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| Summer days are gone |
I do like to try out a few workshops when I go - sometimes to learn something new and sometimes for a bit of a rest from looking round. This year was particularly good. I have to say my favourite was Alysn Midgelow Marsden's "Time for Tea" which I managed to complete in the time allowed and which I was pleased with (see above - Summer days are gone). Great fun collaging and stitching with tea bags, fabric, feathers & paper.
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| Dark blue cabling - almost there, light blue cabling = success |
I also learnt how to cable with Monica Russel. You can see from my efforts that I didn't get it right first time but seemed to have mastered it in the end. I have even gone on to do a couple of extra pieces as homework so that's a thumbs up!
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| Cotton scrim indigo shibori |
Vivien Prideaux showed us shibori with indigo which was very interesting not least because I learnt that indigo has antiseptic qualities and that it's a substantive dye (e.g. doesn't need a mordant), that there are some Woad Houses in Toulouse that are worth a visit and that I'd like to try out a smocking machine (must find out if our EG has one to loan out!)
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| Velvet indigo shibori |
And finally I did some needle felting with Fi Oberon to make a little chick. It took me a little longer than the hour we had to finish it but Fi gave us lots of helpful tips and info especially about those legs which I particularly wanted to know about and which I still need to work on! (Last year I made a head - so there's a recommendation as I came back for more!)
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| Needle felted chick in the rain |
So all in all a very enjoyable time!
