Helen McCook – (Embroidery)

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Professional textile artist, designer and embroiderer, established expert at the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace, very highly thought-of amongst embroiderers.
A unique opportunity to develop skills with the help of one of the UK's most respected Tutors. Helen is in such demand she only visits once a year, usually with a couple of back-to-back courses. Get instruction from an RSN standard teacher, whatever your level of ability. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Because we now run more embroidery courses at Higham, there are now spaces for people wishing to get on Helen's courses - so, if you've been waiting in vain for past years, you need wait no more!

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https://www.traditionaltextilesschool.com/
FEEDBACK FOLLOWING HELEN'S COURSES: (scroll this box for more) "Excellent course and excellent tutor." "Helen is extremely knowledgeable about her subject, is patient and very helpful if in trouble. More please." "Helen sorted out my problems from a previous, very unsuccessful, goldwork "course" with a different tutor, and I was having such fun working my unfinished piece of goldwork based on her ideas." "Tutor great." "Helen McCook proved to be an excellent teacher who immediately put me at ease." "Helen's people skills and knowledge of the subject resulted in an ideal learning environment." "Thanks for bringing such an excellent tutor up this end of the country. Such a privilege!"

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FULLY BOOKED: ELIZABETHAN STYLE EMBROIDERY

This course will introduce you to the beautiful art of Elizabethan Style embroidery. We will create a small-scale design in a hoop using stitches that were commonly used during and appropriate to this period. Suitable for all levels of embroidery knowledge.   Helen McCook (Staffordshire www.highamhall.com/helen-mccook) Residential: £365 Non-residential: £255 (Materials kit purchasable c£50 from 

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FULLY BOOKED: EXQUISITE EMBROIDERY: UNFINISHED OBJECTS (UFOs) AND MOUNTING

This workshop is to help anyone with a part-worked embroidery project that they are stuck on, aren't sure how to progress, or have simply lost their mojo! You can also learn how to mount an embroidery.   Helen McCook (Staffordshire www.highamhall.com/helen-mccook) Residential: £365 Non-residential: £255 (Materials kit purchasable from Tutor) Follows Helen's Elizabethan course.

ADVANCED GOLDWORK

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This course is aimed at students who already have knowledge and experience of gold/metal thread work. you will be introduced to more advanced-level skills such as hard string padding, basketweave, or nué, s-ing, plate and manipulated kid, as well as different technical methods of work. We will explore each type of stitch from start to 

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COUNTED TECHNIQUES

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

During this course we will look at the traditional counted hand embroidery techniques of blackwork, pulled thread work and drawn thread work on evenweave fabric. This course is suitable for all levels of experience. We will explore each type of stitch from start to finish, with added variations to aid understanding. Helen is one of 

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