Stitchfest

Anyone coming to Ardingly tomorrow?  I’ll be there on the Winifred Cottage stand.  Don’t forget to come and have a chat.

It will be a slightly different layout, but we’ll have a similar selection.  Hope to see you there.

Time to rest?

Well, it’s been a really busy weekend.  Four days travelling to various points south, east and west certainly are tiring.  We covered over 500 miles, and had 2 really early starts during this time.  Setting the alarm for 4.30 in the morning isn’t much fun at the best of times, but – setting it two days in a row is even worse.  The days were long, but we had so much fun, met some lovely people, and saw beautiful work.  Today is a rest day.  In effect, a ‘weekend’, but that just hasn’t worked!  We are off again tomorrow to see the students on the Distant Stitch courses, so instead of putting out feet up we are restocking boxes and trays, and soon I have more fabric to iron!  No complaints, I’ll rest up on Wednesday…… I hope.

I had imagined that I would have lots of rest time today, and that I would be able to sew this and that, read a few books that are patiently waiting, and also finger through some mixed media magazines that are sitting on my shelf!  Of course, there won’t be time for any of that, but I am hoping to put another tutorial up sometime in the next short while.  I want to show you all how I make my scrinchies.  The some of the ones I showed you earlier were made from the above stitching, including this one

The pieces are tinier than they at first appear.  I’ll be posting it here first, but no doubt it will make its way onto the blog at some point.

It’s a busy week

There are several exhibitions etc this week, so make a note in your diary.  The first I want to tell you about is the one at Eastleigh College

It’s always worth a visit, but this year I suggest you go on Thursday evening or Friday if you want a good view.  Opening times are below.  Come and chat, and look at the goodies we have for sale too!  I’ll also have information on the next round of online courses too.

Stitched Textiles Show & Open Days
Starts Thursday 30 June to Friday 1st July 2011

FREE Entrance!

Patchwork, embroidery and quilting are just some of the areas of work on display by students at the Eastleigh College Stitched Textiles Show starting Thursday 30 June 2011 (6pm – 8.30pm), running through Friday (10am – 3.30pm)

For further information call Kim Miller on 023 8032 2140 or visit the show at Eastleigh College’s Desborough Road Campus, Desborough Road, Eastleigh

Looking forward to seeing you there.  Watch out for tomorrow’s post for another outing at the weekend.