Sharron’s success

Once upon a time I taught a class in merezhka at Springwood, here in NSW. We did a small panel of merezhka as an introduction to the style. There were many lovely ladies in that class, but there was one student who *really* took to merezhka.

Big Time.

Sharron absolutely loved the embroidery style and by the end of the day she was saying that she was definitely going to be doing some more. And she did. I heard reports that Sharron was off and running with her merezhka. Eventually, when I went back to Springwood for another class, even though Sharron wasn’t at the class, someone had borrowed her merezhka masterpiece to show me.

Sharron had taken a design of a peacock with its long, flashy tail and translated it into merezhka. It was astonishing. I didn’t measure it, but my estimate would be that it was 25 x 40cm. For merezhka, that’s huge! The workmanship was simply amazing. It was stunning!

Yesterday I heard from one of my embroidery tutor friends that Sharron had entered a Hardanger in this year’s Sydney Royal Easter Show, and it had won first prize and has secured a place in the prestigious Cabinet of Excellence!

Why am I not surprised?!

My friend sent photos of Sharron’s Hardanger displayed, and it is simply beautiful. (I’ve asked for permission to share a photo with you, but I’m not sure whether that will be possible.) There is very little ground fabric left, it seems, with much of it removed for lacy needleweaving. I’m not sure if the design is Sharron’s own, or someone else’s design.

If you are going to the Sydney Royal Easter Show, I do suggest you seek out Sharron’s award-winning Hardanger in the Cabinet of Excellence.

Congratulations Sharron! You’re a star, and you have my sincere admiration!