One more sleep and were back for the next corsetry retreat tomorrow!
... now all I need to do is actually sleep! 😬🤞🥱
Goodnight! I'm looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow!
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Half of the spaces for our Stays Edition Retreat have been booked allready and only 3 spaces left on The Corsetry Retreat! This is the fastest ever! And with just over a week before our XL Retreat its all go go go at retreat HQ!
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Corset maker Emma Brackenbury has won the 2024 Heritage Crafts Trainer of the Year Award, supported by the Marsh Charitable Trust, including a £1,000 prize awarded at a special presentation at Eltham Palace on Tuesday 26 November 2024. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/...
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Thankyou Emily. I'm interested to know about the POTS symptoms, I have just been diagnosed. I'm new to blue-sky, can you pm on here?
15.01.2025 16:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Heritage Crafts and @costume_society have launched two new training bursaries for new and early-career fashion textile workers who will benefit from up to £4,000 in funding as well as one-to-one support from Heritage Crafts. Deadline 7 March. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/...
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The Corsetry Retreat - Lincolnshire, UK
The Corsetry Retreat is a weekend including a full schedule of corsetry workshops, as well as time to relax in the historic surroundings.
Bookings are now open for our October and November Retreats
The Corsetry Retreat - 6th-10th October
The Corsetry Retreat Stays Edition - 24th-28th November
Both events will be held at Caer Beris Manor, A beautiful Victorian manor house in the heart of the Welsh countryside.
Thecorsetryretreat.com
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Let's get on this blue sky malarkey and get learning!
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