Trish Burr's Blog

Hello everyone A reminder that online sales will be closed from 2nd – 28th April 2012 as I will be away in Australia.  Last shipping date will be next Friday 30th March. Any orders that are placed in this period will not be shipped till my return on 28th April.  Apologies for any inconvenience. Have [...]

Hello Everyone Just to say a big thank you for the support you have shown by attending workshops in Australia, the response has been amazing and I am very much looking forward to working together with you in the classes.   However due to some recent cancellations, there are still a few places left in [...]

This article is for the benefit of the students who will be attending my workshops in Australia, you should be able to access your preparatory notes today.  Please pass this onto anyone you know who is attending a workshop in April, and of course it may be of interest to others. One of the stipulations [...]

Hello everyone. As you know I will be leaving for Australia in 2 weeks to teach in Brisbane and The Beating Around The Bush convention in Adelaide.  BATB is an international embroidery convention hosted bi-annually by Country Bumpkin, the publishers of Inspirations magazine.  You can read all about the event here. I am almost packed [...]

Hello Everyone This week it is my great pleasure to talk to  Mary Corbet of Needle N Thread.  Not that Mary needs much introduction – if you are one of the +/- ten thousand subscribers you will be familiar with her daily postings in your inbox.  Mary covers topics on all forms of embroidery from [...]

Hello Everyone Every year I set myself an embroidery challenge, something that forces me to push the boundaries and progress in my needle painting embroidery.  This is not a project that I plan to give instructions for, to make into kits or put into books, it is a larger piece that I do just for [...]

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 [...]