As promised, here is the second instalment on the fun and creativity at our annual stitching weekend. The mother kangaroo and her joey were spotted on the lawns while we were outside at afternoon tea.
Blackwork by Christine Bailey
Deceptively simple, Christine Bailey says small blackwork samplers are quick and easy to do.
Susan Douds brought her Blue Wren, designed by Lesley Turpin-Delport, which Susan had started in a workshop at Beating Around the Bush in Adelaide. In these photos Susan had just finished the ribbon embroidery and had started inserting some real “whispy” feathers.
Blue wren 1 by Susan Douds
Blue wren 2 by Susan Douds
And here is the finished result, a spectacular example of mixed-media, dimensional embroidery.
Blue Wren worked by Susan Douds
Sadly I didn’t manage to get a photo of the real blue wren (also known here as fairy wren) family that was playing in the bushes outside, so here is a picture from the CSIRO. The girl is the dull brown, and the boy gets the fancy plumage!
Jillian Bath had brought in another Lesley Turpin-Delport design, Nesting Weaver. If you’d like to find out more about this designer and her designs, click here.
Nesting Weaver 1 by Jillian Bath
Nesting Weaver 2 by Jillian Bath
Jillian always seems to have a selection of lovely accessories with her whenever I see her. Just how many do you have, Jillian? Never mind, don’t confess anything…
Smocking by Liz Bell
Liz Bell had moved on to some smocking
Robin by Libby Williams
And Libby Williams was working on this Nicola Jarvis Studio design, a Morris-inspired crewel work
Towel with roses by Alice Keeley
Then Alice Keeley was busy working on small towels to become Christmas gifts. Isn’t it lovely that ready-made rosettes combined with simple stitches create something so effective?
There was also plenty of Hardanger happening around the tables…
Lel Whitbread and Susan Coates were working on a project from Hardanger for the Horrified (great name!) by Jane Greenoff
Hardanger by Lel Whitbread
Hardanger by Susan Coates
Hardanger by Lesley Jenesen
Hardanger by Tina Korda
And some more Hardanger by Lesley Jenesen, Tina Korda, and Brenda Phillips
Hardanger cloth by Brenda Phillips
Margaret O’Beirne was working on a canvaswork kit Tuscan Midnight by Kathy Rees of Needlelights Originals.
Canvaswork by Margaret O”Beirne
Canvaswork by Margaret O”Beirne
Kay Reid had brought in a canvaswork begun on her latest cruise.
Canvaswork by Kay Reid
There was just so much going on at Greenhills, I think I’ll have to go on to a third blog, but finally for this one, just another taste of Ruth Ellis‘s fabric baskets.
Basket by Ruth Ellis
Basket by Ruth Ellis
Have a great stitching weekend.
Gail
