the fountain in the grounds at Denman It's good to be back teaching at Denman College - the home of the W.I. This week I am teaching my workshop Extreme Surfaces for Stitch. I have 10 very keen ladies in my group, they are great fun and I will update you  all with what we are up to later in the week. At the moment we are painting up all the products, Tyvek, Bondaweb, Vilene Spunbond, all the usual suspects. Once we start layerng up I will take some images and post them.  It is very beautiful here, the main house in Georgian and the grounds are just gorgeous, there is texture and colour everywhere. I am so lucky to teach here. I took a few shots on the way to the studio after a hearty breakfast . . . . .  wonderful colours around the pond these wonderful Hostas are sitting just be the front door - not a snail hole in sight!!!!   Back to work now - just going to show the joys of painted Bondaweb - what a great job I have. will report back with more tomorrow . . . . . .  x

 The Textile Studio at Denman I love teaching at Denman College - the home of the W.I.   The teaching studios are well equipped, the food is great and I always have fab students in my group. The workshop ran from the 25th - 27th and a good time was had by all. The word had got round that I like to do stretching exercises to music with my students after lunch every day to help every one stay awake and feel refreshed. I was going to leave this as after all; I was teaching at the W.I. but no, my ladies were expecting it to be part of the course. Oh we did have a laugh! The students were - Jane Bothwell, Helen Dickinson, Sheilah Edgson, Jean Harnaman, Carole Jethwa, Jeanette Lamb, Patricia Richards, Margaret Sargeant, Pauline Walker and Jill Wilson.  The workshop was fast paced to cover all the products everyone wanted to try. The students painted and dyed Tyvek, Bondaweb, Vilene Spunbond and various weights of sew-in and iron-on interfacings. These were then layered up and zapped bac