spent the afternoon with the beginnings of a 'stitch and bitch' group. Lovely women who are willing to experiment with their sewing. I did my usual (you would think that being the age that I am I would engage brain) lets try something new, not just rehash the old and safe sewing. Lets make art journals, lets look at some contemporary work, lets use bold colors and design, remembering I had only just met half of the six member group. Whilst the more conservative balked at making journals they did say that they are willing to watch, learn and if they felt comfortable they would try. So I guess that if someone can stretch to listening to new ideas about mixed media - I can return the favor with, whilst not playing safe, participate and learn some old tricks- EVERYONE has something to teach us.
I was also given (from one of the conservative ones) a swatch of materials that was given to her, which she admitted she would never use- which blew me away. She said my face was a picture as I looked at these rather large pieces of material, which are BIG AND BOLD.
Sorry Lavendah Chile no purple BUT wow. Can't wait to really explore what I can do with the material.