one of Phillippa Turnbullâs Lady Anneâs Retreats (and Iâm not just saying that to win the prize). A friend of mine has been on some of these retreats and has brought back the most wonderful stories about places sheâs visited and things sheâs seen, as well as stitching projects, that it has become my dream for when I win the lottery! The other plus is the friendships sheâs made with other stit hers – theyâre a great bunch of people!
My needlework-related dream destination is the Royal School of Needlework in London. Imagine taking classes there… Of course, this vacation would have to last years and years, but I’m game!
I’d probably pick India. They have such a wide range of styles and techniques, and all of them are interesting and beautiful in their own way.
I would like to do an historic homes embroidery tour of GreatBritain because you get to examine traditional embroideries in the original settings and also to try out different types of embroidery each day.
I would love to go to the Beating Around the Bush convention in Australia sponsored by Inspirations! I think it would be great fun to take a bunch of workshops from the masters & to visit Australia! I would hope while Iâm there that I would be able to extend my visit to include some serious sightseeing. What an adventure that would be!!
Oh a very difficult deciscion but I would say England and any of the needlework tours especially if it includes the Royal School of Needlework and manor houses and churches and….. you get the idea!
I’d like to go to a needlework retreat to learn, any location with a great retreat would be good.
RSN Hampton Ct.Palace, London England!
Hi Mary – what a gorgeous giveaway today! My dream needlework destination is Scotland, particularly the highlands and islands. (In fact, I daydream about the Crewel Work Company’s retreat.) I was fortunate enough visit Scotland some years ago and I can still smell the gorse. It’s a magical, beautiful place that makes you believe all the myths and legends.
I would love to go to the Royal School of Needlework or Ireland to learn more about their Irish linen. I have one of my Grandmothers crewel work that would hang well with the Tree of Life kit. Have a wonderful Christmas!!
My dream needlework related vacation would be to visit Australia and New Zealand to visit some of the amazing shops I read about in Inspirations magazine! In addition, I would love to take a class with Trish Burr, Allison Cole, and or Hazel Brokamp. There work is so amazing, a class would take my stitching to a new level.
I love crewel embroidery right up my alley
My needlework dream destination is London. I want freedom to explore all the needlework related items at the V & A Museum and to enroll in classes at Hampton Court Palace. It would be fabulous to be immersed in needlework techniques like needle lace and stumpwork.
I don’t have an interest in traveling outside the US. I would do some research and find some interesting shops and get a room in a local bed and breakfast. Buying some new kits and relaxing on a comfortable porch working on my new purchases. Now that’s a vacation! So many local companies are going out of business but I’m sure I could find some interesting ones.
The needlework vacation of my dreams would be to the Highlands of Scotland!
Staying at home and having my girlfriends over to stitch together. There are 9 of us who stitch together
one Saturday a month. We all have so much fun and we learn from each other.
My dream stitching vacation would be Beating Around the Bush in Australia. I wouldn’t mind going almost anywhere in the world to learn local forms of needlework. We are so blessed here in the US to have so many options that it would be wonderful to be able to explore new horizons elsewhere.
I would choose Scotland as my needlework dream destination. What could be better than to view the beautiful landscape while doing something you love?
I dream of visiting needle work shops around the world. At least one or two on each continent.
To see the Bayeaux tapestry is a long time dream of mine. My mother went last year and took a million pictures of the photographable parts of the exhibit for me.
England and Scotland would be my number one choice, preferably one of Phillipaâs tours. But with so much embroidery history there, one trip would never be enough.
Answer the following in your comment:
If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why?
⢠My needlwork-related dream destination vacation would be the UK. With so many historical pieces on display in museums and a rich needlework history, I would enjoy being able to admire and interact with those who share my passion for needlework (especially historical motifs).
Since I live in the city that hosts Beating Around The Bush, I would like to go to the V&A in London to see the textile collection. When I was there last year, the staff of the V&A told me that it many are housed separately and appointments are necessary to view.
I think the needlework cruises I see advertised would be an awesome vacation – time to stitch, learn new techniques and still see interesting towns, castles, etc. along the way.
Oh wow, I would love this kit. I’ve never tried crewel work before, and the design is just lovely. It doesn’t hurt that I’m rather partial to greyhounds.
A dream needlework vacation…..that’s hard, so many potential choices…. I think I’d start with a summer in England during which I’d take classes at the RSN followed by a tour of museums and other institutions with displays of interest to stitchers. I’m assuming it can be a long vacation as this is a fantasy trip for the moment!
I would travel to Stirling Castle, Scotland and sit in the Queenâs Room, surrounded by the âHunt of the Unicornâ tapestries and stitch crewel embroideries, imagining myself as a great lady with hours of stitching time ahead of me. Such inspiration!
I’m not sure. My fantasy trip would be to go to a warm pacific island (like Hawaii) in mid winter to explore local needle crafts and have a needlework retreat!
Adelaide, for sure. So many wonderful stitchers in the vicinity. October would be nice, to beat about the bush. And in between, visit family seen so rarely.
I would love to go to Australia and attend the Beating around the Bush needlework festival.
My stitching dream is to spend an undetermined time in East Wemyss, Scotland at the Wemyss School of Needlework. A bit of its history was written (dated November 18, 1877 by visitor. The school was started following a suggestion at the opening of the Royal School of Needlework. I have spent the past 20 years living my personal and semi-professional life, stitching, designing and teaching needlework. To visit the school started by my ancestor would be a life dream fulfilled.
Elaine WemyssEvans
Thank you Mary, for a wonderful place to visit and see such beautiful embroidery.
I hope to start creating some of my own soon. You are certainly an inspiration.
Best wishes. Anne
My dream destination would be to go to the Royal Needlework School and take some classes.
My Dream vacation to a needle-work related destination would be the town of Colmar in France. This beautiful village was the home of a historic textile mill that was at the center of the textile industry of the Alsace region. The museum is a designers dream come true. There are printed textiles examples from the entire life of this mill. A wonderful and unique source for anyone interested in embroidery. This town also hosts Textile/needlework related trade fairs during the year. This village is also know as a Little Venice it is worth a visit any time!
I love this new kit from the Crewel Work Co, what a joy it would be to stitch!
If I were to win I would go to Rochester NY to visit my youngest daughter. I would love to share crewel embroidery with her. She would love it. (and I miss her so very much.
Ooooh…this would be a twofer of joy for me: crewel AND tree of life…both are loves loves loves. My biggest dream for a needlework vacation would be to Beating Around the Bush in Australia…and I wouldn’t mind a side trip to enjoy some roos! Thank you Mary and Philippa for this delightful opportunity. And Merry Christmas to the whole Needle ‘n Thread community!
Linda
My dream needlework vacation would be a lake or oceanside lodge with a good restaurant, comfortable common area chairs overlooking the water, lots of daylight and quiet. I would sit and stitch all day, breaking to eat, walk along the water and perhaps a little reading. No bus tours or museums, just peacefully stitching while being waited on in style.
I’d love to be able to do one of the Lady Anne’s stitching retreats in England!
Royal School of Needlework in London…..just for a change. I live in Italy and there is so much inspiration here.
What a beautiful give-away prize! I would LOVE to win it! I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed till the drawing.
My dream destination would be Australia. The needlework produced in that country is exceptional and there seems to be wide appreciation of the art form. There are unique shops, designers and fiber producers. I think I would spend the entire time there just soaking up the eye candy.
My needlework dream destination vacation would be England. Iâm interested in and stitch many types of needlework (thank you, Mary, for your online lessons) especially crewel, have finished one of Phillipa Turnbullâs designs, and have another one in progress. Phillipaâs kits are certainly the âgold standardâ of crewelwork kits. England has such a rich history of crewelwork and has many historical pieces to study where they were originally stitched. Actually, Iâm having a âmilestoneâ birthday next year and have been looking into just such a trip!
My dream needlework vacation destination! Wow! So many choices, but I would choose Hampton Court Palace and the Royal School of Needlework for classes. And of course, side trips to museums with textile/sampler collections.
I’d like to visit London to see the textile collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Well, just the other day I saw an ad featured here for a tour around part of the UK, needlework instruction, and access to historical collections. So I vote for THAT! Ideally, it would include a visit to St. Paul’s embroiderers and a good look at some opus anglicanum….
I have 2 dream destinations – First, I think that a trip to Great Britain for one of Phillipa Turnbull’s historical embroidery tours would make me the happiest girl in the world! I want to study crewel and what better place to start?
Second – If I was really rich, I would go to Australia for Inspiration’s Beating Around the Bush event. Every class always looks amazing and what a great way to visit the country and learn from the best! Someday…………….
You did say dream needlework destination right. Canât afford it but if I could choose one it would be Phillipaâs 4 nation tour. Second would be Scotland. This is a wonderful gift and I thank you even if I am not the lucky winner. I have been drooling over this project since it was recently posted.
I would love a trip to England and Scotland and hope to visit The Crewel Work Company as well as the whole English history and culture. I am in love with crewel work and have been a fan of their company for many years. I would die and go to heaven to win one of these kits!
Marysue C
There could be only one destination for me, a course at The Royal School of Needlework at the glorious Hampton Palace in England (perhaps followed by a tour of some of the finest tapestries in England’s Historic Buildings including William Morris’ houses)
Would love to go to UK and take some needlework classes there!
Love to do crewel and appreciate the opportunity to win!
If I could go on a stitches dream vacation, it would be to to RAN in Durham in the UK. I would love to continue my embroidery studies there and have a chance to visit some of the private collections in some of the museum’s in the UK.
A small cottage somewhere alongside the Croatian coast would be ideal.
Oh this is so fun! Congrats to all winners so far! My dream destination would be to Croatia to learn some Zlatni Vez (slavonian goldwork), do the summer school for making folk costumes and maybe a side trip to Pag to watch that lace being made.
If I had to choose one destination for a needlework vacation/exploration it would be England. There is so much historically relevant to my needlework interests in the UK: crewel work, Opus Anglican, the Victoria & Albert Museum (its collection and research sources), and a chance to buy outstanding supplies!
I would choose the Victoria and Albert Museum because of its huge collection of costumes (Queen Elizabeth I, etc.) and lace and embroidery from all different time periods.
If I could go anyplace to look and study needle work, samplers, crewel work and clothng, that place would have to be London Englnd, more specific the Albert & Victoria museum. They seem to have some of the worlds best and oldest samplers dating further back than the 1500’s. The samplers and clothing they have shared online are breath taking! The A & V museums staff are always happy to answer questions and help in any way they can.
My dreamsite will always be first and foremost, Hampton Court in England. I’ve been there (before the Royal School of Embroidery was there) so I know how beautiful the buildings and grounds are. Having a chance to attend a class- even just sit in on a class would be fantastic. Even the train ride from London was wonderful.
I would learn to do lace in Belgium! That’s my dream-thread-vacation!
Thank you.
I would love to attend Hardanger “U” for instruction & inspiration.
I would love to visit The Royal School of Needlework in London to learn first hand and see all the exquisite Needlework.
Hi Mary
I would love to visit England and take a needlework tour. I would love to visit the museums and old castles and estates.
Would love to win as I am hoping to attend Philippa’s class when she visits NZ for our embroidery conference in 2018.
My dream destination would be England on one of Lady Annes needlework tours!!I would love to see some of the historical work in the castles and histori homes.
Wow! What a great giveaway!! My dream destination for a needlework-related vacation would be anywhere in the British Isles. How about a few days each in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England? Wouldn’t that be great?
That’s easy, The Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace, England. To my way of thinking it is the home of fine needlework tuition and there is so much there on offer.
I’ve never tried crewel work, my only experience with wool ’embroidery’ was a printed ‘tapestry canvas’ many years ago. I discovered I far preferred to work from a chart, so do counted cross stitch with stranded cotton now. It would be a very nice introduction to crewel work to win that prize, could set me off in a whole new direction.
Beating About The Bush of course! Any why? Fantastic tutors, great city, and not far for me to fly!
England on an Embroidery Tour for me. Being a history buff, I would love to visit the V & A collection and see all the historical pieces, plus a stately homes tour. Or two or three.
Dear Mary,
What an amazingly generous embroidery community we are part of.
Such a wonderful giveaway!
If I could go anywhere it would be to see the Bayeaux tapestry in Normandy, France. Heritage handwork is a constant source of inspiration and pleasure, as is your site!
Thank you
Helen
My dream needle-work destination would be to the UK to stitch with the Royal School of Needlework tutors. The standard of tuition is outstanding – my first point of call would be a class with Tracey Franklin.
I would absolutley go to the Royal College of Needlework in SE London. I have dreamed to taking a course there since I was a teenager. Do you think there is anyway I can convince my family to migrate for three years, so I can do the degree?
This is not terribly specific, but I’d go for an extended trip to England and visit the castles to view the beautiful tapestries, bed covers, and clothing on display.
I would love to attend one of The Crewel Work Company’s needlework retreats; doing so is on my bucket list. Philippa finds such amazing destinations in the UK, and from what I hear the entire event is just wonderful no matter the location.
Thank you for the trees patterns. Love them a gift to me from Beverly Clement.
My dream needlework vacation would be to go to England and learn at
the Royal Academy of needle work. Itâs always been a dream to go there and learn from some of the best needleworker in the world .and the setting to be at Hampton court palace be still my heart
Dream related destination, would have to be a Queen Annes Needlework tour with Phillipa. A dream come true, but then I have just won Christmas Give away no3 and that was also an unbelievably fabulous fantasy that has come true, which makes me think I have had my share of super surprises this Christmas. Thanks Mary, you make my day!
I would love to go to the RSN in London to take some embroidery courses. What an experience that would be. Oh, to be so lucky to win a kit from Crewel Work Company. Their kits are absolutely beautiful.
