Way back in October I attended not one but three workshops at Hope and Elvis and did not share them here with you! I thought as it is so very grey and very dull at the moment now was a good time to show you what went on in those lovely mellow days of autumn when I was being all creative!
Workshop number 1
Heirloom Angel with Leah Halliday
I attended this workshop with my lovely friend Diane and we were both very excited to be making one of Leah's lovely angels
Leah had very kindly started us all off and each person had the pieces cut and stitched ready for turning......that is what the straw and paintbrush were for!
My angel turned, stuffed and stitched....
Stop for a spot of lunch.....then back to work we go!
Time to add the fancy bits....a little underwear and her strapless top.
Then onto the hair.....a bit complicated!
and her skirt
and that my friends is how mine ended....I didn't get my wings put on in time before we had to finish for the day.
Here are mine and Diane's Angels making friends
as you can see (Leah;s Angels in the top photo) the group's angels looked great all together.
Workshop number 2
lots of lovely things to play with...
First we made a simple concertina sketch book
Then it was outside to sketch.
Back inside it was time for lunch......
Then a bit more playing....
it has been ages since I had been outside sketching and it felt so good!
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Workshop number 3
Handmade Poppies with Mandy James
Mandy does quite a few workshops at Hope and Elvis but it was my first with her.
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| some beautiful vintage poppies belonging to Mandy |
The workshop aim was for us to attempt one of the three poppies in the photo below but she gave patterns for all and some even managed two....I did one and started another.
First we had inspiration from her lovely display.
Then we started....first we decided what fabric to use. I used a section of the red from a vintage French flag.
marking out and stitching before cutting the petals.
Turning and stitching together
Tea and cake?
above is my finished poppy. Five petals look better than four on this one.
So that was my three workshops way back in October. I have nothing booked for this year but I really want to try and keep creating.
This was the etching I also did last year but forgot to show you!!
