Project bags from the family learning at CLaSS.....

Hello, here are the final pictures of the bags that were made at the family learning at CLaSS. A big well done to everyone who took part and the great work that was created. Keep up the good work! I really enjoyed teaching with the children, I had forgotten how fun it can be. Having the parents there with the children made life a lot easier to keep them in tow compared to when I used to teach a class full of children in school! Kirsten keeps on at us to start our own family workshops so watch this space.

City & Guilds Embroidery Level 2 course details

Here is my latest course details:

Final pieces from the William Morris class

Well the William Morris course is over and fun was had by all. There was a really good mix of experiences from all the girls who attended.

I always want my classes to be fun and relaxed and for people to make friends, as well as learning new embroidery techniques, and I think that was achieved!!

The room and the settings are very relaxed and the view from the window was lovely.......





We produced some lovely work and all very different. We learned about the design process so we all took inspiration from around the gallery from images to colours and created our own designs from them. We silk painted, fabric painted, appliquéd, used bondaweb to put pictures onto fabric, bonded bits and pieces to make backgrounds, felted, hand stitched and finally added the finishing touches with some beads. I can't believe we covered and achieved so much within the classes. Well done to all of you.

Sorry if you're work isnt shown, some of my photos didnt come out.
Feel free to send your own images and I'll post them on.

Thanks, Sharon.

Snaresbrook Arts Project...

Look who made the front cover of the Snaresbrook arts project.......

Leytonstone Art Trail.....

For those of you that have been asking when you can next catch us, our next event will be the Leytonstone Art Trail with the E17 Designers. We're hoping to tear ourselves away from the baby to create new pieces, hopefully just in time!

As featured in Time Out:
Quirky, original and painfully cute, the E17 Designers' Market is perfect for anybody who loves home-made thrifty accessories. Add in live music by DJ-artist SisaMo, a free drink ticket on arrival and a couple of knitted tea cosies, and you really can't go wrong.

New addition to the family......

This is Maisie, the latest addition to the Church family and she is so gorgeous we all cant stop watching her or cuddling her! I'm sure her mum is going to get fed up of us all 'just popping in' but we can't help it she's addictive!

Nice surprise....

I was just looking around to do a course for my upcoming birthday when I came across a nice surprise that looked familiar. Whilst looking at Missenden Abbey courses I came across my beading work, that was featured in my March blog 'beading bonanza'.

It was really nice to have been chosen out of all the students that attended on the course. In my class I had girls that had had their work published and one had won the Beading Guilds competition. So this was a great little confidence booster.

Go see the lovely work of everyone at Missenden Abbey.


The other nice little surprise of the week end is finding out that we have been selected to display our work at the William Morris Gallery in walthamstow as part of the E17 Arts Trail. Watch this space for more details as we will be producing work especially for the trail.