A spot of Gentle-stitching

I was lucky enough to go to Hope and Elvis last weekend to do a Workshop with Christine from Gentlework.

My best workshop buddie Diane was also there. Read Diane's blog post about the day here.

Christine does the most amazing work using vintage fabrics and lots of lovely found objects.

It seems like every piece has a story....not always the story of it's making but a hidden story.

Christine started by telling us a little about what inspires her and some of her techniques.

Then were were allowed to choose goodies generously brought by Christine set out for us on the bench. 

And she very kindly gave us all a little gift, beautifully wrapped. I made Diane open hers so we could see what was inside!

So I collected together a little stash and a book of birds for inspiration.

and off I went......

regular readers of my blog will know I sometimes fail to finish a piece at Hope and Elvis....today was no different!

But I do know which way it is going.

So thank you Louise for hosting another wonderful workshop. Thank you Christine for the inspiration and sharing and thank you to my lovely friend Diane.

This was inside my own gift off Christine.

Spring 2015 starts here......

Spring has arrived here in West Yorkshire.

 First a couple of collages from February

 I was lucky enough to visit a spa with friends for the weekend

Then a couple of weeks ago on a Saturday, Hubby and I went on a walk up Giggleswick Scar.

 We parked the car on Bucklow Brow and walked up the footpath.

as we reached the top, you could see the cloud to the left and the blue sky on the right.
It was quite black to our left.

looking back

Looking down on Giggleswick school

This is the limestone pavement and Schoolboys tower in the background at the south of Giggleswick Scar. The tower is a small cairn and tradition has it that pupils leave a stone there when they leave the school.

Penyghent and Ingleborough still had snow at the top.

We were under the cloud now and it was rapidly going dark!

 and on the Sunday I went searching for treasure

 Back again soon with more adventures.