South East Open Studios 2012

South East Open Studios 2012 has arrived!  I spent last week tidying and setting up the studio, making some new bead necklaces and bracelets to display along with my flower corsage wallhanging (see earlier post), putting up posters locally and hoping for sunny weather!  The latter of course didn't happen, instead it was all rain over the Jubilee weekend.  Anyway, fingers crossed this weekend for sunnier weather to welcome visitors.  Here are the dates I'm open:

Saturday 9, Sunday 10, Monday 11 and Saturday 16 June, all 1100-1700.

I’ll again be demonstrating feltmaking and showing a range of felted and stitched textile work, including clutch bags, jewellery, flower corsages and small art pieces.  If you’d like to come along and catch up on what I’ve been doing in the past year, learn about feltmaking or even perhaps attend a workshop, you’ll be very welcome.

I'm running taster workshops during Open Studios, to make either a bead bracelet or a brooch.  So if you would like to learn more or book a place on Sunday 10 or Monday 11 June 2012 (all 0930-1100, £15 per person), please get in touch.  If those dates don't suit, just let me know and I'll be happy to agree a suitable time with you.

And if you’d like to make a day of it and are particularly interested in textiles, there are several other studios close by who are also open on the above days showing art quilts and silk painting amongst other things.  Just visit the South East Open Studios website: www.seos-art.org.  Look forward to seeing you!

2012 Jubilee Friendship Ornaments

Here's my contribution to the Jubilee festivities, with these friendship ornaments using Jubilee-coloured organza fabric (made from layering felt, yarns and organza and heavily machine embroidering on top).  These are time-consuming to make so I didn't get time to send out as many as I'd wanted, but hopefully those who received them enjoyed this little bit of Jubilee fun!