Brenda Ryan Embroidery Designs and Thimblestitch

Rochester,Maureen and "The Quilting Patch "

Lovely weekend at Rochester...a great group of students as usual and beautiful home cooked lunches, soups, scones and jam and cream etc etc etc...Thank you to Maureen for her invitation to teach in her most welcoming shop with her beautiful, post flood,renovated floor!

We made a good start on 'Harriet's Cottage Garden"  with everybody starting to stitch 'Harriet"she is slim little soul!!!..we had a few issues with Colonial knots but with a little perseverance all obstacles can be overcome...I have high hopes of having convinced one more quilter /patchworker to abandon the blessed tiny applique needles they all become addicted to in favour of a perfectly good size 8 or even a 10 crewel...this is just a little side project of mine to change the world just a little before I pass into that large airy and light sewing room in the sky. We used Cottage garden threads and I also ran a small tutorial on making all sorts of flowers from Daisy cotton felt also by Cottage  Garden ...great fun!..some pics later on I hope...Cheers ...Brenda
 

Off to Rochester and The Quilting Patch

The classes at the Embroiderer's Guild Victoria in Malvern were wonderful to me as a tutor.

Great venue...keen embroiderers and only one troublemaker who knows who she is!...it was wonderful to feel so at home and so welcome.

I would encourage anyone to contact the Guild to perhaps see some of their collection or to join any of the great groups that they host.

Today am off to Rochester in Northern Victoria..here is what I am working on at the moment...more soon...Brenda