Lorna Bateman joins us this week from England to talk about embroidery, stumpwork, silk-ribbon embroidery, teaching in the Alps, and her business. Teaching is Lorna’s passion. Her goal is to try and encourage people to try as many different forms of embroidery as possible, using a kit as an aid to move onto working and experimenting with their own designs.
She has been teaching for the past 27 years in related fields of three-dimensional and textured hand embroidery and has designed her own kits for the past 16 years. She enjoys working with a variety of threads and silk ribbons to achieve a raised and textured effect and experimenting with a number of different embroidery techniques. Lorna often uses flowers and landscapes as sources of inspiration.
Lorna was trained by Lesley Turpin-Delport in creative embroidery and initially worked under her as a franchise teacher, before branching out on her own. Her upcoming book, Embroidered Country Gardens, will be published by Search Press in spring 2019. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Lorna Bateman–Christine and Gary
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You can follow Lorna through her various online channels:
- Lorna’s website
- Lorna Bateman’s Etsy store
- Lorna’s Folksy shop
- Lorna on Facebook
- Lorna on Pinterest
- Lorna on Instagram
We hope you enjoy this week’s chat with Lorna Bateman. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary and Christine
Greetings; I have two people who I think would be very interesting for your audience. Tanya Berlin is a designer with a tremendous variety of experiences. She trained in the Royal School of Needlework,[Hampton Court, England} has taught courses in the U.S. and Canada and has a fascinating array of needlework kits on her website Berlin EmbroideryDesigns.
Secondly, I would think a talk with Jeanine who has a website called Italian Needlework would make enthusiasts aware of some of the needleworkers in Italy and the history there. Two interesting Canadians! Best wishes to you both, from Canada.{Please do not post this-I’m shy}