My dream needlework vacation would be a week in London at the Royal School of Needlework during their intensive course to learn as much as possible in relation to hand embroidery
My dream needlework destination would be anywhere in Great Britain. Such a rich heritage of absolutely beautiful needlework!
My dream needlework vacation would be one of the needlework tours of Great Britain – interesting projects and lessons plus visits to needlework collections not generally available to the public – the best of both worlds
My dream destination is London – specifically the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Library and the Embroiderer’s Guild at Hampton Court Palace – for starters!
Needlework destination? It would have to be England. While a fairly general response, here is why. I would like a chance to go to museums where I can see historic needlework such as bed hangings and 17th century caskets. I would like an opportunity to see the Royal School of Needlework. And I would love the opportunity to purchase some of beautiful fire screens – lovely wood and antique needlework.
Oh, boy! If I could choose one place as a needlework destination it would have to be Merry Old England. Thanks for the giveaway and Merry Christmas, Mary!
I would love to go to London and take a class at the Royal School of Needlework, visit the V and A and the British Museum. My stitching could use some improvement. The RSN is my dream academy!
Christmas at Williamsburg. The samplers always look amazing, plus I have only seen snow once in my life and the thought of embroidering in the cold at Christmas has always been a dream vacation. One day.
I would love to be able to go to England – especially London.
I study historic needlework and there are so many museums that have wonderful exhibitions of same in England and I would love to see them in person rather than through websites and books. Unfortunately for a variety of reasons this will never be possible. I demonstrate 18th century embroidery at reenactment events and historic needlework – from any period – reinforces my information that I can share with the public.
Christmas Giveaway #5
Oh my goodness! I would love to attend one of the workshop retreats with Phillipa Turnbull of The Crewel Work Company in the Scottish Highlands. What an experience to learn from a master needle artist in such a majestic location.
I would love to visit Belgrade. My father was Serbian and it would be fascinating to see embroidery being done in his country of birth.
My dream needlework vacation would be to go on one of one of Philippa Turnbull’s All England Tours of The West Country and the Cotswolds. To quote her brochure “visit Elizabethan Houses, wonderful embroidery collections, pretty market towns and rolling English countryside…exclusive access to the beautiful 17th Century embroidery…visit museums, antiques shops…enjoy 30+ hours of tuition in 17th Century silk and gold using conservation silk and metal threads and base fabric, and crewel work.” Heaven on earth!
Choosing only one place is really hard but I enjoy what I see in the Inspirations magazine so much that I would love to visit Australia. Their shops must be filled with beautiful threads, fabrics and kits. I would enjoy studying with the instructors there.
Another fabulous giveaway, and another excellent question! My dream is to complete the BA (Hons) Hand Embroidery for Fashion, Interiors, Textile Art, at the Royal School of Needlework, in London – my favourite overseas city. At this point, I am registered for the first class – Jacobean! – for the Certificate and Diploma, for June/July next year! I am flying all of the way from New Zealand for my holiday, and the course.
This would be the perfect prize for me, and then I could shop for a slate frame!
Thanks again Mary, for all that you do!
Melissa
I would go back to Toodyay, where there is a fabulous purposeful craft retreat built in the bush with beautiful views! Peace and quiet ,massive craft rooms. All meals cooked and served. Only one thing to think about and that is to stitch 24/7 !!
Pure bliss!!
I’ve been lucky enough to visit many of my needlework dream destinations already (including many places in England relating to 17th century embroidery and samplers), so I think what I’d like to do is one of those needlework cruises-combining gorgeous workshop/stitching fun with relaxation and a holiday!
I would love to go on a Betsy Morgan tutorial in US!
Thank you, Mary!
I’d like to study embroidery in France or Saba!
Would love to get this,it looks like my thing . Thanks for the opertunity.
Ah – so many places to go – but if I have to pick only one it would be Adelaide, South Australia, to attend Inspiration’s Beating Around the Bush needlework convention. The opportunity to take classes with such gifted stitchers is irresistible!
I’m working on The Crewel Work Company’s Jacobean Idyll right now – it’s a joy to stitch.
Without a doubt my destination is the Hampton Court and the Royal School of Needlework!
My dream place would be up in the boarders doing one of Philippaâs courses
Thank you Mary. I hope to be doing a lot more embroidery in the new year.
Oh Mary, my dream would be one of the historical needlework and stately home workshop tours in England, so much history and eye candy and the bonus of learning new skills.
My needlework related dream vacation destination would be the All England Needlework Retreat this coming May. I would be visiting the Cotswalds and meeting Philippa herself! Thank you and God Bless.
I would love to attend classes at the Royal School of Needlework in England. I have an aunt from England who started needlework at age 4, and now is 91. She was my first inspiration for beautiful handcrafted items, and could do any kind of needlework.
My dream destination would be ‘Beating Around the Bush’ being held in South Australia in 2018 and as my bags were already packed I would continue on to London to complete a Diploma at the RSN.
Would love to go to RSN or somewhere similar for classes. Sometimes I think I would love going to one of the major museums that allow hands-on or close-up viewing, by appt, of their historical pieces even more.
My dream needlework vacation would be London, for two reasons. First, needlework has a long tradition in England and seems to be highly valued there. Secondly, itâs the location of the Victoria and Albert Museum which contains many textiles which would provide tons of inspiration.
My dream vacation would be Maui. I went there with my aunt and uncle years ago. It was so warm and wonderfully friendly people. It is a vacation place.
My dream destination vacation is Australia especially Adelaide where the Inspirations Studios’ Beating Around the Bush needlework convention will take place in Oct. 2018!
No problem with that question…..definitely the RSN at Hampton Court: excellent tuition in beautiful surroundings, busting with lovely needlework and so many accomplished stitchers working there too ( it would be so interesting to be able to see work in progress ).
My needlework dream destination is the Victoria and Albert Museum. I love historic textiles and would truly enjoy a few days to explore the collections at the V & A.
What a beautiful design! I would absolutely adore stitching this!!
Latvia or Norway because I love their traditional patterns, and it’s different from what we usually see in English or French embroidery.
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I would pick Paris because I have always wanted to go there and I am sure their fabric is fabulous.
If I had to make one choice of needle-work related destination it would be France. I love French embroidery, lace, and weaving. It would be a wonderful place to explore.
Dream embroidery vacation for me would be The Royal School of Needlework. I love crewel work, any embroidery work really but crewel is my favorite. To be able to see authentic work done would be beyond words, couldn’t contain my excitement. Thank you Mary for this opportunity.
Gail S.
I would love to visit the Royal Academy in England
I love the colors and style of this embroidery. Though I am new to embroidery, I come from a long line of family members who do handwork. It must be in our genes! My dream needlework vacation is anywhere with a deck and a beautiful view!
My dream embroidery vacation would be Australia/New Zealand. They have such an amazing variety of embroidery designers to learn from. The country is beautiful – scenery and embroidery – what could be better! Love this crewel kit so even not winning it looks like it may be a project for 2018.
The past couple years I have been drooling over Lorna Bateman’s beautiful work, however I have yet to start one of her kits. She offers an Alpine Experience Workshop in France that sounds absolutely wonderful. I don’t travel outside this United States, but for this experience I would definitely make an exception to learn new techniques while enjoying the French country side.
Thank you for this opportunity to hopefully win a beautiful crewel work kit.
Jan in California.
The Bayeux Tapestry, for sure! I would love to see the full tapestry in real life.
My needlework related dream vacation would be one of Lady Anne’s Needlework Retreats in the UK. Each year I read the itinerary & wish I could go. Not only do you get to go to great needlework related destinations, you also get to take classes from some of the top instructors in the country.
This is easy! Dream destination is England to take the RSN sponsored behind the scenes tour I saw publicized some time ago.
Hi Mary my dream destination for needlework holiday would be my conservatory, in my favourite chair looking over my garden. No packing, no fuss just time to do what all us needle workers long to be able to do, stitching and dreaming oh boy! That would be so good â¤ď¸
My dream needlework destination is the Bayeaux Tapestry in Normandy, France. Iâve been there before but I wasnât an embroiderer then and so we drove on by. So I have that wrong to right! Iâve been working on a replica of the tapestry lately and so Iâm itching to see it in the real world.
Hello Mary! Thank you again this opportunity! My dream destination would be Ireland! Known for its wonderful wool, surely it would be a stitchers paradise!
If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why?
My needlework dream destination vacation would be to travel to England. I would love to spend a month or two in England going to the needlework displays at various museums and at private estate homes. I would also love to visit the Royal School of Needlework and possibly take a class or two.
Scotland, particularly Glamis Castle.
Hi Mary,
This is soooo easy… Britain’s stately homes that feature embroideries and textiles and the Royal School of Needlework and possibly take a class or two. This has been a dream of mine for many years. Why… the chance to see such precious textiles up close and personal and the chance to learn from the best. Oh wow! I’m floating away on a cloud just thinking about it.
Thank you Mary for organizing this and thanks to The Crewel Work Company for supplying such lovely kits.
Cheers Judy
South East Queensland
Australia
Tree of Life crewel kit! O my what a lovely gift to try for. There are many places in the world that I would love to go to to learn different techniques in needlework. But I think that Australia would be a treasure trove of needlework-Iâm speaking of the birthplace of the magazine âInspirationsâ. They have such lovely materials, ideas, accessories and kits that I would love to spend my money on and itâs all in one place. So thatâs where I would like to go.
Hi Mary.
I would love to go to Suzhou, China, the “Venice” of China to visit its renowned embroidery schools. They are especially famous for the technique of two-sided embroidery where they create two different pictures simultaneously I find it intriguing and totally awesome. If I could attend some classes I’m sure I’d be seated with the four-year olds!
Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy New Year!
Francine
I love Crewelwork, and have done many. Two hang on my workroom right now, done about 50 years ago when I moved into my present house. They were matted in green to go with the livingroom at the time, but now I feel I can hang them anywhere
If I had my “druthers” I’d go to Scotland and see where so many of the designers live and work.
I would love to go to England to the Royal School of Needlework. Itâs not far from downtown London so I could see the sights and shop at the infamous schools shop and maybe gets some tips and tricks to improve my needlework skills.
The RSN in England would be so wonderful!
My dream
Needlework
Vacation would be somewhere away from the distractions of daily life– including cell phone–where I, maybe with some needlework friends –could stitch to our hearts’ intent!
As I live remotely in New Zealand, I would be in seventh heaven in the United Kingdom. There is so much history there for the avid embroider, and as this is also is my ancestry background.
I have on my bucket list, at the top, to try and achieve as many types of embroidery as possible. I have had the privilege of being in the USA, and Australia. However I really want to visit the museums and study their style of embroidery first hand in the United Kingdom.
Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year to all.
Happy stitching
Sue Howe
My dream destination has always been to visit and attend a class at the Royal School of Needlework in Hampton Court, England. Just to admire some of those old pieces and absorb all that wonderful knowledge that is around you. All embroidery. How magnificent!
Hello Mary,
I would like so much to go to UK and more specifically in England (but not only) to take a RSN course. Till I
read blogs and magazines, I am astonished by what exists over there that we can discover. Sure that Internet is interesting, but to see personally the treasures in all their museums and castles should be great !
Diane from MontrĂŠal in QuĂŠbec
I would love to go to India or the Middle East. Not only are their textiles brightly colored, but their embroidery traditions are different from what I know. It would be great to learn about different designs and techniques from a different culture.
I would love to go to the museums in London and look at historical needlework. Maybe France and Italy next.
I can think of no better dream needlework vacation than to visit the Royal School of Needlework in Surrey, UK. I once attended a quilt exhibit at the V&A in London that was absolutely stunning.
I would visit wherever the Bayeaux Tapestry is located. I love needlework and I love history. What a wonderful way to combine the two!
I would love to go to Paris, specifically as part of the French Needle’s week-long tour. A structured tour like this takes the guesswork and planning out of my hands, and I’m sure I could never arrange such wonderful classes and such on my own! Definitely something to dream about…
I would love to head to Ireland for the inspiration of the landscape there and the woolen goods…fabric and yarn for stitching.
I would love to take some courses with the Royal School of Needlework in Glasgow. I’ve always wanted to visit Scotland to research my roots and being an RSN student would be a dream come true.
What a beautiful piece from Phillipa Turnbull – she never disappoints, and her youtube videos are addictive.
There are several countries I would love to visit and to enroll in an embroidery class; England would be first on my list, with an Australian embroidery cruise a very close second. Since traveling to a foreign country is not a possibility at this time, working on a design by Phillipa Tunbull would be a dream come true.
My dream would be to vacation in Hampton Court, to meet all the embroiderers there. See all the displays & take some classes at the embroidery school.
I would love to go to Beating Around the Bush in Australia. Coming from a small Island off the northern coast of British Columbia it is always interesting to see other islands. The courses always sound so interesting and I have always wanted to do one with Trish Burr. That would be my dream đ
My dream stitching destination would be Beat Around the Bush in Australia. I’ve seen some of the items that were on display there and read of some of the classes. It seems like a really wonderful event full of people who love needlework.
These are beautiful! I would love to go to Paris, a few friends of mine went to Paris recently and there were some really great needlework shops there!
I would love to spend a semester taking courses by the RSN in London. Another delight would be to attend the needlework conference in Adelaide this year. Thanks Mary and Merry Christmas to you!
I would pick taking a course at the RSN as a dream vacation. A friend just did that and her photos were AMAZING.
Dear Mary, My dream needlework vacation would be to go to Adelaide in Australia as I would love to attend the âBeating around the Bushâ needlework seminar.
Dream Destination: to visit the V&A, but not a short visit. A long, leisurely one, say about a month, where I could visit the important textiles I have seen photographed but would like to see “in person.” Lots of Jacobean and Elizabethan work, including clothing. I would need a sketchbook, pens and pencils, and a small basket with crewel wool, some medium weight silks, and needles and little stork scissors to try out some of the stitches in these exquisite exhibitions. Then, still armed with my sketchbook, pencils and pens, off to the EG Headquarters to view more pieces in their collection. Did I say only a month? No, two months of embroidery study . . .
