It was the talented and quite lovely Viv of 'Hen's Teeth' a textile artist who uses a combination of stitching and paint to make artwork and accessories. This has to be one of my most favourite workshops that I have attended. She started her demonstration with a gift for each of us - a name badge that she had made for us.
I enjoyed watching Viv show us how to create our very own works of art. the theme for this workshop was garden tins. We selected a vintage tin and carefully recreated our interpretation of a floral garden under Viv's gentle tutelage. Just choosing a tin was exciting, I do love things with a story to tell and these battered and well used items certainly had that.
I'm usually a slow starter, often because I don't want to stitch something that has no meaning to me. I like the fabrics to call to me, and I like what I like. I'm of an age where I recognise that one of my flaws is that I'm a non-finisher! So I have to help myself out a little by choosing things that inspire me. I did my own thing it and involved a tin and it involved flowers. It also involved an embroidery of myself! How indulgent! Viv seemed to love it and I do too.
I even had my photo taken with Viv as a reminder of a wonderful day.
