Japan in the Dales Part 2

Here are the rest of the piccies.....

....enjoy.....

...and I'll see some of you next weekend!!

x C

Japan........in the Yorkshire Dales! Part 1

I had a wonderful weekend with the ladies of the NE Region of the Embroiderer's Guild...

...at one of their stitching gatherings in Harmby.

Two whole days of Japan-inspired stitching and stencilling...

...combined with great company......and cake!! :-)

Be warned!

Lots of piccies.....

I was so pleased at the progress made on day one alone....

...beautiful Sashiko stitching.... and....

....thank goodness Markal Paintstiks last so long :-)

More to follow....

x C

More stitching .....at last!!

I know I haven't been showing much lately...

...but there's still a lot going on behind the scenes here.

Much is to do with a book in progress....

...so, sorry, but I can't reveal anything to do with that.

I can show some more Sashiko/Japanese Inspirations work for the two Summers Schools ...

....in Yorkshire this year. NE Region and Yorkshire & The Humber in June and July

This is a Sashiko Sampler that I have enlarged...

...machine-stitched done in different colours...

...and then added hand-embroidery.

I like it!

You'll notice that I added some applique and lengthwise binding too.

(...have to admit that it's quite rare for me to finish something off like this!:-o   )

Have a good week folks...

x C

A Tale of Two Destinations - Part 3

As you've seen from the previous two posts...

...Indian Adventure was full of colour and pizzazz!

It was loud...colourful...messy...and very, VERY Bollywood.

The following workshop - "Japanese Inspirations" however...

...was very different indeed...

Indigo...calm...very Zen.

Considering that there were a number of ladies from the Indian Adventure that stayed on to go to Japan...

....the atmosphere in the room was quite different.

I think the nature of the subject made for a very calm classroom...

...although a LOT of work was done despite that!

Again....a lot of piccies to follow...

Such beautiful work done by everyone!!

Sashiko stitching...stenciling...Semamori stitching.....

Look out West Bridgford...

....you're next!! :-)

I'd like to take the opportunity to thank everyone involved in organizing the Scottish Region Summer School.

I had the most wonderful time....and will be quite happy to come back at some point in the future!! :-D

That's all for now

x C