My dream needlework vacation would be a month at the RSN, working to improve my skills and touring England and Scotland.
My dream vacation would be to Australia. I heard of the wonderful needlework shops there and hope would run into Sharon B.
Beautiful design!!
If I had to choose, I would visit the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I think I could spend a whole week there. OH and the Royal School of Needlework as well! and the Birmingham Quilt Show – OK lets just say I’ll go to England!
I would love to be able to see some of the beautiful Chinese silk embroidered items that I have seen in museum collections being made. I guess that would involve both time travel as well as well as passage to China.
I love the crewel embroideries that were used as hangings around the beds of the 17th & 18th centuries that in some cases have been recycled in to quilts, after that trend went out of vogue. Beautiful shapes of the elements & such rich colours.
Take me out to London so I can visit the Royal School of Embroidery and while there take a class!!
My dream destination, thank you asking, is the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) at Hampton Court Palace, near London, UK.
Now, I live in England (Yorkshire, with my husband Martin), only about 200+ miles away from London, but currently Iâm staying in Liverpool where Iâm caring full time, for my Mum who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease, so Iâve no chance Going go to the RSN which, apart from selling embroidery kits and other goodies, also runs courses on embroidery.
These courses range from day courses for beginners and advanced stitchers, to degree and diploma courses for the serious needleworker or the plainly addicted among us. Iâd like to work my way through all their courses until I have a degree on the wall of my, one day wonderful, sewing room. And if that wasnât enough, thereâs Hampton Court Palace itself; mainly by Cardinal Wolsey in the early 1500s and later given to King Henry VIII. The RNS is the custodian of many historical pieces of embroidery and clothing from the Tudor and other eras and are definately worth seeing. After all, many crewel work pieces look to this era for inspiration and some of the fantastical beasts found in such work come from Elizabethan Palace wall decorations. I could stay for 6 months and not be finished with the embroidery courses, the RSN shop, which is apparently fantastic or Hampton Court Palace itself. With a hotel across the road, plus I donât even need a passport this is certainly my dream destination.
Absolutely love this, would be in heaven to win it.
I would go to Ireland as my stitcher’s dream. It is my ancestry and I love the images and mysticism that come out of Ireland!
Hi , my dream location would be To take a class at Hampton Crt at the Royal School of Needlwork . A dream come true !
I would love to go the England and take classes from the RSN. I have loved everything I’ve seen from the school and love their books as well.
Wow, this is gorgeous!!! Thanks for adding me into the pot.
Cynthia Bickhaus
Home is the best place to be. I like to travel and see new things, but I want to come home.
I would love to go to Paris and view old
tapastries from there.
For my dream needlework vacation I would go to the Royal Academy in San Francisco, CA
to learn new techniques in our wonderful craft. If not San Francisco, I would love to attend the national conference of EGA as my vacation.
I am excited about the #5 give away. What a wonderful opportunity to create, and to learn of another needlework resource. I look forward to winning.
San Francisco is on my bucket list – would love to check out the school of needlework.
My dream? To spend time at Hampton Court and take a class at the Royal School of Needlework. That would be perfect, absolutely perfect.
London. I want to go to Hampton Court and visit the Royal Needlework School.
I think for my dream needlework vacation I would like to go around Europe and see things like the Bayeux tapestry and the embroidery done by Mary Stuart.
My dream needlework destination would be attending ‘Beating Around the Bush in Australia’. Couldn’t think of a better way to start my retirement !!
My dream stitching vacation would be a stitching cruise, with free stitching time, classes, and social activities!
Thank you Mary and Philippa for a beautiful giveaway. I love crewel.
Australia seems to be a happening place right now – Beating Around the Bush, Allison Cole, and Yvette Stanton.
I would choose to visit Linen and Threads in Australia so that I could thank Karen and Bren in person for the 2017 SAL that has been such a big part of my free time this past year.
I love this work and pattern. I had hoped to do a class here in NZ at ANZEG conference next year but I’ve missed out, boo hoo.
I think I would like to visit Attic Needlework in Arizona. I like stitching more than just samplers, but that shop looks amazing! I don’t have an LNS, so basically any shop is a fun destination for me.
I have not done crewel in a very long time. This piece is so pretty and nothing like I did in the past!
If I could go anywhere for a dream stitching vacation I would love to go to England and visit the museums and great houses that all have glorious needlework in their premises. And of course that would need to include lunches and dinners and possibly high tea to appreciate the the whole ambiance of how beautiful embroidery is used. Sigh!!
I’m so excited – I have a trip planned to the V&A next summer!
My dream destination would be Hawaii. I would love to see the sand, sea and the flowers of the islands not to mention the birds. (I have never flown in my life, only in my dreams) I have a quilt pattern of the Island to use the colors of the islands and to have an embroidery work done on pillowcases would be awesome. To learn from the awesome people who put out the designs and stitches would be a dream of a lifetime. I keep telling my husband I want to go to Hawaii for our 50th wedding anniversary, but he just looks at me and smiles. The love of my life for 47 years.
Wow, easy one. My dream would be to go to England – view the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection of needlework and clothing; go to the Royal School of Needlework and just immerse myself in the creativity.
If I could take a needlework vacation it would be to the British Isles-there are so many wonderful museums that feature historical textiles such as the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Royal School of Needlework in London, Blairs Castle in Scotland South Wales Lace Makers and Needlework Fair in Wales and so many others it could take a life time to cover them all–But what a life time! I am drooling just thinking of it!
The one destination I would love to go to is Australia. They have so many shops and most of my favourite designers there. They also have some incredible workshops and conferences. What a thrill it would be to see some of the shops I drool over in person.
Thanks,
Brenda from Grande Prairie
Hard choices … but I think my dream trip would be to go see the Bayeux Tapestry.
đ Linda
Beautiful Tree of Life project! I love Phillipa’s kits. I just received her Hoop frames and really love using them. I would love to go to one of Phillipa’s classes or RSN for an entire summer! :)! Wouldn’t hat be awesome. I just finished my first piece with lots and lots of mistakes but i love it anyway! Thank you and Phillipa for a fantastic giftaway!
My dream embroidery vacation would be to the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Palace to attend embroidery classes.
I would love to go to London, England to the Royal School of Needlework. I would love to see the history of London, and learn a new technic for my needle work.
Iwould love to get back into crewal work now that I am planning to retire. This looks beautiful.
A dream destination would be England to attend classes given by the Royal School of Needlework…thanks for this giveaway!
I have been looking at this wonderful piece for some time now. Unfortunatly is is beyond my budget, so is just a dream piece. Winning it would surely be a dream come true.
I have been looking at this wonderful piece for some time now. Unfortunatly is is beyond my budget, so is just a dream piece. Winning it would surely be a dream come true. My dream destination is easy, it’s to the Royal school of needlework in Bath England.
The place I would like to visit and stitch would be the Alps in Switzerland.
The reason I chose the alpine area of Switzerland is because of the inspiring beauty and majesty of the Alps, the way people have adapted to the Alps, and the beauty of the Alps would inspire me to create a crewel work.
I would like to take a stitching retreat with other stitchers hopefully way more experienced than I am so I can learn from them. Somewhere on the Gulf of Mexico would be great.
I would go to England and visit every William Morris place that I could.
My dream destination would be to be on an embroidery cruise that took in all the beautiful places in the world that have excellent places with embroidery displayed so that I could feast my eyes and heart out on them all. That way I would have the best of both dreams, cruising whilst embroidering, and visiting beautiful displayed embroidery places.
I would love to go to England to study. So much history. Thank you
I would go somewhere that had great architecture & wonderful sweeping landscapes. I love to take photographs & can just imagine incorporating that into a design all my own.
Oooo, a chance to win one of these awesome crewelwork kit! Well, my dream needle-work destination vacation would be to the Royal School of Needlework because I would love the experience of learning at such a renowned establishment. Merry Christmas!
My Needlework dream destination would be to go on one of the beautiful Needlework cruises. A relaxing cruise holiday, visiting interesting places, making new friends, stitching in the comfort of a luxury cruise ship or river boat and not needing to worry about what to cook for dinner. Bliss!
My dream vacation would be to go on one of Phillipa’s fantastic tours – any of them would be incredible.
What a beautiful pattern! I have always loved the Tree of life theme.
I have been sharing with some embroidery/quilting friends your website. I know that they ordered your Christmas Trees pattern and are enjoying your website.
A dream vacation spot would be Europe. It seems like they have a deeply rooted tradition in handwork. Another option is Australia – I have seen some beautiful things come from there.
I would love to go on any of The Crewel Work Company’s needlework tours… stitching and visiting castles and seeing gorgeous scenery sounds like heaven. It is one item of many on my bucket list!
Thank you to you and all the sponsors for these amazing giveaways đ
My needlework dream vacation would be course with elements of crewel and goldwork at Hampton Court with the Royal School of Needlework! This is a lovely tree of life design.
I would love to take a course (or more) at the RSN. It is exciting to be able to learn from the best.
Because I love the exuberant color and design of the wool-on-wool embroidery, my dream vacation destination is Sweden.
I would love to spend a weekend with you in your studio!!
I would most definitely pick England and The Royal School of Needlework. When I come back in my second life that is where I will land!!
A Lady Anne’s Retreat would be a dream….
Fingers crossed! I love this project!!
I would love to go to the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX. Just to see all those beautiful quilts from all over the world would be like eye candy.
Merry Christmas to you and all! My favorite place for needlework is any location where I can have a clean space to lay out my project and work uninterrupted. That would be wonderful!
If I could pick one Needleworks destination it would be England. Seeing the tapestries in stately homes and castle, visiting the Royal School of Needlework and much more – all of these would be on my Needleworks bucket list.
Thanks for the opportunity to work!
Thank you for the chance to win this wonderful giveaway! I believe my destination of choice would be Bora Bora. I’d pack up a few of my embroidery projects along with a few sundresses and a swimsuit, grab my husband and enjoy a relaxing vacation in one of those over the water huts. We’d sight see and swim in the morning, and in the afternoons, I’d sit for a few hours and work on my embroidery.
My dream needlework destination would be to Arraiolos in Portugal. That is where they make world famous Arraiolos rugs. I have made one rug and 2 table over sized place mats and 1 pillow from Pat Stone’s book, Portuguese Needlework Rugs: The Time-Honored Art of Arraiolos Rugs Adapted for the Modern Handcrafter.
I taught myself from her book but I would love to see how they do it in that famous town. It is a difficult technique to teach even though it is all done in the long arm cross stitch. It is because of the way you travel with your thread, up, down, right to left, left to right, diagonally, left to right and right to left. All stitching is begun and ended on the front so the back of the rug is beautifully detailed. I used my Pataernayan wool.
Vicki Shigley
It’d be England – huge embroidery traditions, but am also interested in Australia. Folks there are pretty hard core embroiderers!
Ooh, it would be so hard to choose; the Royal School of Needlework would be amazing, though I’m such a beginner that it would be wasted on me really. The Jane Austin weekends would also be great; I’d love to take a class on netting a purse or embroidering and sewing a reticule. But Ireland or the Shetlands would be fantastic too, more for knitting and crocheting lace than for embroidery.
England for sure–to see William and May Morris work in museums.
Thanks for the opportunity to win the beautiful crewel kit.
I would like to go to Nelson, NZ, for the next national embroidery conference in 2018
I would love to do Needlework Tours Italian tour. Love stitching italian embroidery, especially reticella.
Norway. My grandfather immigrated from Norway to the US after joining a Merchant Marine ship at the age of 15. His mother, sisters and other female relatives send us amazing works of embroidery, as well as knitted sweaters and other beautiful hand made gifts. Iâm late to embroidery (even though my grandmother tried) but have now found my passion.
I’d love to do a needlework tour of the UK that included classes.
I would pick to go to England, to the royal school…. Also to see all the OLD work in the museums, to see how they did the stitches we are still doing today.Thanks
S.Vadset
My dream needlework vacation would be to France for some embroidery classes!
If I had to pick a needlework-related dream destination vacation I would love to do a needlework tour/cruise of Scotland, England, and Ireland. The colors and design in the Tree of Life pattern are absolutely beautiful! Thank you for offering this giveaway.
London, to attend the Royal School of Needlework!
Royal School of Needlework because I could learn from the best in the hobby in an historic setting.
I would like to find an amazing needlework retreat where I could immerse myself in learning. It also would need a fabulous setting and wonderful food.
Carol b
Hi Mary,
Can I choice more than one?
The RSN in England or
Australia for Beating Around the Bush or
one of Lady Anneâs retreats or
the RSN classes next year in Lexington, Kentucky.
Love, love, love the kit!!!
Cynthia M.
My idea of a dream stitching vacation is going to Europe with one of the touring companies (Like Elizabeth of Needlepoint Now). It would be thrilling to visit the V and A Museum textiles area, and the Royal School of Needlework. I would love to the visit castles and cathedrals to see the tapestries that were made there, as well as the many diverse embroidery (lace, crewel, and gold work) that developed in Europe. I would also enjoy a stop at Philippa Turnbull’s shop to see her originals and to hear her idea of a perfect vacation. And, since it is a dream stitching vacation, I would have time to stitch in all that history and all the money I ‘needed’ to bring home needle-related stitching and books.
A Crewel Work Company retreat would be the perfect vacation. I assume that my embroidery isn’t at the level of the usual retreat member, but the opportunity to indulge in the lessons given by master embroiderers and the visits to see rare vintage embroidery would be a great vacation. My husband could spend his time eating fish and chips at a local pub.
Thank you for these great give-away programs and for your fascinating columns.
My needlework-related dream destination would be at my cottage up north in the woods of Nominingue.
Just me, my stitching gear and a couple of cd’s….Oh and lot’s of tea!
