What a great day we had on Saturday. There were six of us present on the day, & Robyn gave us all a "Stitch Play" exercise. We were all given a different stitch to go home & play with in our own way. It will be interesting to see what we all come back with.
As usual, there was show & tell aplenty.
Annette was working on her Giraffe, "Terrific Textures" book cover. It featured scrunched & bonded tissue paper on scrunched calico, decorated with stitch, cut up crochet work & paint. At this stage it was not quite finished.
Gerri had made a name tag using a combination of needle-lace, chain stitch, lazy daisy, french knots & back stitch. It was further embellished with beads. Stitched onto seeded calico & mounted onto card that was encased with pellon.
Jenny had been playing with a black-work pattern. It was her own design that she had created using a photo as inspiration. This sample was just to find out how the pattern could be played with using position, colour, additions & subtractions.
Sheila was in the process of making a book cover from her own discharged velvet which had been dyed & stitched. The herringbone stitch was being worked in her own hand dyed threads.
This book cover was also made by Sheila at the Contextart class with Sue Dennis. The fabric was first dyed, then quilted & painted.
These little thimble holders are also by Sheila & were made from minky fabric.
Jenny was knitting a new scarf using a fine 2 ply cashmere yarn from Belisa Cashmere in Bundanoon. The pattern is a simple drop stitch one found at Frazzled Knits.
