Trish Burr's Blog

This week I would like to share with you an event to be held by three of our renowned, international embroidery teachers, Phillipa Turnbull of the UK, Jane Nicholas of Australia and Meredith Willett from USA. This energetic trio will be hosting Lady Anne’s Needlework  a stitching and study event in England & Scotland 15th [...]

I am a great admirer of Winston Churchill, and with the help of some of his quotes I would like to help those of you who suffer from a lack of confidence in your stitching ability to see that with a little enthusiasm and lots of perseverance you can achieve much more than you think [...]

Hello Everyone There are 4 new kits for sale on the website here:  http://trishburr.co.za/content/product?page=1. The thumbnails on the shop page seem to be very large for some reason but we are working on it!  Have a wonderful weekend wherever you are.  Trish

Hello Everyone As you know I will be teaching workshops in both Brisbane and Adelaide in April 2012.  The venue for the workshops in Brisbane is All Threads Embroidery and there are 3 classes available.  What you probably don’t know is that I run my classes using slideshows and video demonstrations projected onto a large [...]

Hello South Africa To those who emailed me enquiring about copies of Colour Confidence In Embroideery book – just to let you know that it is back in stock.  The price is R475 – please email me at : erenvale@mweb.co.za.  for payment & postage details. If you are wanting a copy overseas I suggest you [...]

Hello Everyone This week I thought I would share with you the achievement of Lee Courtney of Canton USA.  Lee was a student of the online embroidery course in June 2011 and her piece won first prize in the Callaway School Of Needlearts competition last week. Who says great things don’t come from humble beginnings?  [...]

Hello everyone To those of you who expressed dismay that the fabric had been discontinued online it is back in stock.  It is available in size 30 x 30cm in both Irish Linen and cotton satin. Its a long story but basically I was trying to be super organised before Christmas so put in an [...]