Just a few more photographs to keep you going over the summer months - Don’t know who they belong to apart from the last one which is John’s – a real expert in fine stitching and who has obviously done this before!!!
A good one to start with as it shows how you mark your pattern and start the stitching – worked in silver thread on black - this will make a lovely finished piece.
One step on – a bit more stitching – filling in the areas with different techniques.
Somebody worked hard on this one – finished I think and showing a variety of techniques filling each area.
John’s piece – the centre design was stared on the workshop day, -he works very quickly. A box lid I think.
To the members reading this post please let me know if this is your work and I can credit it to the right person – you bring them to meetings for me to photograph for the blog, but almost always there is no name on the back, or even on a piece of paper alongside. It would be nice to know.
I have to admit to not being able to do Goldwork (along with Beadwork as reported earlier). Believe me, I have tried – doing 18 samples of all the Goldwork techniques when I took City & Guilds, but I really can’t see well enough to get my couching stitches straight and unobtrusive, and I have to admit to being a bit of a perfectionist – if it is meant to be done in a certain way, that is the way I like it to be done.
SO my samples ended up being presented in a little handmade book in a matching bag, which made them look so much better and nobody noticed the uneven stitching!!
AND – I did it – the bag I produced from my summer school printed fabrics. I really love these ‘messy’ courses – especially when they produce such exciting fabrics.
Front view
Hope to see some more finished pieces from the other members who attended, later in the year.
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