Comments
An email from a student on the August course:
Hi Angie
Thank you for a really super weekend of upholstery and for your great food and hospitality. We really enjoyed ourselves.
I learned far more than would be possible from text books. I've ordered a set of tools online with the aim of completing my chair when I return from the paralympics in London. I feel very inspired to do more and I have my next project lined up.
Thank you again for a fantastic course.
Jane
Hi Angie
Thank you for a really super weekend of upholstery and for your great food and hospitality. We really enjoyed ourselves.
I learned far more than would be possible from text books. I've ordered a set of tools online with the aim of completing my chair when I return from the paralympics in London. I feel very inspired to do more and I have my next project lined up.
Thank you again for a fantastic course.
Jane
Email from a day class student in February 2012.
Thank you so much for Saturday's class. I really enjoyed it and learnt so much. Only problem is I feel I should redo all the curtains I have made so far and start again!
Thank you so much for Saturday's class. I really enjoyed it and learnt so much. Only problem is I feel I should redo all the curtains I have made so far and start again!
Note in a Christmas card from a student
Just finished the first term of year 2 soft furnishings course - I received a commendation award for my year 1 work which was a real surprise! Part way through my first two pairs of curtains for a paying customer - amazing! Hope all the courses are going well - I check in with your website every now and then to remind myself where it all started. Hope all is well and the vegetables are still thriving.
Just finished the first term of year 2 soft furnishings course - I received a commendation award for my year 1 work which was a real surprise! Part way through my first two pairs of curtains for a paying customer - amazing! Hope all the courses are going well - I check in with your website every now and then to remind myself where it all started. Hope all is well and the vegetables are still thriving.
Comment from the August 2011 long weekend course
Just a quick note to say another huge thank you for such a wonderful, inspiring 4 days! I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the course and your hospitality, fantastic food - and those views - all made the experience a perfect combination of learning and "therapy"! |
Email from a student from the February 2011 Day Class
Just a quick note to say thank you for the fabulous course today. I learnt lots of new little tips and managed to remember a few oldies too - you have revived my love of textiles again! I can't wait to start decorating Francesca's room so I can have a go at "real" curtains. I am really looking forward to seeing you again and starting my blind project. Many thanks..... Sharon
Just a quick note to say thank you for the fabulous course today. I learnt lots of new little tips and managed to remember a few oldies too - you have revived my love of textiles again! I can't wait to start decorating Francesca's room so I can have a go at "real" curtains. I am really looking forward to seeing you again and starting my blind project. Many thanks..... Sharon
Comments from November 2010 - Upholstery course
Thank you for such a wonderful few days in your lovely home. I haven't stopped raving about the superb food. Jon asked me if I felt as if I had been away for a long time, and I said that it felt neither long or short. I feel as if I was lifted out of real time and then put back in again on Monday night. It was a shock to the system having to go to work and think about food and shopping again ........It was such a fantastic course and I feel I have learn so much and yet have only just scratched the surface of upholstery techniques. Everyone thinks the chair is amazing.......Thank you again, You are a wonderful teacher. Thank you to you all for making us feel so welcome in your home.s |
Comments from August 2010 - upholstery course
................I have taken so much away from the course to give me the confidence to go on and it is my aim to move away from curtains and into upholstery.
You are an inspiration and I am sure that most of your attendees take away a lot more than soft furnishings and upholstery knowledge...........Janet
Hi Angie, Thank you so much for the weekend, everything was so enjoyable. I had an amazing time. Your hospitality, patience and wonderful family was a real inspiration. I felt I stopped the world and got off for a while..... Gail
................I have taken so much away from the course to give me the confidence to go on and it is my aim to move away from curtains and into upholstery.
You are an inspiration and I am sure that most of your attendees take away a lot more than soft furnishings and upholstery knowledge...........Janet
Hi Angie, Thank you so much for the weekend, everything was so enjoyable. I had an amazing time. Your hospitality, patience and wonderful family was a real inspiration. I felt I stopped the world and got off for a while..... Gail
Comments from February 2010
Hi Angie, I just wanted to send a quick email to say a huge thank you for the fantastic course this weekend. I enjoyed it so much, learn so much and thoroughly enjoyed your company and teaching methods.
You have a beautiful home and I thought you and your families lifestyle seemed idyllic, and certainly something to admire.
I am now back in London, extremely busy at work but a 4 day break in beautiful surroundings was definitely a welcome break! ......... A friend of mines Mum is also keen to do the course and I highly recommended you.
Take care and all the best, Sally
Hi Angie, I just wanted to send a quick email to say a huge thank you for the fantastic course this weekend. I enjoyed it so much, learn so much and thoroughly enjoyed your company and teaching methods.
You have a beautiful home and I thought you and your families lifestyle seemed idyllic, and certainly something to admire.
I am now back in London, extremely busy at work but a 4 day break in beautiful surroundings was definitely a welcome break! ......... A friend of mines Mum is also keen to do the course and I highly recommended you.
Take care and all the best, Sally
Comment from August 2009 from a lady who came to make furnishings for canal boats and lived on one herself.
I had such a fantastic time in August with you all - I was absolutely full of it when I came home and bored everyone showing them what I had made........it just went to quickly and I would so love to come again one day.....hope everything is going well and I think of that fantastic view looking through your workroom window.
I had such a fantastic time in August with you all - I was absolutely full of it when I came home and bored everyone showing them what I had made........it just went to quickly and I would so love to come again one day.....hope everything is going well and I think of that fantastic view looking through your workroom window.