I am quite the anglophile, so I would have to say somewhere in England. Oh, how I would love to enroll in all of the RSN programs- goldwork, whitework, stumpwork…
What fun that would be! Perhaps I could then take one of those fabulous embroidery tours throughout Europe.
I have always wanted to go to the Jen Jones Welsh Quilt Centre in Llanybydder Wales. The Welsh quilts are marked beautifully
With organic designs of leaves, spirals, circles, hearts and flowers. Marked by women in homes with crude tools producing wonderful works of art. The quilts were made by women in tough economic times and the skill and beauty are stunning and celebrate their heritage & strength.
Congrats to all of us that follow Mary and Needle hand Threads! We all win! I would go to Kansas, I could visit family and maybe just maybe I could meet Mary Corbet! I would love to see your work first hand! And maybe get a few tips.
My dream destination would be a class at the Royal School of Needlework with some time to sight see England. Thank you for the chance.
I’ve always dreamed of going on a crafting cruise. Now that I’m so into quilting, a quilting cruise would be awesome!
I would go to England to the Royal School of Needlework. I would just love to see all the marvelous stitching and maybe take a class.
I would love to attend a class at the Royal School of Needlework or Beating Around the Bush in Australia.
My dream vacation would be one of those group outings to Australia that are always in the back of Inspirations Magazine. It is someplace I always wanted to visit. I even quit school to go back in the 80’s but as luck would have it the trip was canceled and I had to wait a whole year to get back into school. Lesson learned, one thing at a time.
I would love to visit Italy and look at all the counted thread work and be inspired yb all the beautiful buildings and artworks!
On Mackinac Island at the Grand Hotel in May, there is a seminar I would love to attend. There’s a class being offered by Sue Spargo that sounds creative and delightful and just tickles my fancy.
Barb
I would like to return to Hampton Court Palace, home of the Royal School of Needlework to attend classes.
I’d love to visit ‘across the pond ‘ to Scotland, Ireland and Britain to see some nice Victorian needlework!
Many years ago the first serious crewel tree of life that I completed was a small piece/kit designed by Erica Wilson. I presented it to my grandmother for her birthday. She proudly hung it in her dining room where it stayed until she died. I was delighted that it was displayed prominently since it was validation that my prize needleworking grandmother thought highly of my stitching. It now hangs in my daughterâs home.
Studying at RSN of course!!!
I dream of going on a Stitches and Stately Homes tour to Scotland and Ireland. Several years ago my husband and I were fortunate enough to go on one of their tours to southwest England and it was fabulous. Ever since then I’ve been longing to do another of their escorted tours which includes staying in some of the great British houses, private tours of private embroidery collections and stitching days tutored by Royal School of Needlework trained tutors. Be still my heart!
Wow, it is hard to pick just one place. To be able to visit The Royal School of Needlework in Great Britain would be so inspiring, but I would also love to visit Norway and see where Hardanger embroidery started. I have only seen pictures of Norway and it looks so beautiful.
Thank you so much for this opportunity to win this kit.
Merry Christmas from Texas
Susan
I would love to go to Ireland to study Mountmellick embroidery
Hi Mary,
My dream stitching vacation would be to take a class (or two) at tge Royal School of Needlework. I am currently working on a Jacobean Applique Quilt that was the program for 2017 through the Marigold Quilt Guild and would thoroughly enjoy working on a crewel piece.
Thank you for your generosity is sharing your knowledge and your giveaways.
I would pick a tropical island because of all the various plant and animal life available that could be very inspirational. And the underwater animals and plant life and coral would be tremendous. Think of all the design possibilities!
I would love to go to the Royal School of Needlework in Britain. Not only to learn, but just be surrounded in the art of needlework!
If I had to pick up one needlework-related dream destination vacation, it would be South Africa to meet Trish Burr and take some classes with her.
Thank you very much for all those nice gifts.
Merry Christmas Mary.
My needlework-related destination will be Australia, because it is a beautiful country to visit, as well as a great place to shop for supplies for my embroidery projects.
My dream needlework vacation would be one of the UK needlework tours.
Thank you for a great Give away opportunity.
If I were to be given the luxury of vacation and allowed to carry along, a needle, I would love to visit Nordic regions to find a “guru” in Mountmellick, Hardanger, Wessex, whitework and the list is endless.
I’m now good at only “”French knots”.. and I can proudly claim that I make French knots as cute ad Mary taught.. For this level I’m at, dreaming about crewel embroidery is taking another birth or many more, simultaneously.
Best Wishes to everyone
My dream destination for inspiration for embroidery is the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. There is so much to see from so many countries. Historical embroideries, costumes, textiles and dĂŠcor all stimulate the creative juices leaving me itching to start a new project. The skill and patience demonstrated by many artists leaves me in awe.
My dream needlework destination would be the UK. I’ve gotten to see small bits of some of the glorious needlework in museums there, but I’d love to do a vacation focused on needle arts (rather than accidental sightings while my husband rolls his eyes!).
My dream needlework destination would be the Royal School of Needlework. Not even to take a course but just to be a fly on the wall. I most certainly would want to see their collection, though! Beautiful, beautiful tree of life design. Thank you for offering it, Mary!
My dream vacation would be England to the royal school.
I am very interested in and love the look of crewel embroidery. My dream needlework related destination would be a very long retreat in England — a year would be good! — to learn and perfect crewel embroidery with the amazing Phillipa Turnbull of The Crewel Work Company and classes with the needlework treasure that is the Royal School of Needlework.
Hi Mary et al, I would choose Italy since I haven’t been there. But I absolutely adore all the awesome needlework and bobbin lace I’ve experienced in England. I’d love to go back there too. I know Italy has an exceptional legacy in fashion, lace, needlework and more – so I hope to go someday. Thank you for the giveaway!
My dream destination is Paris, France. There are many embroidery studios and excellent collections to view.
Lisa
The Tree of Life is one of my favorite designs and I would love to do it. Also, I lived in Scotland years ago and would love to go back!!!!
Hi Mary,
Thanks for another great giveaway! My needlework related dream destination vacation would be to take a course at the Royal School of Needlework. The school is (last I heard) located in a section of Hampton Court Palace so I would also be able to take a tour and even check out the garden maze.
It would be Australia. I would like to be able to go with a large amount of money and no restrictions on luggage on the way back. I think buying as much as I wanted of the beautiful supplies they have there would be wonderful without worrying about the postage. I also would enjoy popping in on several stitching bloggers there. I guess I would also need a somewhat unlimited period of time as Australia isn’t small.
Thank you for the chance to win Mary. I have been enjoying seeing what is next!
Dream destination for a needlework related vacation? I would up and hie me to Mary Corbet’s house to drink tea and stitch contentedly. Why? Well, who wouldn’t?
I would love to meet you, Mary. Thank you for the work you put into this beautiful blog. I have learned so much from it, and I have loved having such a high quality resource to share with friends who want to learn more.
Blessings,
Joy
My dream needlework destination would be England. There are so many museums and historical homes there with amazing collections of needlework. I’ve always enjoyed seeing antique needlework, and in England it seems to get the respect and appreciation it deserves. While visiting, a plus for me would be the absence of a language barrier…apart from those differences between English and “American” đ
If I had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, it would be Adelaide and the Beating Around the Bush 2018 convention in Australia!
My dream vacation destination would be England! I have read so many articles on people in England, for instance Lorna Bateman, and I am really drawn to so many of the Jacobean designs that so many have created. Ultimately it would be a dream come true to be able to go to there and take classes at some of the stitchers retreats that Iâve seen advertised.
My sister was a beautiful embroiderer, and I admired her crewel work but never learn it. The tree of life kit mentioned in the article is amazing. Reminds me of her and something she would have done. Itâs also a design Iâve been drawn to.
Thank you Mary for all you do. Iâve learned so much from you.
If I chose a destination in the U.S., I would love to go to the Christmas in Williamsburg retreat. If I chose a destination overseas, I would choose to go to the Royal School of Needlework school, with trips to all the wonderful museums to see the textile exhibits, of course! Thank you so much, Mary, for all these wonderful opportunities to win great prizes!
Sharon
It would be to the studio of Nicola Jarvis in the UK. I admire her designs and work, especially the William Morris inspired self portrait she embroidered a few years ago.
I’d love to go to Australia and hit all the needlework shops and take as many classes as possible. Those Aussie stitchers know their stuff!
If i had to pick one destination for a needlework related vacation, it would be japan.
For the vast array of techniques, all performt to perfection.
I like embroidery, indigo, dying, sashiko, koigin , braiding and all the rest.
You are such a knowlwegeble lady, i read your blog with admiration
My dream needlework destination is Royal school of Needlework. Thanks for this give away
My dream destination would be a mountain cabin near a lake in the Sierra Mountains in California. Some friends along to share ideas and our love of all hand work would be heaven!
My dream needlework holiday destination would be Italy because I have fallen in love with the work done by Elizabetta Ricami. To explore her style and visit the medieval villages she mentions in her blog to learn needlework from others would truly be a dream trip. Thank you so much Mary & The Crewel Work Company for your generosity. Christmas blessings to you Mary. Helen from Queensland, Australia.
My dream destination would be straight to your home town where in my fantasy world you would welcome me to your workroom for a whole month and I would have the opportunity to glean all I could from your vast knowledge !
Australia and Eng;and are both tempting. bit in the end, I’d probably choose England. The RSN and the Victoria and Albert Museum are just two of the places I’d love to visit.
G’day Mary,
Well now, while I’m dreaming I may as well make the most of it! I’d take my Granddaughter and we’d have days and days of personal sessions with one called Mary Corbet, seriously.
Cheers Mary
And thank you Philippa
Kath from Oz
Iâd love to go to Australia for the Beating About the Bush event. It would be fantastic to learn from some of the Southern Hemisphere experts who are not often in the UK.
England, for the chance to go to some of the stately homes and museums to see historic samplers, draperies, etc. Unfortunately New Zealand doesn’t have a lot in the way of historic embroidery, but we excel in other things! đ
Royal School of Needlework is on the top of my list!
I loved to do Crewel embroidery. I just haven’t done it in years. I’ll have to find my old kits and practice before I attempt to do something as grand as this kit.
I forgot to answer to the question. I have always wanted to go to the stitching retreat in Williamsburg VA in December. I would also like to learn Schwalm embroidery from those who still do it in Germany.
I would love to spend my next vacation in Lexington, Kentucky from 8 – 21 July 2018, learning the history of embroidery and being instructed at the Royal School of Needlework.
There are many destinations on my list but this one is too close to pass up.
My dream vacation is Australia for Beating Around the Bush. One of these days Iâll make it. For now Iâm satisfied with Sewing at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC every January. This year is the 25th so you can see that itâs been a very successful run.
The Crewel Work Company
“4 Nations Needlework Tour 2020”
We will be visiting England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales with Phillipa Turnbull, Meredith Willett, Jenny Adin-Christie and Nicola Jarvis doing various embroidery projects. Also, we’ll explore exquisite needlework collections within their iconic original locations.
As a historical costumer I would finish this fantasy vacation at the Palace of Versailles in my 18th century gown and cloak that I have worked in crewel embroidery starting at the Hall of Mirrors. A dream come true!
Today is my birthday and what a wonderful gift this would be.
Thank you for the opportunity to DREAM!
To London at RSN for sure. For history, the techniques, the tricks, the talent and just the opportunity to immerse myself in in so much hand crafted beauty.
I am British living in France.I would go back to the Uk to Hampton Court palace to see the Royal School of Needlework department and do a course for beginners if they take beginners.
I would then go to The Victoria and Albert Museum to see their needlework archives.Then on to William Morris’s houses – The Red House and Kelmscott Manor.
If I had any money left after all of this I would pop over to Adelaide Australia to see the .William Morris archives there.
Ohhhh my… when will all these delicious offers stop…. my wishlist is SO full đ
To answer the question about my dream destination – in the last issue of Inspirations magazine they had a link for the next year catalogue of “Beating around the bush”. This is an international needlework convention and there they have a huuuge list of workshops (1-2-3 days) and I want to visit 90% of them đ But I would be so happy if I could visit just one.
I would love to visit the great tapestry of Scotland. I love the story about it and think it is beautiful.
I would love to take a needlework themed cruise. I’ve seen several organized for quilting and think it would be fabulous to take one with other fans of the needle arts (with classes and work groups).
Hi Mary,
As I love the embroidery of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Arts & Crafts era I would have to go to England then work my way round the United Kingdom before heading to Europe – France and Italy beckon for starters then Russia and Spain. I might have to be away forever!
Happy travels,
Chris
My dream destination to embroider is the Indian Himalayas. The cold, the heights and the colourful village scenes are breathtaking. It adds zest to my work.
Thank you for a beautiful giveaway.
Merry Christmas!!
Hello everyone! Without hesitation I would choose the Royal School of Needlework, to discover the place and all the treasures they must have there!
I would love to visit England – specifically the V & A to see the stitcheries they have on display there. Here in Australia we do not have that very long history of stitching.
I think it would have to be the highlands of Scotland in winter…winter stirs a much deeper creativity within me. My father was Scottish, and although I’ve only ever lived there briefly, I do feel it is my spiritual home. I shall return, one day!
I would head for the Royal school of needlework for as many courses as I could!
The Victoria and Albert Museum! I can only imagine how amazing it is. And then when youâre done at the museum….London!
I would spend the summer sitting on the porch of a Victorian hotel in Cape May NJ making beautiful linens.
I would love to go to Australia. My son, granddaughter and daughter in law moved to Australia almost 2 years ago. I would love to visit them and at the same time visit Inspirations Magazine.
Hmm… I’ve been to a lot of places and find needlework in almost all of them. I think, though, that my ultimate destination to learn would be either the Royal School of Needlework or Bayeux, France. In Bayeux, they have a great lace making school. While in Bayeux, I would also take some courses in Argentan.
