Yeah, 2 items finished

Very nice. Is this your first course with CA? I'll be curious to hear your comments. Did you have plenty of material to get all the pre-work done? The last few she did here - there was a big issue with kits being short and then getting stuff in time, etc.

The pieces are always beautiful - the "teaching" is another thing altogether. She is a very charming person, however.

Enjoy!

Ellice

The pieces are always beautiful - the "teaching" is another thing altogether. She is a very charming person, however.

Enjoy!

Ellice

yes there was plenty of material to do the pre-work with, though I have to say that the charts were pretty abysmal and the instructions somewhat light on in detail. The linen supplied was nothing special, and not overly generous in size - to the point where I had to hunt out some of my very small frames to put it in. While I coped quite adequately with what was supplied I know myself to be a very parsomonious stitcher and usually have plenty of thread left over.

I'll let you know how the 'teaching' goes after the event.......all I really want to learn is the 'special' finishing technique - which I think I have a bit of an insight into already.

joanne

She (CA) generally uses Brussels linen, which is quite stiff, and most needlework shops don't carry it for general consumption. Some years back, when I was working at the LNS, the owner actually ordered some as many people needed to replace, add to their kits. Then there was not enough of the overdyed thread - for real. Bit issue - took 6 weeks to get responses from the instructor to get some material for people. But, now my friend also has a roll in stock of the stiffener (which is generally used for upholstery).

Charts - tee hee. One of the pieces I did - the color chart was full of mistakes, she told us that she fixed it, and just didn't want to spend the money to make new color copies so we would have to correct them ourselves. Very badly done - and left a bad taste in the mouth of many of us as the classes are pretty expensive.

The hinge stitch is certainly worth knowing if you're going to do things that box up, so to speak. We got a big lecture about "you can use this personally but don't design with it because "I have a patent on it" " . Interesting thought.

But, CA is indeed a charming, personable, person. Have a good time!

ellice

I want to know about the pot....C

"The Lady Gardener" wrote.....

It's lovely, isn't it. It was my leaving gift from my former employer. It is hand blown glass and done here in Western Australia by a local artist, Peter Reynolds. The little witches who made my last year of work with this employer do miserable thought they'd get a bottle of champagne (I am almost a non drinker courtesy of the loss of portion of my tongue to cancer) but fortunately that plan deeply offended so many of my co-workers who told me, and I was able to collude with the CEO's secretary for much nicer, and more appropriate gift after 13 years of service. Just reinforces the maxim that age and treachery always win over youth and stupidity...oops, perhaps it should be enthusiasm, but stupidity is so much better fitting.

Cheers Joanne

For one of my dad's numerous anniversary dates (same employer for 50 years), they called Mom and asked what they could get him that he would actually appreciate, and she suggested a fairly expensive set of tools that he'd had his eye on. The employer agreed that it was much more suitable than a gold watch.

Make sure you thoroughly understand how to do the stitch before the class is over as there won't be any 'written' instructions given to take home with you! :)

I agree, she is a lovely person and I enjoyed her class but she is very protective of her finishing techniques. I hope that some day when she gives up teaching she will record them so that they aren't lost to the stitching world!

Mavia

Mavia

It is just stunning. I enjoyed looking at your work, but I kept coming back to look at the pot!

Good for you and them! C

Lovely work Joanne and thank you for sharing your pictures. Regards, Annette