Plenty of stitching going on around here...

Sorry.

It's been a wee while since I last did a blog post...

...but I simply HAD to tidy up my workroom!

I have soooooo much to get done over the coming winter months...

...preparations for the Salon Pour L'Amour du Fil in Nantes...

...where I will be having an Atelier stand...

...and doing two-hour workshops on each day.

I've been working on some small projects...

...one of which is this little needle-book...

...which Cardiff Quilters will be testing out for me tomorrow! :-)

They have kindly agreed to be my "guinea-pigs" (or as I call them "Pinny-Gigs")...

...and try out my future kits to make sure that I've got it right.

They'll be timed tomorrow...two-hours to see how far they get!

This one is completely finished...

...while this one is a sample with different colours...

(I'll probably make this one into a brooch or scarf ring)

Now that my workspace is tidy....

...with ONE new table to replace the previous two...

...and 14 bags of "stuff" have been deposited with Re-Create in Cardiff.

I can now see the floor AND have room to work without piles of stuff falling over all the time!!

There is a lot to be said for this "de-cluttering" larky......

x C

East Midlands Region Summer School

Here are my samples...

...really looking forward to it all!

Three days of creative happiness :-)

x C

...a bit more Sashiko....

A few more Sashiko samples done for my Cardiff Quilters workshop...

On a roll! :-)

Sashiko sneak peek...

I've been working on some Sashiko samples ...

...for my workshop with Cardiff Quilters in June.

Here's the first one...

x  C

Results ....and plans.....

Here are a few piccies of yesterday's Batik piece....

...sprayed...

...and "henna" applied. (I actually used some black fabric paint through a very fine henna applicator bottle)

I still have a lot of experimenting to do...

...and need a nice fine Tjanting tool!

I'm not too unhappy with my first foray results...

...although I do need to find a way of getting more of the wax out of the fabric...

...any advice out there?

I've used a Berber henna design here and will be continuing with this theme for a little while...

...not just on fabric with Batik techniques...

...but in some tri-fold books and other small sample pieces...

...as I'll be in North Africa on two cruises this year visiting Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.

This morning I was lucky enough to find the MOST DELICIOUS paint colour to play with......... Moroccan Blue!

...watch this space!! :-)

x C

Happy New Year!!

I know it's already 2 days in...

...but I'd like to wish everyone a very happy 2014.

I've been pootling around doing some samples for my cruise classes...

...and have adapted one of the "page spreads" to suit the message in this post :-)

I'll have a few more "Philippines" samples to show over the next few posts...

x C

(...and this year I'm attempting to "Facebook" a little bit more than before!...)

...another sample...

Samples are happening quite quickly....

...just as well with everything else that has to be fitted in around here!

Don't think there'll be a chance for tea tomorrow...

...it's going to be a right running-around day :-(