Our last meeting went off very well - as usual! Thank you to the ladies who were here and of course a big welcome to Georgia who was there for the first time. We hope to see you again soon.
Liana brought her beading necklace which she started sometime last year to finish and it looks stunning. Well done Liana, it is really gorgeous.
Our next get together is on next Saturday - the 18th April. No specific workshop planned so bring whatever unless you would like me to do a beading thing again. Please just email me and let me know. (My contact details are at the end of this post)
When we were in East London on our knitting tour, Maynette took us to the Da Gama factory shop where one can buy Shweshwe fabrics at a good price. They also have a big variety of designs. I decided to buy some of this fabric to make a table cloth and scatter cushions for our gezebo out at the swimming pool. My friend, Ida, kindly offered to make them for me and thus far she has done the table cloth and the cushions for the backs of the dining chairs. Thank you, Ida!
Charlie and Diesel also had to get into the picture! Davey was missing again.
Now next month is exciting. Corrie is going to come all the way from Benoni to give us a workshop on parchment craft. I did mention it in my last post but I need to remind everyone because I have a little problem. I am VERY keen to do this workshop but I need another seven participants otherwise Corrie will not do it. Here are the details again:
"Parchment
craft is also called paper lace. Parchment paper is unique in that the
paper can stretch (much like pewter) which results in an embossed
effect (raised relief) on the front of the project. This is done using
ball embossing tools (like cake decorating tools). Perforations are
done with very thin needle tools which are then cut out with a special
scissors. These cut outs result in the lace look. Different colour
mediums with different techniques can also be used on the parchment
(watercolour pencils, paints, kokis, pastels etc). It is a very
beautiful and delicate art which requires a lot of patience, but also a
very addictive craft, although expensive, tools looked after will last
for years to come.
You
can go onto the internet and just type in parchment craft and you will
get links to all sorts of sites which will give a good idea of what it
looks like:"
This picture shows advanced tequniques and should whet a lot of appetites!!
The cost for the class is R550 and is payable in advance. R300 for the starter kit and R250 for the class fee.
Please, please, please ladies join me in this class. It really is something very different. Again, just send me an email.
I am also looking at asking an artist to come and give us a workshop on a specific technique which I think would also be very interesting. Again, I need to make it worth his while so please let me know if you would like me to follow up on this one. And if so, is there a specific technique you would like. Linda, from Wild Knitting, is keen to do another workshop in November and I would like to ask Marietha to do another Sri Lanka Applique class with us. I am also thinking that we need to do one get together which is set aside for only PHD's. I love this acronym, probably because I have no tertiary qualifications behind my name! By the way, it stands for "projects half done". The only criterion for this one would be that the project must be a started one which landed in the cupboard and has been there for at least 6 months. How many of these do you have? I am afraid to count! What do you think of the idea? Also in the pipeline is a pilates and health food day. Don't worry, Shirley will not lecture you and everyone will be able to do the class even those who never excercise.
Come on ladies, interact with me so that I can arrange workshops which you would like to do.
That's it for now.
Happy crafting
Love
Sharon
Email: sharon.tgc@gmail .com or ladiecrafter@gmail.com
Mobile: +27 82 571 6883
Email: sharon.tgc@gmail.com or ladiecrafter@gmail.com
Cell: +27 82 571 6883
