Weeks, Weaving & Workshops

I decided to take a different path for this week's challenge and so did a spot of weaving............I love weaving, although it usually looks a bit more like this and involves fabric and a bit of 'Bondaweb'

Book Cover

.  The book cover was made by weaving a selection fabric, paper and also handmade fabric paper together.

My Week 7 piece, is a purely yarn based weave; which once I finished it on my cardboard loom, I eased some of the wefts apart so that I could add extra texture with embroidery thread.  I haven't neatened the ends; stitched into it or added any buttons or embellishments this time, as I really like it as it is.

Week 7 - 12 February 18

By the way I decided on a book as the storage for my Challenge.  It is already looking plump seven weeks in, so goodness knows what it will be like at the end of the year.  I am going to add tabs with details of how and from what each week was made.  When I have done a few and I am happy with how it looks I will add a photo.   

Tuesday saw me down at Coast & Country Crafts & Quilts teaching the Cutting Mat Tote workshop.  It was a super day; very relaxed, with some familiar faces and some new ones too.  Thank you, Ladies for making my job such a pleasure.

The tote is really useful; I have been using mine for years.  The version that I teach includes five internal of pockets to keep the wide variety of rulers that we all seem to accumulate.

  

 I will be there next month teaching my Shadow Cushion workshop.  This is quite a different workshop, mixing Foundation Piecing with Quilt as You Go, but it does make for a stylish cushion.  

Shadow Cushion Front

  

 My website has all the details of the my workshops including the 3 new 2018 dates I have recently added at Coast & Country Crafts & Quilts.  All my workshop pieces are available to buy as patterns if you are not able to attend one of the planned dates.

Thank you again for popping by.

Carolyn