Comment from January 2009
Slightly belatedly, but I wanted to say thank you for a wonderful long weekend a couple of weeks ago. I had a fantastic time, learned loads about chairs and tomatoes, pig hair and springs - what more could a girl ask for? I really hope to come back soon and finish those corners......Many, many thanks |
Comments from January 2008
Thank you for such a brilliant long weekend. I have been racking my brains for some 'constructive criticism' about the course but I can honestly say that it was perfect in every respect! The small group size made it possible to crack on with my project without having to wait for advice, the workshop environment was excellent and the hospitality, company and catering, truly superb....I can't wait to come back in June.
Thank you for such a brilliant long weekend. I have been racking my brains for some 'constructive criticism' about the course but I can honestly say that it was perfect in every respect! The small group size made it possible to crack on with my project without having to wait for advice, the workshop environment was excellent and the hospitality, company and catering, truly superb....I can't wait to come back in June.
Comments from a lady who stayed in November 2007
Thank you once again for a superb weekend, I have learnt so much....and am so very pleased with my little chair, which I will hopefully complete, flying solo so to speak, very soon. As discussed at the table last night, you have a winning set-up and your enthusiasm for your art comes through and is so very encouraging... I must admit to a tear on the way home with the realisation that I have really made-up a truly beautiful chair, I am astonished with the result... |
From a couple who stayed with us in March 2007
Many thanks for a wonderful weekend, we both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and feel that we have developed new skills and confidence. Thank you for accommodating our needs, especially dietary requirements, and for making us feel so welcome in your home..... |
Comments from two students who came in November 2006 and December 2006
Dear Angie,
Thank you so much for yet another course, I enjoyed every minute of it, as ever the food was amazing......
Heather
Dear Angie,
Just wanted to say thank you for a fantastic four days. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am so pleased with what I have learnt................
Annie
Dear Angie,
Thank you so much for yet another course, I enjoyed every minute of it, as ever the food was amazing......
Heather
Dear Angie,
Just wanted to say thank you for a fantastic four days. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am so pleased with what I have learnt................
Annie
Here are some comments from students who came on the February 2006 course
........Thank you so much for another fantastic long weekend. I am absolutely delighted with our herringbone curtains (plus warmer!) and we hung them the evening I got home. I've made one of the green silk curtains solo. I'm really enjoying having the projects on the go. I found the weekend with you so relaxing. It was just what I needed, a complete break doing something I love in great company. Not been eating so well since I got back......
.......Thank you so much for all your help - they are wonderful enjoyable weekends and never one the same! I'm always surprised considering the wine and great food we all manage to consume that so much work gets done. I've already started looking for the next projects - 2 in the pipe line already.....
........Thank you so much for another fantastic long weekend. I am absolutely delighted with our herringbone curtains (plus warmer!) and we hung them the evening I got home. I've made one of the green silk curtains solo. I'm really enjoying having the projects on the go. I found the weekend with you so relaxing. It was just what I needed, a complete break doing something I love in great company. Not been eating so well since I got back......
.......Thank you so much for all your help - they are wonderful enjoyable weekends and never one the same! I'm always surprised considering the wine and great food we all manage to consume that so much work gets done. I've already started looking for the next projects - 2 in the pipe line already.....
A note from a day student who came to a day class in June 2005. Alison runs her own classes in mosaic making with her husband from Zantium Studios. Tel/fax 01629 824377, www.zantium.co.uk
Dear Angie, A heart-felt thank you for a wonderful day yesterday. It was bliss! I thoroughly enjoyed being on the receiving end of a course for a change - especially with you excellent tuition, warm hospitality and delightful surroundings. My chair can now look forward to a new lease of life and will continue.
Dear Angie, A heart-felt thank you for a wonderful day yesterday. It was bliss! I thoroughly enjoyed being on the receiving end of a course for a change - especially with you excellent tuition, warm hospitality and delightful surroundings. My chair can now look forward to a new lease of life and will continue.
An e-mail from a student who came to stay in April 2005 via a recommendation from a previous Student
This student completed an astonishing 4 pairs of interlined curtains and an interlined roman blind in five and a half days (plus a lot of very late hours in the evening)!
Dear Angie,
Thank you so much for all the help you gave me on the course last week. The "one to one" tuition was invaluable, can't believe I learnt so much. The curtains and roman blind are already hanging and all look wonderful - if I say so myself! Considering how much we got through I feel completely rested and rejuvenated - peace, quiet, all that wonderful organic food, home hade honey, not to mention the biscuits, muesli and Carl's cherry brandy! Thank you again. Have already a plan for a revisit in early Autumn if you can fit me in.
Best wishes, Linda
This student completed an astonishing 4 pairs of interlined curtains and an interlined roman blind in five and a half days (plus a lot of very late hours in the evening)!
Dear Angie,
Thank you so much for all the help you gave me on the course last week. The "one to one" tuition was invaluable, can't believe I learnt so much. The curtains and roman blind are already hanging and all look wonderful - if I say so myself! Considering how much we got through I feel completely rested and rejuvenated - peace, quiet, all that wonderful organic food, home hade honey, not to mention the biscuits, muesli and Carl's cherry brandy! Thank you again. Have already a plan for a revisit in early Autumn if you can fit me in.
Best wishes, Linda
A letter from three sisters who came to stay twice in 2004.
Dear Angie, Just a little note to tell you how much we enjoyed your course. We returned home full of how much we had learnt in such a short space of time. The blue chair was highly praised by my friends (which is very satisfying) and has now been taken to Brunswick Bay for pride of place in their cottage. Angie, you inspired us all, both you and Carl worked so hard during our visit to make sure everything went smoothly. We all thoroughly enjoyed your company. The meal times were great fun, the odd glass of wine helped I am sure. You have got the formula right so I am sure your venture will be a resounding success. I just hope you will be able to fit us in later in the year for "arm and deep buttoning". Many thanks and give our love to the lovely Gabriel. Joan, Joyce and Jill. |