An embroidery workshop in March

I have places available at a workshop on Saturday 28th March at Ditton Community Centre  (ME20 6AH) from 10am - 4pm to start to make this book cover based loosely on the embroidery of the Banjara people of India. The cost of the workshop is £20.

We'll work out how to lay out the fabric for the cover; how to work all three different types of embroidery; and how to make the book cover.

There will be a fully detailed handout to help you finish the cover.

My book cover is made using my own hand dyed indigo cotton, stitched with perle 8 threads. I'll have indigo fabric and perle 8 threads available for sale at the workshop.

To book a place and see the complete bring list, please email me at sheilaf1947@gmail.com

Catching up

Being without a computer for a spell last Autumn (my son tells me the motherboard failed, luckily he was able to rescue everything on the hard-drive), means I am way behind with showing some of the class work.

So in this post, a piece of embroidery and two quilts.

This is Sandra's first quilt. The design is a disappearing nine-patch, and because she doesn't have a sewing machine, she stitched the whole thing by hand.

This lovely quilt was made by Janet. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. I particularly like how she has quilted the border.

And finally, the piece of embroidery:

It's a piece of free form canvas work with shells, stitched by Cath. I particularly like the way she has treated the water, and her stitch choice for the beach is really lovely!

More in a few days!