Starting to paint The Journey. Not such a long wait this time. This is my third workshop of seven on my tour of the West Country. This was the second time I have taught at Roseland Mews, Liskeard for Jane Lockyer. I love it there, it is a beautiful area. Jane's studio is in a lovely garden with stunning views. Jane runs courses all year round - do have a look - www.lynhervalley.co.uk/roselandmewsstudio The group was very enthusiastic and got to grips to what was needed fast. As the previous post included The Journey in St Ives I will skip through this quite fast.    Painting the journey, building up shapes and lines. All the The Journeys lined up on the floor. We also did the 'flipping out' exercise. Here, a section is being taken. The isolated design is being traced off. The food at Roseland Mews is quite fantastic.   For £6 you can order a lunch, there is such a choice. This was one of the open sandwiches - deeelicious!   Playing w

 A section of an old railway carriage at The Powerhouse, Geelong. I am a bit out of sync with the blog - so much has happened in the last couple of months I haven't been able to write events up in the correct order. This post is about a 2 day workshop I taught for Geelong (Australia) Embroiderers Guild September 24th and 25th just before I taught at the Geelong Fibre Forum. They are a lively group and are great fun. I first taught for them in 2012 when I first met Gillian Norris. Gillian was a great help in setting up the workshops then and on this last trip. She and her lovely husband Tony were great hosts. Do look at the Guild's website - there is a lot to see. embroiderygeelong.org So - the 2 day workshop was The Journey extended to give enough time to make printing blocks from the students designs. Regular readers of this blog will be very familiar with this workshop.    Starting to paint The Jouneys  All the designs lined up. We also played with the ex