My dream needlework related destination would be to England to do a few courses at the RSN at Hampton Court to improve my knowledge of embroidery and thereafter to visit as many museums as I can where embroidery can be viewed in great depth in England, Scotland and Ireland.
My dream holiday would be a month at the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court, with classes and one to one tuition every day. I’d stay in the Royal Apartments, but with a modern bed, the originals look very lumpy. Do I choose Henry VIII’s or Queen Anne’s bedrooms or rotate each night. THEN, as I live an hour from The Crewel Work Company, I’d have a weeks tuition from Philippa Turnbull. Sheer bliss.
Merry Christmas Mary. Thank You
My friend Ann and I have always agreed that if either of us came into money – I wish, we would travel to Australia with empty suitcases. We drool over the threads available there. I know we are quite fortunate here in the UK but the variety of threads in Australia are to die for.
I would like to go to England to attend the Royal School of Needlework.
I would love to visit the US to meet all the lovely ladies I have come to know through my CQ site. Blessings
Dear Mary,
The new tree of life by The Crewel Work Company is simply stunning.
My dream destination would be the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Living in the UK has so much to offer, but top of my bucket list is the Met with the embellishment on costume and 16th century embroidery.
Many thanks for this opportunity.
Patricia
My dream destination is one I have already been fortunate enough to visit some years ago. To see the Cluny Tapestries in Paris. I had already stitched a cross stitch copy and always wanted to see all of them. I was not disappointed and would so like to able to see them again – and linger longer.
Absolutely beautiful and what a fabulous prize. I would choose to have a learning holiday and book myself in to the Royal School of needlework here in England. This would be an opportunity to enhance my needlework and learn how to do things properly, rather than self-led have a go and see what happens.
I guess I never really thought of vacationing with my hobby in mind before, so I really don’t know where I’d go. I think I’d like to go to Royal School of Needlework to start off with.
Wonderful opportunity! I would love to attend a special embroidery course in a historic home in the UK and to finish the trip – a class with the Royal School of Needlework. Oh to dream!
My needlework dream destination would be….well, who wouldnt love to visit England, France, Ireland, Scotland or Austrailia? The availability of needlework supplies alone would make it my dream. But, I am the caregiver for my parents. To go far would not be possible. I must make my dream destination less literal and chose my quiet morning hour with a mug of coffee and my tablet browsing the needlework blogs from all of these places and being there in spirit and be inspired.
My dream needlework vacation would be to the UK. The linens and threads from there are gorgeous, and I love Jacobean embroidery designs. I would especially love to explore shops in Scotland and Ireland, which was where my grandfather was from.
Dream stitching destination-vacation is Norway to learn hardanger from where it originated.
Gail
My dream source of inspirational embroidery is here, on my door step. Parham house, an Elizabethan house in Pulborough, West Sussex. UK. I have been fortunate enough to attend Medieval embroidery classes organized by the Embroiderers Guild, where we recreate elements of stump work and gold work using medieval methods. I jump at the opportunity whenever offered.
I would love to go to England for my dream needlework related destination and visit and maybe take a summer class at the Royal School of Needlework. To see all the fabulous work produced by their teachers and students.
I would love to go to Australia,home of Inspiration magazine,love that magazine ! I love ribbon embroidery and they do more of that there harder to find ribbon here without paying a lot for the ribbon.
A day with Mary Corbett! Can you imagine?
Fingers crossed, my number one dream needlework destination would be the Royal School oh Needlework. I have always dreamed of taking a course there but haven’t as yet been able too. What a vacation that would be!!!
My dream needlework destination would be to visit the various locations in England that hold the Royal Collection Trust – most specifically to see the beautiful work created by Mary Queen of Scots
Oh, you do have such wonderful give-aways. Dream vacation for stitching? Oh, my. Um. I think I would like to go to Japan. Go to the Tokyo Quilt show, take some classes there, explore the shops and museums in Tokyo that have a focus on needle arts.
My dream is to attend Beating around the Bush in Australia. taking lots of classes and being with like minded people.
And of course shopping at all the wonderful embroidery stores.
Sue
The dream destination is a hard one. I’d like to go somewhere that has terrific views without the distraction of wanting to explore the area. Switzerland (in the Alps) would be my choice.
A dream needlework vacation would be to go to Italy and admire/learn the needle lace techniques…Amelia Ars and other techniques.
I would love to go on the Tres Jolis French Embroidery Workshop Tour.
I would love to study one of the summer block courses run at the Royal School of Needlework in the UK. It would be had to choose, but I think I would start with crewel work. Thank you for running this great give away Mary, also thanks to Phillipa Turnbull for the amazing prize.
Just beautiful! Iâm getting back into needlework, I would love to go to Australia for beating around the bush!
I would love to be able to attend a course at the RSN in Hampton Court or Beating around the Bush in Australia. At present I am stitching away at your little Christmas Trees and enjoying every moment of it!
My dream destination would be the UK where there are stately homes decorated with crewel work like this beautiful design, but hundreds of years old!
My dream sewing holiday destination would be to do a course with the royal school of needlework.
I have stitched several needlepoint Tree of Life canvases and have knitted one in progress. I would love to add this beauty to my wall of favorite projects.
2 dream stitching holidays
– 1st is britain for an RSN day class or two or three or more.
– luneville france to learn the art of tambour beading.
And I could keep the list going.
I have stitched several needlepoint Tree of Life canvases and have knitted one in progress. I would love to add this beauty to my wall of favorite projects. My dream would be to go to Australia to the stitching mecca there with crewel and needlepainting. Two subjects I would love to become more expert at.
Dream vacation would be a cruise to Australia. Lots of carefree time on the ship to stitch away. Relax by the pool stitching time of course. Thank you for the opportunity for a chance to win your crewel piece. It’s beautiful. Donna
I would go to London so that I could spend time with the Victoria and Albert Museum’s textile collections.
London to visit the V&A and the British Museum, to see the clothing collections and the Opus Anglicanum. The ultimate trip would be a Phillipa Turnbull tour with access to private collections. My interest in embroidery began with Elizabethan blackwork and sweetbags.
My dream needlework vacation is to join one of the Lady Anne Needlework retreats =)
Thank you for posting this giveaway. My needlework-related dream destination is the Royal School of Needlework’s Hampton Court Palace. I would love to take one of their intensives or advanced classes.
What a fun question. I would love to do a Lady Anneâs Needlework Retreat, but at ÂŁ7000 (or more) for 11 days, plus airfare,…. well, thatâs why it is just a dream holiday.
I have been dreaming for a long time of going to England and a visit to Hampton Court Palace (extended to do some classes as well would be fabulous). It would be wonderful to see all the historical pieces and just be surrounded and learn from amazing passionate needleworkers at the Royal School of Needlework.
Recently I also became aware of San Francisco Needlework and design, so that is now my second destination on my dream list.
My dream needlework trip would start in England at the RSN and end in Italy shopping for some of the threads available there but not here.
I would love to go back to Conche, Newfoundland to view their French Shore Tapestry modeled on the Bayeaux Tapestry. I felt as if I was leaving something behind when we left. After viewing this again, then the vacation would continue on to view the actual Bayeaux Tapestry. Marvelous!
I would cherish a trip to England to attend the Royal School of Needlework,
plus museum with outstanding needlework exhibits.
My dream……get an apartment in London or San Francisco and take a course or two at the Royal School of Needlework or the San Francisco School of Needlework and Design. I love both cities and haven’t been to them in years!
Mary,
A dream destination vacation related to needlework? I would have to say the Royal School of Needlework in London. I’ve always felt I could always use improvement in my stitching, as well as an enhancement of learning new techniques.
Thank you for this delightful opportunity to win this gorgeous piece of crewel work!
Merry Christmas!
Hugs,
Jennifer
What a beautiful Crewel kit! I would love to make it. My choice of vacation destination would be England, where I could visit the RSN, Victoria and Albert Museum and all the needlework shops! Maybe I would even find a class or two in stitching I’m not familiar with- such fun it would be. Thanks, Mary for the chance! Merry Christmas
I would love to win this amazing kit! To answer the question, My dream destination needle work vacation is Scotland. Beautiful fiber art, top quality teachers, years of history and tradition…and well it is Scotland! Would like to find my Grandpa’s people there too.
I would love to take some classes at the Royal School of Needlework. That is my dream.
I think I would go to Western China, Mongolia, Nepal, or Krygystan!
Mary,
I already commented for this drawing, so don’t use this as part of the drawing.. I had a question… I went to the link for the Crewel Work Company, and saw that they have the printed linens for each level that you can purchase without having to get the whole kit. My question is this… could you use DMC floss for crewel work?
Thank you,
Jennifer
I would have to choose one of the RSN workshops or classes. I’ve followed your blogs about them for years, and would love to see the actual workshops and learn from such dedicated, passionate teachers. Besides, England! what’s not to love with that?
My dream needlework holiday destination would be to India. I would hope to see first hand some of the wonderful textiles created in India and try to capture the color, vibrancy and light of India with my needle, thread and fabric, stitching my impressions and memories.
I think a “dream” vacation would be a trip to the UK to visit museums to see all the glorious needlework of the past in person for inspiration–and then to take a class or two in order to learn the techniques so I could make my own.
My dream stitching location would be the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace in England. I’ve visited the palace twice and I am completely in love. And I spent about an hour and a half just in the RSN store! A vacation of just taking courses there and being in the palace grounds for a week to soak it all in sounds like heaven to me.
I think I would pick Holland because I know everything is blue & White.
Actually I would pick Japan, their intricate use of silk threads is fascinating ( I know China is more abundant but I think Japan would be an easier trek )
I would love to go somewhere to take a class from counted canvas designer located in a really nice shop! Thank you for your Christmas gifts, look forward to see what is next!
My needlework-related dream destination vacation would actually be Appleby-in-Westmorland where the Crewel Work Company is located because my maternal ancestors were married and had a few of their children there before moving the family to Prince Edward Island, Canada in the 19th century.
I’d go to Williamsburg, VA–days wandering around the Historic District followed by evenings of stitching on a project reminiscent of the time–and this crewelwork project would be the perfect one for such a vacation. If I needed more inspiration, I’d go to the textile displays at the DeWitt Wallace Museum to see historic embroideries up close and personal.
My dream needlework vacation would be to Italy for some embroidery classes
because I want to learn reticella lace from the masters teachers there! And of course for their needlework shops.
What a wonderful gift! I would love to get away from every day life for week at the beach and be able to focus on stitching! Sun, surf & stitch! Have a blessed Christmas.
Jan
China – embroidery produced by the many peoples inhabiting it, is in a league of its own. I would love to travel the remote areas to meet those who preserve this art, I’m sure the inspiration gained in the process would last me a lifetime.
There is a castle in England I believe that puts the needlework on display for the public once a year??
It was live a few years ago abd I happened to watch it
A dream vacation to England has been on my wishlist forever. I would love to take a class / classes at the RSN someday and travel around the British Isles.
I would like to go on the Highlands and North West Coast of Scotland stitching holiday offered by an English needlework company. The scenery looks amazing and you get to embroider in a private castle. And it would be lovely to embroider with other people.
My dream destination for needlework would be anywhere in England. I think the countryside would be beautiful in sunshine and moody in the rain, either way, perfect for some relaxing needlework. The crewel kit looks amazing!
Definitely Hampton Court palace. So I could study and get my certificate and diploma from the RSN. Ahhh.. to dream.
My dream needlework vacation would be to the Royal School of Needlework in London!
Iâd love to take a course at the RSN! Maybe whe Iâll be retired…
Well, of course I would have to choose going to the Royal School of Needlework in London to take a course in embroidery. What a fantastic (and a tad intimidating) opportunity that would be, full of artistry and history! Thank you, Mary, and The Crewel Work Company for this chance to win such a beautiful kit!. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.
Would like to go to Europe or Australia to be taught by someone who does beautiful hand work.
My dream vacation would be either Australia to visit all the needlework shops that I read about in Inspirations magazine or to England to visit a Phillips Turnbull workshop. I met her in Columbus, Ohio, she is such a nice person, I would love to take a workshop in England or have another of her kits.
Barbara
I would enjoy attending the Basic Embroidery 3-day series, School of Needlework, Williamsburg, Va in March 2018. It would be a nice chill out time, to listen and refine my embroidery skills.
First Mary, I would like to wish you and your family Merry Christmas. Second, I would love to go to Japan to learn their silk embroidery or to a retreat in London to watch the masters at work. But because I am afraid to leave our country now a days, I would be very happy in a cozy cabin in the woods.
My dream needlework destination vacation would be to England for the V&A, Hampton court and so many others I can’t think of them right now.
Dear Mary,
What a stunning kit from the Crewel Company.
My choice would be the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to view the art collections of embellished costume and 16th century embroidery.
Many thanks for the opportunity
Destination would be England, of course. A country steeped in stitching, The Royal Academy, museums showcasing unbelievable needlework. Can’t go wrong with this one.
What an amzing thiing to do…donating a kit like this to be won by a reader! Thank you!
My dream destination would be England at this point….with visits to all the museums that feature needlework…and there are so many! Before i go, i would be scouring your pages for mentions of them and also I would look for pages of the RSN that mentions them. Ahhh, one can dream, right?
I would love to go to England, of course. I’d be thrilled to visit England’s Royal School of Needlework. That’s a Dream
I would love to take a trip to Surrey to the Royal School of Needlework to take a course in whitework.
I’d go to India for a tree of life since Iran (Persia) is probably out of the question…
My destination would be Tuscany…all the warm colors of the sunny countryside!
My dream needle-work destination would be the Royal School of Needlework in England. The history in that place! And the talent! It’s on my bucket list already to go there (when I retire) and take a class or two. Yup!! That’s the place! Royal School of Needlework!!!
