This weekend (and Monday and Tuesday) I will be teaching at Berrima Patchwork’s Quilting in the Highlands Retreat at Mittagong. Mittagong is in the Southern Highlands, south of Sydney. At this time of year, it is COLD down there. (Well, cold for us, not for people who regularly have snowy winters!)
I’m planning to stay warm by staying inside and stitching away. I’ll be teaching two projects – a Mountmellick cusion, and a hand embroidered applique design based on suzanis. The idea of this class is that I will be showing them a range of stitches that they can use on raw-edge applique OTHER than plain old blanket stitch – which will be nowhere to be seen on our embroideries! I have really enjoyed making this project, and have been very pleased with the results. I hope my students enjoy it too!
I’ve spent most of this week writing my class notes and putting together the kits. In the evenings I’ve been working on a new project – a tablecloth. I am pleased to say that unlike the lovely tablecloth that I did for Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães (shown on its front cover), this one will not be referred to as The Tablecloth That Nearly Killed Me. Unlike that one, this one is working up reasonably quickly, which is incredibly pleasing!
Wherever you are this weekend, whether it is hot or cold, I hope that you get to enjoy some stitching!
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
Looking forward to seeing samples : )
Hi Eileen, not sure which embroidery you’re wanting to see, but there’s a pic of the suzani embroidery here: http://www.vettycreations.com.au/embroidery-applique-class.html