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The Journey with Geelong Embroiderers Guild 24th & 25th September - plus graffiti!!!

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 A section of an old railway carriage at The Powerhouse, Geelong. I am a bit out of sync with the blog - so much has happened in the last couple of months I haven't been able to write events up in the correct order. This post is about a 2 day workshop I taught for Geelong (Australia) Embroiderers Guild September 24th and 25th just before I taught at the Geelong Fibre Forum. They are a lively group and are great fun. I first taught for them in 2012 when I first met Gillian Norris. Gillian was a great help in setting up the workshops then and on this last trip. She and her lovely husband Tony were great hosts. Do look at the Guild's website - there is a lot to see. embroiderygeelong.org So - the 2 day workshop was The Journey extended to give enough time to make printing blocks from the students designs. Regular readers of this blog will be very familiar with this workshop.    Starting to paint The Jouneys  All the designs lined up. We also played with the ex

The Geelong Fibre Forum - September 27th - October 3rd. Part the second -

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 Polyester organza applique cut with a soldering iron, ironed onto Decovil 1. Apologies for my being so far behind with this blog - life has been a tad busy.  The Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexander Palace was fantastic. Very busy on most days but with room breathe. The extra day does seem to help. It was great to meet so many of you, and thank you for ALL the chocolate - I am still wading through it. So - back to Geelong and www.taftainc.com.au . What an amazing time we all had - just wonderful. The whole event was so well organised and such fun - bordering on bonkers!!! My group worked very hard and came up with some fabulous ideas. The course was my basic Hot Textiles workshop over 5 days. Plenty of time to experiment and see what all the products could do. We were working with the heavier interfacings from Vilene along with Tyvek and Bondaweb.  Keeping notes always helps.      Some of the decorated Decvovil 1.  The Heavy weight Lutradur/Spunbond