I would love to go to Hampton Court palace and take a certificate course. Stitching all day every day and seeing their collection would be a dream come true.
Shelter Island, NY because it is my favorite place in the US, it surrounds you with inspiration, and nobody bothers you so you can just glut on stitching
My dream would be a trip to Italy and Germany with Susan Greening Davis tours. She is such a great teacher and takes people to places (needlework places) where you can learn more about needlework as well as many places you cannot get to as a normal tourist. Awesome tours.
Merry Christmas from Merry Anne! (and yes I have a Christmas Day birth date!) Anyhow….my ideal dream place to go and stitch would be any coastal Florida beach. Great light on the beach and balmy breezes, perfect for relaxing and embroidering!
May all our wishes come true!
I would like to visit the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece. Among others, they have the largest collection of Greek embroidery that travels back to the Byzantine era. I’ve seen some photos on their published anthologies and I dream of the actual experience.
Mary, if I could go on one needlework destination it would be to Australia to Inspirationsâ âBeating Around The Bushâ event. How fulfilling it would be to take courses from needlework experts while meeting new needlework enthusiasts!
England! The museums: V&A and Fitzwilliam (to start!). The RSN. The authors’ homes: Jane Austen and Beatrix Potter (to start!) The scenery. Please note that this is the mother of all dream vacations that I want!
Canada , my family lives there and my mom is the one who teaches me embroidery when I was 9 years old , sitting with her and doing needle work is s dream.
I’ve already gotten to spend a fair amount of time kicking around the UK, but I’d love to do one of the Crewel Work Company’s retreats really focusing on needlework.
(Alternately, and more destination-specific, a trip to Germany/Switzerland to see some of the better collections of Opus Teutanicum. Between the fact that my German…isn’t…and the fact that it’s mostly white-on-white and largely documented in the early 20th century, it’s a really frustrating technique to try to study from the US.)
It is my dream to study in Italy under the tutelage of Giuliana Buonpadre who is a true artist at pulled thread embroidery or reticello. Her school is called Filofilo where she teaches embroidery skills unknown to the most skilled needlewomen. Therefore, my dream trip to Verona, Italy (if I may by so pushy and specific) would allow me to bring back these new skills to America- to new students !!
So easy for me to answer, usually I have to think really hard to answer your questions but not this time!
The Royal School of Needlework in Hampton Court. Would love to take one of their courses but just seeing the venue, and checking out the gift shop would do too. Any chance you can make this dream come true????? LOL
My dream destination would be an east frisean island in the winter. Cosy cafes and something to stitch…
My dream sewing related destination would be to the Korean Museum of Embroidery in Seoul, South Korea. I have seen some of the work in there on line and it is both beautiful and quite different in some instances, with a range from court based sophisticated designs to simple but very appealing folk type designs. It would be fantastic to see these works in real life and maybe get some new ideas from old items.
My dream destination is UK to visit all the museums displaying Embroidery.
I would like to go on an embroidery cruise to London and then do a course at the RSN. If I had my time again I would have liked to study full time there but came to embroidery too late. Not too late to be part of a guild and enjoy my craft though.Thank you
Thank you for the opportunity to dream Mary but with consideration i would love to visit Hampton Court in England with time to peruse their wonderful historic collections especially in crewel work, blackwork and lace.
I’ll have to bite on this one since the pattern is so lovely, and I’ve been doing a lot of crewel lately. As for my dream needlework vacation, I have to think back to what I read on Hazel Blomkamp’s blog a few years back, about an embroidery cruise down the Mekong, in Cambodia and Vietnam. Such a beautiful part of the world, and Hazel seems like she would be a riot as a teacher.
If I could go to a needlework dream vacation, I would choose China. The beautiful designs you see on the clothes they make always look so beautiful.
Lady Anne’s Needlework Retreats look enchanting. Historic England, needlework — what a dream.
Well this weeks question is a no-brainer for me, England!
Iâve been to England, principally London, with my husband and daughter many times. Iâve never been there to explore needlework and it would be so amazing with all the tapestries in the galleries and cathedrals and, of course there is the Royal School of Needlework-I mean who could resist a visit there?
Always wanted to go to Madeira. Lots of embroidery there and crochet as well and a beautiful island, too.
I have always wanted to take a class at the Japanese Embroidery Center in Atlanta. It’s not the most exotic location, but I would love to have a beautiful, completed piece to frame at home.
As always, my first whine will be, Just ONE?? Either a week at the Royal School of Needlework to take at least a couple workshops, or one of Philippa Turnbull’s tours.
However, a trip abroad is probably never going to happen, so realistically, I want to go to Plimoth Plantation and see the embroidered jacket.
I never thought much about taking a dream vacation for embroidery. It seems no matter where I am when I am embroidering I am on vacation because one can’t help get lost in the process and escape for awhile away from all the turmoil going on in the world. Dale
My bucket list includes a trip to the Embroider’s Guild of America’s Seminar. So for me it would be Kentucky. Taking classes for a week would be a dream.
I would go and take an icon embroidery retreat somewhere! I have always wanted to try learning how to do that! Thanks for a great give away!
-Heather
Inspiration Magazines’s “Beating Around the Bush” in Adelaide, Australia
I think I’d really like to be able to see India with its embroidery styles. It seems there is less or at least more obscure historical documentation of historical embroidery in India. I joined a group on FB devoted to hand embroidery and I enjoy seeing all the homemade hand embroidery shared by Indian women on saree’s. Fascinating.
My dream needlework destination would be to go to Australia to learn stumpwork.
The RSN at Hampton Court. First, it would be within an environment of learning from other like-minded stitchers. Also, to study the collection of needlework in their archives; and to access the gardens that would provide plenty of inspiration, especially in the spring.
This piece is gorgeous! Typically, I would say that the beach is a nice and relaxing place to go and stitch. However, I would not want to take a chance with any sand or salt water getting on this crewel work. So, my dream spot to stitch this, would be to the U.K. to visit the Royal School of Needlework.
Would love to visit the Royal School of Needlework in London. They ensure the art of needlework is taught to the next generation. Important work!
What a beautiful Tree of Life design. Someone is going to be very lucky indeed. I have to say the one place I would love to see is the Royal School of Needlework. In other comments I read, several mentioned “Beating Around the Bush” in Australia……..looked it up as I am not familiar with it and count me in on that school also. Everyone is allowed to dream, aren’t they. Thanks again Mary for giving us this chance. Merry Christmas to all!
India.
The colours, the colours, the colours.
Silk fabric, silk threads and just silk.
The way hand embroidery has always been part of India’s history.
In India, hand embroidery has been worn with pride when at times the ‘west’ frowned upon hand embroidery.
Textiles are brightly and loveingly woven into the history and daily life of India.
Tough one! I’ve seen beautiful things come out of Australia and England has the school of embroidery for those aspiring to be on the Queen’s next seamstress team…and tea time! But I think California when the Brazilian Embroidery Guild meets up for their annual seminar is my answer. All the inspiration, classes, teachers, stitch time, and EdMar threads would be enchanting!
My choice, Royal School of Needlework, almost anywhere in Europe!
My dream would be going to see the Bayeux Tapestry in person đ
My dream stitching destination would be the Scottish highlands
My dream destination would be a return visit to England to study all those glorious embroidered hangings in historic houses. I would love to have one of these kits and want to thank you and Phillipa for the opportunity.
My needlework-related dream destination vacation is the French Needle trip to Paris. They arrange everything, keep the group small, have bilingual companions and it just sounds perfect.
Happy holidays, everyone!
Visiting needlework displays/museums/shows in England and France
would be a real treat for me — but since I can no longer travel — I am
very grateful for this computer and can view so many stitcheries everywhere.
Your site is esp. wonderful for me — a great resource. Thank you.
I would love to go to Great Britain to do one of the RSN retreats, though I think my ignorance of history of needlework and skill level is not up to snuff. Dreams, my loves, dreams!
My Dream needlework destination would be a stitchers cruise in Europe. It would encompass all of the major areas of needlework history… Including England, France, Denmark, Holland and too many others to count.
This cruise would be ONLY needleworkers of ALL types… We would take over the ship and it would have to be at least a month long…. to get to all our destinations. Mary would have to be one of the major instructors. I remember Mary from my many years of needlework enthusiasm. I would love to have her design a piece JUST FOR US!!!
I would love to see all the beautiful lace in Ireland!
I would love to win this kit. As for a dream needlework vacation, that’s easy: I’d love to take some classes at the Royal School of Needlework in Hampton Court. I’d also love to see other needlework at the V&A while in the UK.
Hands down, any Beating Around the Bush session. I’ve always wanted to go to Australia and being able to take a class (or two …) would just be the icing on the cake.
My dream destination for needlework is Madeira Portugal. I have read a little about the beautiful needlework they produce, and I have always wanted to see it firsthand, and have some lessons in Madeira applique.
I love all kinds of needlework, and I hope I win the crewel work kit. I have dabbled in it, and would like to improve my crewel stitching.
My dream destination for a needlework vacation would be to go to Beating about the Bush in Adelaide , South Australia There I could do several workshops with world class tutors and be in Embroiders heaven. Maybe one day !!
Funnily enough, my dream destination for an embroidery holiday would be to go on on e of Phillips Turnbullâs Queen Anne tours seeing wonderful historic embroidery around England and sitting andembroidering with fantastic teachers and doing it in historic places.
The colours and designs by the Crewel Work Company are a delight. The winner will have a treat in store.
Wow — I would love to take one of the needlework trips advertised in the Inspirations mag –probably the one to England. That would enable me to check out the Royal School of Needlework and hear about techniques right from the source.
The London School of Needlework would be a dream for me. Australia does not have anything like this and to immerse myself in such a historic and iconic School as part of a UK trip would be “the icing on the cake”.
A week at a wooded vacation site would great for a needlework vacation. I might get something done.
My Dream Destination is The Royal School of Needlework in London. I
I haven’t even been to England yet but it is certainly on my bucket list.
If I could pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation it would definitely be to England. Visiting all those castles & estates, each filled with hundreds of years of history, stories of intrigue, antiquities and all those breathtaking textiles & tapestries. Just being able to study all those beautiful stitches up close and in person would be so inspiring. Plus, I have always wanted to visit the countryside of the Lake District. Plus, there’s RSN & Lady Anne’s Needlework Retreat. I think England is the ideal Needlework destination with so many options to enhance your skills, techniques and knowledge. You’d have to drag me to the airport kicking and screaming to leave probably.
I would like to visit the historic houses and textile related museums in England and Scotland to have an opportunity to view 17th and 18th century needlework i.e. gold work, crewel embroidery and needle lace etc.
Merry Christmas Mary. Best wishes from Dianne.
My top needlework-related dream destination vacation would be to England — because I would be able to visit The Crewel Work Company, RNS, Hand and Lock…
I would love to travel to London to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum, to go to the sampler room. You probably would have to pry me out of there.
Jane
I would want to take the Northern England, Scotland and Ireland Embroidery Workshop Tour. Iâd love the opportunity to travel to those places and get to stay at real country estates and view original embroidery from centuries ago. It would be like a journey back in time (with all the modern conveniences). Plus having courses from a RSN instructor would be the cherry on top of the sundae on this once in a lifetime trip!!
I’d love to go to Bayeux to see the Bayeux Tapestry.
My needlework dream destination would be London, to visit the V &A and the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court (yes, almost cheating, but hey, theyâre in the same metropolitan area). Needlework history holds a lot of interet for me.
My needlework-related dream vacation destination would be anywhere in the UK where I could participate in a workshop taught by Phillippa Turnbull and work on some of her magnificent crewel designs.
I would love the opportunity to visit Victoria and Albert museum in London to see the amazing textiles on display –
Wow. If I could I’d go back to my hometown so I could see family and stitch; for needle-exclusive destinations, either Italy(reticello lace) or Norway (Hardanger) for specialised coirses.
Thank you and thanks to your sponsors too. These giveaways are so generous!
Dear Mary,
My dream destination would be the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace. To hone my skills and learn the “proper” way would be absolutely amazing, and so is the venue.
Thank you!
For my dream needlework vacation, I’d travel to several museums and private collections in England and Scotland to have a closer look at some of the remarkable samplers there – the Victoria and Albert, the Fitzwilliam, the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, the Royal Scottish Museum, perhaps the Feller Collection and Witney Antiques – any of these would be perfect, and others added as time permitted. And as crewel work was my first love in needlework, I’d plan to take a short course in crewel at the Royal School of Needlework or (why not dream???) to the Scottish Highlands with the Crewel Company.
My dream vacation would be to Japan and be able to take courses there. I love working with the flat silk and would like to know to handle it with skill.
My dream vacation for needlework would be the United Kingdom. I would love to see an exhibit of embroidery work that had been done by people who attended the Royal School of Needlework.
Thank you for the opportunity to win.
Merry Christmas, Lisa
M’y destination Will be Paris France to visit la maison Lesage, la maison Sajou and London and the royale school of needlework it s not so far. ..
Dream Destination Vacation… I would be off to San Francisco to visit the San Francisco School of Needlework and Design. This would also enable me to stay with my lovely friend who lives there and who is mistress of all things embroidery.
Lucky enough to win this prize…..well a bonus as we could work on the project together. What better way to spend time – being with those you love and creating something beautiful together in friendship.
My dream destination would be shepherds bush retreat in Utah. It’s on my bucket list.
If I were to choose a country for a needlework break, it would have to be Italy. I’ve had many lovely holidays in Italy and always enjoyed browsing in the shops selling beautiful embroidered table and bed linens. There are numerous shops in all the large cities and always at least one shop in most small towns. There is such a wealth of all forms of historic needlework styles in Italy, that I would love to spend a week or two learning all the different techniques.
Before posting my comment, I read the comment below from Christina Self, and yes, I’d really rather like to go to Beating Around the Bush too !
My dream needlework vacation would be a visit to the Lake District in England to sit and stitch while surrounded by the glorious scenery.
