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News About C&G Creative Studies Courses

I must share some important news from City and Guilds regarding their 7716 textile courses – it is really important that anyone studying on these courses reads about the changes taking place.

Online Trolling

Now, this may sound like an odd topic for a needlework blog, however do bear with me! More and more over the last 18 months or so I have noticed a disturbing trend in, well let’s say ‘less than supportive’ commenting on social media.

We’re partnering with Janome sewing machines

We’re really pleased to be able to start this page off with some excellent news – we’re now partnering Janome, the world’s largest manufacturer of domestic sewing machines. Most of you will have heard of them, but how much do you really know about them? A couple of factoids to

Lights, Camera, Action….more flippin’ video!

My goodness it has been a busy few weeks! The EQA visit on Monday took some time, of course, but the main source of ‘busy-ness’ has been our new Getting Started courses and their video contents. 50 videos have been shot, edited, voiced over and put online over the last

New artist-in-residence for Claydon House

Looking for something to do over the Easter weekend? Why not visit Claydon House? A self-taught textile artist who creates ‘paintings’ by hand stitching pieces of fabric together is this year’s artist in residence at Claydon House. By the summer, Barbara Shaw will have produced seven pictures using the stately

Don’t Procrastinate! Keep in Touch

Procrastination – a fancy word to describe the condition of people who chronically postpone and put off things they know they should be doing – procrastinators in other words. Procrastination is now a respectable subject for psychological study. Believe it or not, there is actually an international conference run on