Raid Your Stash Scraps Collage

I went to Chesterfield this week to teach a new workshop entitled Raid Your Stash Scraps Collage.  The aim is to use up bits and pieces of fabrics that you have leftover from other textile projects and can't bear to throw away.  Although I shared ways of making a hanging or stretching over a canvas the ladies were free to choose what they would make. 

Who wouldn't love a group who serve up this for lunch!?

Here are some of the pieces of work in progress.

Each person chose their own colour palette.  Some were muted like the pieces above and some were brightly coloured.  Here they are all laid out together.

I had a fabulous time.  It was a highly successful first time outing for this workshop.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

A new fabric book

I have just finished a new fabric book.  I dyed and printed the fabric at Sumer School in August.  I am thinking about selling the instructions for making the book.  I'm not sure how much interest there would be.

While I'm thinking about it here's the finished book.  I used both machine and hand stitching.

The closed finished book is approximately 20x15 cms. 

Thank you for joining me today.
Bernice  

Out & About in NSW

We spent 3 full days at Lake Conjola and part of the Monday travelling back to Wollongong.  On our first full day we went to the Ulladullah Lighthouse and Fossil Rocks.

 

We also visited a fossil museum.

Our eldest grandson had to go home to play in a football match so his mum and Roger took him to that and the rest of us lounged about doing our own thing. Later in the day we all went to Mount Bushwalker for a walk.

On Sunday we went out for lunch at Culpitts Vineyard.
 

And then went Barefoot Bowling.  I didn't know there was such a thing.

Back where we were staying there was a mob of kangaroos. 

Our last day of the long weekend, we travelled back through Kangaroo Valley, stopping to see this really old bridge, before having lunch at The Friendly Inn.

 And then it was back to Wollongong. 

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice