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Each DUTUGO product is lovingly hand-made using a special punch needle.Punch needle embroidery is a type of technique that uses a punch needle to puncture loops into fabric. Dating back thousands of years, this magical method is very similar to rug making, creating a gorgeously puffy soft texture.

Duygu is a DIY projects developer whose main profession is teaching and she started sharing her “do it yourself” ideas on her YouTube channel “Duygu’s DIY Diary” in 2015. After 4 years of working as a teacher and content creator, she left her teaching career behind to pursue her dreams and founded her own studio “Good Things”  to develop creative contents for brands, run workshops and work as a multi-dimensional maker. Duygu moved her studio to London at the beginning of 2021 and today, she organizes workshops and develops contents for her social media channels and brands.

Duygu, who is known as one of the pioneers of the “do it yourself” trend in Turkey and she hosted more than 100 craft workshops. Punch embroidery, which she started to shoot videos, has become her biggest passion and she has improved herself in this field. Her first book “Modern Punch Embroidery” was published in 2021. After practicing punch needle embroidery for years and publishing her first book, Duygu founded DUTUGO in late 2021.