If you like look around. And if you want to know more about who Châtelaine is you will find out in the following.
In Martina Rosenberg’s words:
“Already as a child I had a deep love for colors and textures , and textile arts as well as painting were an important part of my life since then. Educated in crafts and needlework in school as well as at home, it was very natural to me that I took up embroidery and stitching during schooltime, university, and later after being at home with my (then) little baby in 1989.
I took up stitching again then, but I changed ready bought patterns so they accomodated my own taste of color and shape and soon friends and family proposed that I make my own :)) The first designs were made with crayons on math graph paper and from there I went on.
After finding what was available in USA in materials compared to Germany – I thought I was in “designer’s heaven” and my imagination ran wild with variegated threads, silks, metallics, beads and all the pretty Stash Stuff available for embroidery ! I tried my fingers and needles at many different techniques – one particular love of mine is Silk Ribbon Embroidery.
My goal as a designer is to incorporate many interesting and challenging materials as well as stitches “beyond” cross stitch to make the finished embroidery worth the time and money which is involved with them. Each square inch should be worth your time and money – and not be a plain bock of one color 😉
Over the years I invented the “Mandala Gardens” which now are my “trademark”.
Chatelaine Designs, has become a very important part of my life and dreams and I try to invent new, challenging and entertaining designs for your stitching pleasure! My designs are inspired and influenced by gardens of the world (and my own little one, which lives in a certain chaos.) as well as art and architecture of all kinds of places and times. You could as well say : All things around me influence my ideas and designs.
I hope you will enjoy browsing this website. Feel free to write me your comments, questions and ideas.”
In 12/2017 Martina Rosenberg passed away. Her art will be shared with you here.
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Discount: Souvenirs for you!
And here you go! While walking along the sandy beaches and putting after free-living monkeys I found some pretty discount-codes I thought I must bring back to you! So here is what I found:
A monkey crossed my way, pointed at me with his little fingers and muttered: “Who has got the coconut?” Afterward, we had a long chat about this issue and the end of the story is that we found out that by using the code “whohasgotthecoconut” you will receive a discount of 5 Euro! This code has no minimum purchase amount.
I also found a message in a bottle with a map to a long lost treasure. It said: “Turn left and fill your baskets, the more you collect the more you get. Then turn right, jump like a rabbit and tell nobody else.” Well, I assume the pirate writing this might have had his hands on a solid bottle of rum but nevertheless, I could find out that there is a discount hidden for you, according to the rules of the map staggered:
With a minimal purchase-amount of 50 Euro, you can save 5% on your whole purchase using “diamondsandpearls“.
With a minimal purchase-amount of 100 Euro, you can save 10%on your whole purchase using “goldandsilver“.
With a minimal purchase-amount of 150 Euro, you can save 15%on your whole purchase using “thepiratesheart“.
All these codes are valid from the 14th until the 21st of June (midnight German time). They are usable on all designs and can not be combined with other discounts. Enjoy!
General info: Not all of my designs are available in printed b/w chart packs (only from shops and my distributor ECC).
All of my designs are available as PDF in b/w + col. Please choose your preference carefully, as later you can not get either for “free”. If you prefer printed charts look at the ECC website for the whole available list.
This is also the address to go for beautifully packed kits or part-kits of my designs! Ask Cindy or Kathy for help – and treat yourself to a “self-gift” there 🙂 🙂 !!
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Manuela Weber
Chatelaine Design
Eschenstr. 3
18057 Rostock – Germany
email: contact@chatelaine.de
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