On Friday I spent some time with the Embroiderers’ Guild group at Miranda, teaching them Portuguese Whitework. It was the first of two lessons with them, so I will go back in a few weeks for the second class.
It was a very nice morning, and I enjoyed meeting some lovely ladies. I’m looking forward to joining them again.
On Saturday, The Reader and I went to a Ciam Pattern Drafting Course open day. I had had it in my diary for several weeks, and during last week I suddenly wondered if The Reader might like to go with me. She was very interested in going! We both enjoyed it immensely. The teacher took my measurements, and then drafted a bodice using the technique. It was very fast and we were very impressed. Another lady was a little late for the demonstration, and when she turned up, she was a friend of mine! We used to work together when we were at uni, and we both did the same uni course, though she was a few years behind me. It was lovely to have a familiar face (as well as The Reader)!
We’re (all three of us) very keen to do the course, so I might finally get to fulfil my dream of learning pattern drafting. Yay!
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
Yay indeed – it sounds like great fun!