Hands down my choice would be to RSN. To have that once in a lifetime chance to study Crewel and needlework history would be wonderful plus visiting England is a goal of mine.
Hands down, I would LOVE to be able to do The Crewel Work Co’s: West Country and the Costswolds tour! There are so many destination needlework events that appeal but this is my idea of pure heaven. I’ve been dreaming of this one for so long. Hey, a girl has to have dreams, right?!!
I would to go on a tour of the Scandinavian countries. I love Hardanger and Whitework.
Hi Mary. If money were no object, I’d go on one of the Lady Anne Needlework retreats. The idea of seeing the historical locations and needlework is just so appealing. Thank you for the give away.
My needlework dream destination would be Hampton Court Palace/Royal School of Needlework. Why? Many years ago they offered hand-painted canvases of various animals. I purchased two, a badger which I have completed and a fox in its den that is about half done and is my 2018 project; after I buy myself a proper sturdy standing frame, of course! My plan is to find chair frames on which to install them and hopefully (the gods of finance allowing) set real velour in the seat backs. These beauties will occupy pride of place in front of my library wall. This and new bathrooms and kitchen are becoming a reality as we renovate our condo at long last and as a reward for getting a new hip! All of this? A 65th birthday present to myself (and my “fella”)!
London. I would love to travel around the city with a list of where to see samplers on display. it would be great to do one as a memory of my trip.
I would love to win the crewel kit. I haven’t done crewel since I was a teen and was a teen during the end of the war (Vietnam). I remember the great kits from Elsa Williams and Erica Wilson. I still have somewhere an Erica Wilson Christmas ornament made from a kit with lucious wool.
I would go to Great Britain to see all the wonderful examples of embroidery. My favorite would be examples of Ayshire whitework embroidery but I also love crewel. The examples of embroidered clothing would also be of great interest.
I would choose Australia. I would love to join Beating Around The Bush tour.
The dream spot is in AZ’s Saguaro National Forest where cacti tower over jack rabbits, javalinas, and bobcats (and scorpions!)
I would so love to go on one of the needlework tours of England and Scotland. The thought of all that stitching time while visiting extraordinary palaces and great houses is heavenly. Add in a proper tea ( including several cups of tea) with the traditional goodies…perfect!
Actually I get to do my dream destination. I wanted to go to a Crabapple Hill Retreat for the longest time. It is really hard to get into them. So, I spent my 5 hours on the phone trying to get my place and I will be going in April with two friends. It doesn’t get any better than that.
I love, love, love this kit. It is beautiful.
As a dream needlework vacation I would love to go to Alencon, France to se the lace makers!
I think Tokyo Japan, most definitely! I long to go back and take a few more classes with my former sensei Kasano-san. I loved playing with the silk and metal threads .And as she sat across from me,her hands moving the needle and thread effortlessly across her designs,no language barrier existed. I learned so much about color, design and technique that has provided so much enjoyment over the past 2 decades. It would be delightful just one more time.
The RSN in London for a series of classes. Then a little sight seeing, especially the Albert and Victoria museum.
If I had to only choose one place I would go to the V&A museum and have my request list for research in hand. They have an amazing collection and I would be particularly interested in the needlework of the 16th Century as I do historical re-enactment.
2nd choice would be any needlework conference in Australia. They have my favorite magazine, Inspirations, and a plethora of amazing artisans and designers.
Hi Mary,
Thanks for the giveaway. My dream needlework destination would be to England to meet Philippa Turnbull. I have corresponded with her a few times about needlework issues and I would dearly like to meet her and see where she works. and her latest projects!
I don’t know where my dream vacation is but I can certainly describe it. It will be someplace warm but not hot, someplace far from crowds, someplace relaxing and calming, someplace with my best of friends, someplace where the people are welcoming and friendly, and someplace where the foods are wonderful. Of course there will be endless relaxing times when I can just stitch as long as I want and have no other cares in the world.
I would like to go to the seminar in the castle as shown on the Crewel Work Company’s web site. It looks so exciting and thank you fr the chance to win the beautifulTree of Life crawl picture. Just lovely.
I believe the Australian needle workers do very interesting things. I think that would be my dream destination. Thank you for this chance to win this marvelous Jacobean piece.
I would love to go to Australia and work with Alison Cole. Her classes look so exciting and she has much to offer her students. Would be so excited if I had this opportunity.
My dream destination would be a small cottage in the English Lake District. The serenity of the area and the magnificent views would create the perfect location. Serenity, perfect views, a small cottage with a rocker-what a perfect place to stitch a magnificent piece from the Crewel Work Company
My needlework dream destination would be a week at the RSN in Hampton Court Palace – perhaps with a few extra days of classes with British instructors, such as Lorna Bateman, thrown in!
My dream needlework destination (at this current moment) would be Paris.
Paris, the land of silk threads, handwoven linen, satin slippers.
Imagining walks through those ancient city streets, peeking into shops that have been creating needlework materials for 2 centuries, breathing new life into old forms of beauty and stitching wonder.
Paris…a needlework Penelopian adventure.
Thank you Mary for this chance to dream. Happy holidays.
I would love to visit Devon England. I was there many years ago and enjoyed the lush beauty of the place. Now I would love to return and experience it with a stitcher perspective. Oh a a trip to London to enjoy the museums!
I would love to go to Vietnam & Laos and learn needlework from the Hmong! My grandmother had two beautiful Hmong story cloths framed on her walls when I was growing up, and I’m sad I didn’t hang onto them when she passed away.
I’d love to go on Needlework tour to England, Scotland or Ireland
Dream embroidery destination: sitting in front of my caravan with my husband. Withou any worry about shopping or cooking or time limit. But I always see the most interesting conferences in Australia, that would also be great! Dream on!
What could be more interesting than a guided tour of needlework related sites in Paris? My dream vacation is the French Needle’s “Tour of Paris”. Oui, oui!
I would love to travel to London to visit the Royal School of Needlework. Mostly, as a rather beginning stitcher, to admire the work. But taking a class in crewel, goldwork, or smocking sounds divine. After that, trek to Provence, to go fabric shopping!
Although I live in England I would love to be able to afford to take a course at the RSN in London. Thank you for your emails, I love them. Happy Christmas.
I would visit England, touring museums and castles to view 17th century needlework items. A class or two at the RSN would make this a dream come true.
I saw a documentary recently about a woman making a traditional embroidered costume in Mexico. I couldn’t work out how she was doing the stitches, but I’d love to learn!
A dream vacation to Australia would be absolutely amazing! Sitting and stitching all day and night or as long as I wanted would be such a treat! Sharing thoughts and time with others who love to do needlework is so inspiring. There is a special bonding that occurs when we get together that is hard to explain but oh, so wonderful to experience!
Thank you for such a unique opportunity. Bea
I don’t know if it’s possible to pick one. I would love to go to England, Wales, Ireland and France!
Thank You,
Linda Pewaukee WI
My dream vacation for needlework would be:
In a small cabin on the beach by myself. No matter what the weather as long as there was good natural light, eg. skylights if being inside was necessary. If the weather is good I would like this cabin to have a deck out front with a comfortable chair and a small side-table for my embroidery supplies. Temperature wise I would prefer spring-like temps and not much humidity. This cabin would preferably be off-grid or at least out of range of cell phones, internet, etc. Time wise a minimum of 5 days so I could really get in the groove. Also would like to have hot dinners delivered each day. The other meals I could manage!
If this dream came to be, then I could get a good start on the Twelve Trees of Christmas which I have already downloaded. Or, maybe Party in Provence, which is my favourite mandala of them all. Oh, then I would need the funds to do all of this! But if I won one of the crewel works, that would be best since I’ve wanted to do crewel embroidery since my university days, but budget dictates otherwise. I have two books on crewel work that I have had since then and now I’m 70 years old! Having Scots ancestry my love is for Jacobean designs. And the Tree of Life also resonates with my native links on this coast.
Thank you Mary, for putting these give aways together for all of us.
Merry Christmas, and I hope you enjoy some quiet time with your needle and thread. I am planning the same.
Barb
Forgot to make my name individual. I didn’t realize how many Barbara’s that would reply!
I love crewel work! This project looks gorgeous. I would choose the UK as my dream destination so I could drool over the exhibits at the V & A museum & hopefully enrol in a course at the Royal School of Needlework
A needlework retreat organized by the Crewelwork Co. would be wonderful! It would be fascinating to study the exquisite handwork and see the places where it is treasured and housed.
Funnily enough, I was talking about this at our local Guild Stitch-In the other day. There are plenty of places I would like to visit but the top of my list would have to be the UK. I would love to visit the V & A museum, take a course at the RSN at Hampton court and of course there is Phillipa Turnbull’s tours and retreats to name but a few.
Hi Mary,
My dream vacation would be taking a trip to Australia and going to ‘Beating Around the Bush’. I can’t imagine anything more exciting to attend and then seeing all of the different areas in Australia.
What a wonderful prize , thank you so much Mary and the Crewel Work Company for the opportunity to try and win it.
I have seen some great needlework trips advertised with like minded people in stately homes of England, sounds fantastic and joins two of my favourite interests, needlework and historic architecture.
What a beautiful piece of crewel work. I think my dream place to visit would be London to visit the Victoria and Albert Museums’s sampler and needlework collection. Do they do tours of the Royal School of Needlework?
My dream stitching vacation would be to travel to England and take classes at RSN.
England and the RSN it is.
An ideal embroidery location would need great light, dappled through trees seems good. Comfortable temperatures, like 65 to 75°F. Only occasional precipitation and a backdrop of… fields of grain, trees, hills with streams, maybe a cliff and water crashing in would work. I would love a cottage vacation in our great country. Somewhere away from most turmoil, confusion, and the population explosion. Unable to afford to vacation I am content to have this ideal place in my mind to imagine. If funding quit being an issue a true address would be sought. Kansas may be a winner!
Hi Mary
There are so many inspiring locations to go to these days but many are very far from where I live but I have heard so much about Beating around the bush in Australia with some of the most wonderful stitchers which I read about all the time in the Inspirations magazine which I drool over every issue and to be able to meet them and perhaps have a class with them would be sublime. No harm in dreaming! The tree of life looks amazing and my husband actually gave me a necklace with a tree of life on it for my birthday this year and I just love the concept.
Greetings and blessings for this festive season.
El xx
Isle of Man
I would go to London and spend time in the Albert and Victoria museum looking at the embroidery pieces.
My embroidery dream holiday destination would be England. The Royal School of Needlework, Weymess School, Nicola Jarvis, Phillipa Turnbull and the list goes on.
The many sources of inspiration, from historic castles, old churches to the Victoria and Albert Museum and who cares if the weather turns bad âcause you can always sit and stich!
Dream vacation would be anywhere in Alaska in the summertime. Beautiful , peaceful and amazing!
This one is tough. I’d love to visit Australia and I’d love to take classes with Hazel Blomkamp and Trish Burr – so as long as this is my fantasy I might schedule them both to teach in Australia at the same time. I also admire the Japanese embroidery styles, both classical and contemporary. But if I only have one choice, the winner would have to be London and environs so I could visit the Royal School of Needlework and all those wonderful museums.
I would love to go back to the UK and stich with Philippa from the Needlework Company in one of the castles in Scotland or England.
Any place that did crewel work teaching. Thank you Mary for putting these drawings together and thanks to all the Sponsors. We appreciate the opportunity to acquire your inspirations.
I would head to Great Britain to visit sites associated with the needlework of the British Arts and Crafts movement- the home of William Morris, the V & A, etc.
The Tree of Life crewel work is beautiful.
I would love to work this
I would love to win this prize!
If I have to pick a stitching spot, I guess it would be Paduca, Ky. for the quilt show. Even though itâs not a âstitchingâ venue, there are many, many expert stitchers involved in quilting.
Thank you for this give-away!
D.
My dream needlework destination would be to go to England. I would love to do a class at the Royal School of Needlework and also to visit some of the museums and stately homes which have historic needlework on show. One of Philippa Turnbull’s retreats would be fantastic as well.
My dream needlework destination would be a sleepover at the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Textile vaults followed by a week long stay at the Royal School of Needlework. Thanks for another great giveaway.
Just put me on a ship/boat – don’t care where it’s going, I just want to be able to stitch – no cooking, no cleaning, no TV, no “to do” list.
Julie
There are so many stitching destinations in the world that I would like to visit but because of my love of 17th century stitches, I would choice England as a starting point. Just a dream but that is what inspires me to continue my love of stitching.
If I had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, I would pick a course with the RSN in London. And while there I would spend lots of time at the V&A museum.
Thank you and the Crewel Work Company for such a wonderful give-away opportunity.
If I had to choose one needlework-related destination, it would be Orenburg, because I’m in love with their shawls. They’re amazing and beautiful and I’d love to meet some people who have made and designed them traditionally. I know that’s not embroidery, but this is the one needlework thing that I have always wanted to travel for.
My dream would be to attend the Beating Around the Bush event in Australia as it looks so well organised and such fun.
Q. If you had to pick one needlework-related dream destination vacation, where would it be and why?
For me there is only one needlework-related dream destination vacation and that is the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court in England.
Regards, Marian (NZ)
I would like to take a class at the Royal School of Needlework. That would be amazing to me.
My favorite dream destination would be on a tropical coastline or island. Hawaii would be nice, I’ve been there once as a teen, it would be nice to go again.
I think that my dream vacation destination might either be the Fashion Museum in Bath or the British Museum of Natural History. Seeing the beautiful needlework done in the past would be wonderfully inspiring for future projects!
Thank you so much for hosting these fantastic giveaways.
The fashion Museum is WONDERFUL!!!
My dream is to go either on Beating round the bush or a trip to learn from Alison Cole or a course at the Royal school of needlework. Either one of these would help me improve my needlework and gain confidence and learn so much from all these wonderful tutors.
