Trish burr

As her 100th blog post, our beloved Trish Burr shares the path that brought her unexpectedly to a career in the needle arts. It’s so much fun to see how the journey has unfolded for others. D…

I noticed in answer to this month’s give-away question (“what’s your favorite needlework book and why?”) many reader’s named Trish Burr’s books among their favorites. And this lead me to thinking. It seems to me (and I am open to correction on this!) that thread painting – or needle painting, or long and short stitch ...

These astounding needlework pieces are by self-taught embroiderer Trish Burr from Cape Town. She has written several books on the technique, contributed widely to magazines and teaches throughout South Africa and overseas. Trish lives in Cape town, South Africa with her husband and three children. Trish willingly shares her knowledge with fellow embroiderers, and in her own words she says, “We need to keep hand embroidery alive - if we hug our ideas to ourselves, they will become lost and…

If you haven't heard the great news yet, I'm excited to tell you that Trish Burr has once again produced a beautiful embroidery book, and it is (nearly) available! If you are remotely interested in learning how to create beautifully shaded embroidery, if Trish's beautiful needlepainting embroider

Hello everyone THis week I am pleased to announce the arrival of two new kits in the vintage range: Redoute's Sweet Peas and Briar Rose, which are available in the ETSY shop. South African customers please look at the top of the product listing for the price in Rand. These floral beauties were inspired by…

Hello everyone Hope you are doing well? I have been stitching up a storm during our winter months and have some news to share with you. New Book I have been working on a new book for the last two years which was originally due to be released in November 2022. Unfortunately, the Publishers are…

Hello everyone A very happy New Year to you all, here’s wishing you the very, very best for 2017! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas? We had the whole family from overseas and it was hecti…

Hello everyone This week we continue stitching project 12 of the mini journal. If you have missed any of the previous posts you can find them here, or by scrolling down to previous posts: Stitch al…

Hello everyone It has been some time since we last spoke, hope you are enjoying your summer holidays overseas – we are freezing here in Cape Town! While you have been basking in the sun I ha…

Hello Everyone At last I am able to share with you some details about the new book Miniature Needle Painting Embroidery: Vintage Portraits, Florals & Birds, published by Milner Craft, Australi…

Hello everyone It has been some time since I posted, but that is because I have been very busy working on something on your behalf! Do you dislike tracing your own outlines? That slightly wobbly …

Hello everyone Hope your week is going well. For several months I have been working with the idea of providing tutorials on my website – am still tinkering with the idea of uploading some vi…

Chinese Flower & Bird Project Two

Hello everyone hope you are doing well? The Art of shading level 3 distance learning class is now available for registration. Kingfisher at sunrise This is the follow on from Level 2 class where yo…

Needle Painting Embroidery: Fresh Ideas for Beginners by Trish Burr is hot off the press – and I think it’s definitely a “must have” for any embroidery library. If you’re keen to learn needle painting (a.k.a. long & short stitch embroidery, silk shading, thread painting), then Trish Burr is one of the best needle artists ...

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Captivating sweet peas reproduced from a 17th century painting by PJ Redouté.

In this stunning, color-illustrated collection of floral embroideries, the author of Redouté's Finest Flowers in Embroidery introduces needleworkers to her unique long- and short-stitch \"needlepainting\" style of portraying flowers like a botanical painter. Five starter projects show novices how to create the illusion of brushwork in thread and use basic techniques, from preparing fabric and transferring designs to blocking and mounting. Sixteen easily achieved but challenging larger…

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