http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:14:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I must say that thread painting a cabbage had never crossed my mind.  However, Carole had found a wonderful watercolour study of a cabbage by a Melbourne watercolour artist, Fiona McKinnon.  This is a birthday gift for her niece.  We decided to combine thread painting and stumpwork techniques to produce ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=375 At Koala Conventions in Brisbane I bravely ran a 'Design Your Own Stumpwork Class'.  I have to admit to some sleepless nights before the convention wondering how I would time the class so that no-one was sitting around waiting.  We had 7 in the class (a perfect number) and had ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=369 Autumn is my favourite season.  As I drove to class on Saturday morning the light through the pinoakes was breath taking and I couldn't resist a shuffle through the leaves!  Every one of those leaves was asking to be stitched.  I will be teaching oak trees at Koala Conventions in ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=364 I teach for Shirley Sinclair at a wonderful shop called 'Bustle and Bows'.  Last November, her son Brett (38), was killed in a tragic accident.  While minding the shop for a few weeks, I had a customer come in for advice on a project for her sister's 6oth birthday.  She ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=359 I had hoped to get a panda and a hippo stitched today for the zoo project.  The Tuesday girls have given me a very long list of animals they want for the zoo blanket.  I hope this will keep them happy this week!  I think the panda is very cute ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=357 I know that I still have to show you the lavender quilt.  Next post!  I have been stitching madly to create some new blankets and have started on the zoo animals.  Here are the first 2 animals - the giraffe is causing me a bit of trouble!  I know that ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=353 During my last visit to America I met Keith and Mary at the 'Waterford Festival'.  Keith makes beautiful shaker boxes and I asked him to make me a box with a lid that I could mount with embroidery.  Here is the result.  I am very pleased and will e-mail him ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=347 Not many more days now until my teaching schedule starts and I am looking forward to seeing everyone again.  One of my projects over the holidays was to put together an embroidered and patchwork quilt for Margaret. She had embroidered her 93 year old sister a beautiful lavender blanket from ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=343 I have been stitching  frantically to get the projects ready for Merimbula.  The pear tree is finished and I have loved stitching it and I am very pleased with the finished results. I will be dashing off to the framers next week so I can have it ready when classes ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=340   I went to see the movie 'Julia and Julie' and it gave me a push that I have neglected my Blog this year!  I am very sorry but life seems to have overtaken me.  But enough of that!  Sewing Blogs are not for complaints but for fun.  I loved the ... http://www.windflowerembroidery.com/blog/?p=333