Happy Christmas.
The Lady Anne Needlework retreat has been on my Wishlist for the past ten years. I am passionate about historical English embroidery and architecture with this retreat encompassing both.
Difficult choice between attending class at RSN in London or Beating About the Bush and it’s many wonderful classes. Crewel embroidery has been on my to do list for some time, so would dearly love to win one of these spectacular kits. Many thanks Mary for all your inspiration to try something .
Would love to vacation and attend Royal School of Needlework!
I love all embroidery but my favorite subject I return to time and again is butterflies and birds.
My dream stitching vacation would be to Beating around the Bush in Australia , I love the work all those ladies from down under do . I also wouldn’t mind one bit visiting the RSN in London ! Thankyou .
I would go to London for a two week course at the Royal School of Needlework.
I feel drawn to the coastline of Maine as a place to absorb myself in embroidery. I imagine the setting to fell wild and free with beautiful scenery to interpret in stitchery.
I would like to go to the John C. Campbell Folk School or to Tasha Tudorâs home in Vermont.
I would love to go back to Hampton Court Palace to visit the Royal School of Needlework and, ideally, to attend a class. I have been to Hampton Court several times and even attended evensong but did not know the RSN had moved there. The visit to London would also include a trip to the Victoria and Albert to see their fiber related exhibits. This is a dream, right? So I would make a detour to the Bayeux tapestry and to Edinburgh to see the Tapestry of Scotland. If my dream lasts 15 minutes more, I would zip over to Ireland to see the tapestry inspired by Game of Thrones. Best of all, I would pop in to Philippa Turnbull’s studio to thank her for her fabulous designs and the crewel class I attended in Alameda. There goes the alarm, time for breakfast, best, Charlotte
Merry Christmas Mary. If I could choose one dream destination for an embroidery vacation it would have to be England. Nothing makes my heart sing more than the thought of sitting in an historic castle or charming cottage doing what I love most.
I love Jacobean designs and would treasure making this kit. My dream is to visit a Jacobean mansion in England one day and see original needlework from the period in person. Thanks for the chance to win.
I would go anywhere with mountains and a deck in warm weather or big windows when itâs cold so I could stitch and look at all the majestic beauty. I imagine there would be mountains in my stitches too đ
I think Iâd choose Naxos, both for the beautiful embroidery, the warm climate and definitely the food. An exceptional combination of features to make a perfect vacation.
Scandinavia or Europe. Lots of history to see so many places. Tapestries and folk art and colours.
England! The Royal School of Needlework would be such an interesting trip. Travel back in history to see all the beautiful needlework and take instructions. Yes, a dream adventure.
Seeing unknown, seldom seen or private collections is what I love most of all. I have been known to spend hours trying to get a better look at historical needlework or architecture. Including lying on my back in a pew with a pair of opera glasses looking at the carved ceilings of little know English churches, going extra early in January (when it was empty) and walking in place with a magnifying glass looking at the exhibits in the Tower of London, and taking endless pictures of kneelers in church after church.. my dream trip would have to be Phillipa Turnbull’s 4 Nations Tour https://www.crewelwork.com/products/4-nations-tour
Wow, this is beautiful and just the perfect gift I would put to use! Last year my husband put my dream into reality and took me to the Royal School of Needlework and the Victoria and Albert Museum Ecclesiasti Embroidery Exhibit when we were in London. Now I would like to travel to Hungary to find some new patterns for clothing construction and lace making and all of the traditional embroidery work they are so well known for. I don’t know of any official show dates, but my college roommate lives there. She has offered to be my tour guide.
The alpine expĂŠrience with Trish Burr . Tank you
One special destination? I would love to take a Crewel Company tour anywhere in the British Isles. I have become interested in stumpwork and traditional crewel work and know there would be many examples to see on one of the tours.
I would love to visit the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court and do some workshops therein
For every “Beating Around the Bush” event in Adelaide, Australia, I paw over the program wishing I could afford to go. The tutors are amazing! One day!!
I would love to go to Italy and learn all the different styles of embroidery. As each region has such amazing embroidery and history. A dream would be to go to every country in Europe and learn it’s embroidery and history.
My goodness, there are so many places that offer so much embroidery it is hard to choose. Great Britain seems to be the root of most of our stitching in North America, but other countries such as Australia and New Zealand seem to offer so many seminars covering so many types of embroidery, perhaps that’s where I would choose to go. And, of course, there are all the different types of embroidery with history in India. I have been studying the embroidery of the Banjara in India and would love to see them actually doing their work.
My dream needlework-related dream destination vacation would be Hampton Court UK to do a course at the Royal School of Needlework. Oh yeah!
I’d love to go to the RNS in London. the work they do is wonderful!
I would love to go to England and take a needlework and embroidery tour. The internet has made many beautiful works accessible to look at, but it’s not the same as seeing them in peron.
I would love to visit The Crewel Company at Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, England. I love crewel. I mean, 4 full days of study with Phillipa Turnbull!!!!! Can you imagine how much fun that would be! I have been to England twice; once in 1975 and last year. I loved both trips. I would love to travel AND do my beloved needlework and I could bring along my husband. I’m sure he would find many ways to entertain himself while I was in class if we were back in England. And what a great place to continue to explore.
My dream holiday destination to discover treasures of needlework is travel to the British Isles. So many wonderful places to see in a country that is small enough that everywhere is easy to travel to. I would need at least four weeks to explore, starting in London at the wonderful V and A Museum, and then travel throughout the countryside to see other historic embroideries and textiles. Not to mention needlework shops! Maybe eight weeks would be better, since it is my “dream” destination!
I would love to go somewhere in Europe to learn a new textile art
I would love to visit the RSN and spend some time learning how to perfect my technique! The hard part would be narrowing it down to one style. I love to experiment!
Hi Mary: I would either like to go to England for RSN classes or to Australia for Beating around the Bush.
My dream needlework vacation destination would be to go to Cambridge, UK to see the sampler exhibit at the Fitzwilliam and Scotland to visit the Burrell. I have studied so many of the samplers in books and stitched one reproduction kit, it would be amazing to see them in person.
I would love to go to Bologna, northern Italy. My dream would be learning Punto Antico, as much Italian counted thread embroidery as possible, reticella and needle lace. There is so much I would love to learn.
Iâm greedy; I would like to go on all four of Phillipa Turnbullâs All England Tours. If I had to choose only one then it would be the 4 Nations Needlework Tour, Why? Because there would be the opportunity to have tuition from some of the worldâs leading experts, to see some of the most exquisite embroidery produced in this country over many centuries, to stay in luxury accommodation and to meet like-minded stitchers and make lifelong friends â perfect!
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I love crewel work companyâs kits : itâs just feel like youâre travelling back in time. To be perfect I would love to embroider it wearing a dress like the ones you see in some paintings. As I canât travel back in time I would love to go to England on one of Lady Anne retreats : it is fascinating to understand ancient technics and to see we still use some. I would love to be able to have a close look at the embroidered treasures kept in those Castles. In France, there is not much left.
I would go to London, visit museums like the Victoria and Albert which has many needlework displays, and then I would take classes at the Royal School of Needlework. Depending on the timing, I would also try to attend one of the knitting and stitching shows, either in Alexandra Palace or Harrogate. So much fun to dream,,,
I would love to go to Verona Italy and study Punto Antioch and reticle with Giuliana Buonpadre
As a dream destination, I would choose Phillipa Turnbullâs studio in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria to take the 4-day course Totally Crewel Work in September 2018. I could immerse myself in crewel embroidery for days and would be taught by an excellent embroiderer and teacher who specialises in crewel work. I have not been to Appleby-in-Westmorland so this would be an opportunity to explore a beautiful part of England.
My dream would be to visit England and take a crewel course with Philippa Turnbull
in crewel embroidery. My working life was mainly with Parks Canada historic sites and my main period of study was eighteenth century and the Anglo French rivalry for control of North America. To be able to see original pieces from that period and visit the castles and manors where all this beautiful work is kept would be the âgourmet dinnerâ of needlework for me. If this was included in a RSN course at Hampton Court, I would think I died and went to heaven. And that is how it is for me.
Giselle Barrieau
Oh my goodness! Where would I start! There are so many places that I would find it incredibly difficult to pick just one. I would be grateful to go to see any one of them. But I could narrow it down to between a visit to the Crewel Work Company to see some of the original crewel work pieces that they develop into their beautiful kits and Kelmscott Manor to see the beautiful embroidered bedspreads of Jane Morris. Her bedspreads were designed by her husband William and have such graceful designs with subtle colours. But then the historic designs of the Crewel Work Company would also be a thrill to see and such a learning experience to see how an original piece is adapted to a modern kit. I can’t choose Mary. What a difficult question!
I have a dream to go to Ecole Lesage, not really a vacation but would be so fun. I when I think of embroidery Florence comes to my mind, I love thst place.
My favourite tour would include the UK, a Royal Needlework seminar in a castle!
My dream vacation would be to England. I have always wanted to go and visit the castles and the standing rocks. I have been interested in the medieval world since my early High School days.
When I went to the University, some of my most favorite classes were the “History of the Medieval World” and “Chaucer.” He classes on Chaucer were wonderful, with the professor bringing in samples of things people used in that period of time and teaching use the old eanglish words to truly read the original text of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.”
I would love to take a class or two at the RSN to learn more about surface and crewel embroidery. After the classes I’d have to take a trip to see the Bayeux Tapestry and other embroider samples in the museums. This would be an awesome dream vacation and I know I wouldn’t have enough time or enough money to buy goodies. I would have to have at least 3 weeks and (sigh) I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
My dream needlework destination would be to take one of Lady Anne’s needlework Tours. Iâm fascinated with the history of needlework in The UK.
Thanks for this new giveaway, Mary! This Crewel kit is so gorgeous!
I live in France and I would love to go to Portugal where my family comes from.
And learn the different styles of Portuguese embroidery.
Have a nice week
Warm regards,
Ghislaine
What a gorgeous piece! Jacobean Embroidery is a huge favorite of mine. Love the reverence for the natural world that is reflected in the Jacobean style. I would very much enjoy a needlework tour through Britain. There are multiple reasons this would be a dream trip. The rich and well preserved needlework history, the variety of needlework to be explored in that area of the world , and that the Royal School of Needlework is there.
In a perfect world, if I had the money, time and no family commitments, I would take classes at the Royal School in London. For as long as it took me to get a degree in Fine Arts!
Beating Around the Bush! Iâd get to take classes and visit Australia.
As cool as something like a trip to London to take classes at RSN… if Iâm honest I think right now it would be a trip to Florida to spend with my best friend currently wrapping up her stem cell transplant after fighting cancer all year. Not only is she my bestie, she possesses a wonderful creative spirit that always energizes my own desire to jump into a new art project!!!
I would like to attend workshops in Adelaide, South Australia, at “Beating Around the Bush”. A perfect Holiday I think.
If I had to pick only one, it would be the ‘Totally Crewel Work’ Appleby Workshopâ4 full days of Crewel Work tuition with Phillipa Turnbull in England!
I love this style of crewel work, and I have several Crewel Work Company kits. Currently I am working on âSeptember Evening,â (albeit slowly). I have Phillipaâs book âThe New Anchor Book of Crewelwork.â Iâve read her chapter on Crewel Work in the book, âThe Essential Guide to Embroidery,â which includes the instructions for this beautiful âTree of Lifeâ panel. Iâve watched Phillipaâs videos which are wonderfully instructive.
However, the books, kits, and videos canât quite match the experience of face-to-face tutoring with Phillipa in England–that is the âWhyâ of my number one dream destination vacation. Number two choice would be to take Phillipaâs classes at the 2018 Beating Around the Bush Convention in Australia!
My dream embroidery destination would be to London to participate in classes at the Royal School of Needlework. The opportunity to interact with this school is a creative opportunity I hope to do.
My dream destination for stitching would be in the hills or mountains, at a resort where I didn’t have to worry about food preparation, with a group of like minded stitching friends for company. Beautiful people, beautiful outlook, pleasant weather, opportunity for short strolls for inspiration.
What a lovely kit.
My dream needlework vacation would be, well, a quiet cabin somewhere with access to good restaurants and no kids . . .
I would like to go to England, particularly The Royal School of Needlework to see historic crewel embroideries and to take a class in this technique.
Because I absolutely love crewel work and Jacobean embroidery, my dream needle-work destination would be to attend either the Royal School of Needlework or another similar school in Scotland to perfect my skills in and learn more about this particular style. Although many might not consider this a vacation, it’s perfect for a life-long learner doing what she loves while visiting another country – with the added benefit that it would be an ‘extended’ vacation! Alas, I must work to pay the bills and will settle for the next best thing – The RSN’s first USA Summer School in Lexington, KY July 8 – July 21, 2018. I can swing two weeks!
I would love to visit the Deerfield museum in u s a .
I love the history, the inventive nature of the problems that had to be overcome,and just the sheer simplicity of design
I love history, and in particular the history of embroidery. I read about a lot of different looks and techniques of embroidery, in particularly around Europe. There are so many places that interest me because of their traditional embroideries, I don’t think I could pick only one.
I would like to go to London for RSN courses.
Enjoyed the photo and description of Philippa Turnbull’s new Tree of Life design. Lovely doesn’t describe it well enough! My dream needlework destination would start with England and move on to Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. I love the use of floral and Jacobean motifs in needlework. From there, I would continue on to as many countries as possible, enjoying the varied cultural and unique approach to needlework in each place! Can’t wait!
Could my vacations be 3 years long? For such vacations I would like to go to Hampton court đ
I have dreamed for years of traveling to one of Lady Anne’s Needlework Retreats — any of them! They appear to be jam-packed with historical needlework education, access to non-public collections, and sight-seeing in some of the most beautiful places in the world. No surprise, then, that I would be interested in this particular give-away, right? đ