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Needlework Can Be Learned By Everyone!

The classes of the International School for Textile Arts
are a wonderful alternative to the hustle and bustle of everyday life

all around
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Our correspondence courses
are always open!

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care, support

by email or
in our studio

inspiration
for all

is for you too
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OUR CLASSES

textile studio
(local)

Work in a relaxed atmosphere with like-minded people

first steps
correspondence course

learn the most important needlework techniques in seven lessons

Master Needle Worker (correspondence course)

learn beautiful needlework techniques in 24 lessons

Master Needle Artisan (correspondence course)

Get to know and vary needlework techniques from AZ in all their abundance

Master Needle Artisan (local)

Get to know and vary needlework techniques from AZ in all their abundance

master class
(local)

Advanced class for graduates of the Master Needle Worker and Artisan

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The fascination of hand embroidery

At the International School for Textile Arts, we love needlework and keep this beautiful craft alive. Passing on our knowledge is the most important thing for us.

Our students come from all over the world. It doesn’t matter whether you want to learn from home or prefer to learn in a local workshop in our well-equipped studio. There is guaranteed to be the right thing for everyone. Well-founded specialist knowledge and lots of ideas are the specialty at the International School for Textile Arts.

Each needlework technique has its own laws. Cotton thread becomes an expression of the most diverse structures, silk the shiny focal point, wool a fluffy reminder of childhood. Fly Stitch, witch Multiplied Herringbone and Stem Stitch meet Cross Stitch and Drawn Thread. Evenweav linen fabric with tightly woven cotton fabric. Finally they dance a fast-paced waltz together, which combines all parts into a work of art.

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And reach
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Our students are enthusiastic

That's what's being talked about about us

"Great course documentation, a competent course instructor and always quick and constructive feedback on my report books. The many good tips always help me and take my work to another level. This is how I would briefly describe my Master Needle Artisan distance learning course.”

Almost 10 years ago I completed my master's degree at ISTA. Bärbel taught me a lot with patience and I am still enthusiastic about the endless possibilities in hand embroidery. Hand embroidery is meditation, and now I pass this joy on to the course participants

I will always be grateful to the @schooltextilearts for teaching me to love the contemporary embroidery. Oh yes, I resisted, I thought that the only proper embroidery is the traditional one! But you taught me that modern approach to embroidery is exiting, beautiful, and still incorporates all the traditional skills and techniques!

Your are the best school in Europe!

Success is not permanent
Failure is not final!
It's the courage to keep going that counts!

Winston Churchill

Modern hand embroidery is always a combination of traditional, perfectly mastered technique and modern variations. We do not promise you that you will learn to stitch professionally in a few weeks. Our goal is to show you textile design, especially embroidery, in such a way that you know exactly why and how things are worked. This is the basis for unique designs and excellent execution. For this reason, we are not primarily concerned with finished objects, but with technique. The seminars come alive through the variety of Painters Threads.

For us, needlework is a form of expression, not necessarily something that MUST be fashioned into something useful. For us, the now somewhat worn-out sentence is true: “ the path is the goal ”. When a project is finished, it’s not so bad if it is “just” stowed away in a drawer. The next project is already waiting…

International School for Textile Arts