April is almost gone!

Well, I missed  22/4/22 but that was because I was away at the Ballarat Fibre Arts workshop. I was in a tapestry weaving class with Ema Shin, advanced tapestry weaving. 

It was the usual wonderful week away with a whole lot of like-minded textile artists with the added benefit of some tapestry weaving techniques that I remember we were introduced to in my initial course but have not done for ages. 

We made a small sample - which took two days, tapestry weaving being slow. 

II couldn't decide which way looks better but it doesn't really matter. 

Here is the setting up for the final display of all workshop pieces. Ema's samples were amazing. 

There were only 3 of us in the class. Luckily we all got on!! It was a wonderful week of learning, experimenting and weaving. 

Now to try to keep experimenting and remembering the different techniques. 

Trying to start something new.

4/4/22 - that must be a significant number!!

I am trying to think of something to spark a new work. The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria, Australia has a members' exhibition in October. I know that sounds quite a while away but, at the rate I am currently going, that is a doable time-line - I hope. 

The theme of the overall exhibition is Threading a Way - we still seem to be trying to find our way into the future, so many things are impacting our lives still. 

The Machine Embroidery Guidance group also has a theme of trees - it has been the theme since 2020, we keep getting interrupted by Covid!

I was browsing through some old work I had done and came across one that was based on a labyrinth. It wasn't all that good but it did make me think about the theme - trying to find a way. 

More browsing led me to some tree-shaped labyrinth pictures, mostly from Pinterest. So now I am hoping to kill two birds with one stone, try a tree-shaped finger labyrinth - or just make a wall-hanging. So far I am at the idea only stage - who knows what will eventuate? 

I am contemplating trying some of what I learnt from the Cas Holmes course I did last year, using her collage idea for the background. I am also contemplating doing a blackwork one!! That will necessitate starting soon - I am rather slow at hand stitching. I also found some notes from a course I did in 2011 and saw some twin needle work on the sewing machine that might work. So ideas are coming, alll a bit confusing really.