A lovely weekend in Coffs Harbour

Last night I arrived home from a really enjoyable weekend in Coffs Harbour. I love going out to country guild groups to teach, as you’re always so very appreciated there!

We did the Portuguese Whitework panel from my book (p14) in a relaxed two day class. I started off by showing them a slideshow of photos that I took when in Guimarães. The photos gave the students a feel for the town itself. They saw some historical examples from a museum, and contemporary examples that are still made for sale in the town. I showed the photos again yesterday afternoon, and one lady commented on how different it was seeing them for a second time, after she had now spent a weekend working on the technique. She said she was seeing completely different things, because now she had so much more understanding of the technique.

Two of the ladies made extremely fast progress through the project, so on the Saturday night I quickly added an extra border of sham hem stitch to the project, to give them something extra to work on on the Sunday. It was a very popular move, as many of the students commented how pretty the border was, and they enjoyed learning the “bonus” bit!

I felt very welcome, and very at home. Thanks to Doreen (and Susan) for your lovely hospitality. You were wonderful hostesses! I hope to go back to visit the Coffs Harbour group again some day for another class. Thank you all for having me come to teach you!