On Saturday 21st March 17 of us arrived at Parkfield Quilting Retreat in Stourport and were welcomed by the owner Kath . We were looking forward to a weekend with Annette Emms and fellow members of our branch 2 day workshop designing embellished books.
Annette introduced to the books we were going to make |
And off we went some using embellishing machines ......... |
........and some using hand embellishers |
Clare having a break amongst the fabric and threads |
everybody brought lots of lovely fabrics and threads |
Some just like the peace and quiet |
Often we gathered together as a group to learn another technique |
Ruth having a lie down on her favourite chair |
Time to chat |
A well earned drink in the evening |
Time for a quiz devised by Lillian. |
On Sunday we learned another technique of painting on to organdie |
We were spellbound by Annettte's wonderful books |
And Annette's faces from her sketch book |
Clare's book in progress |
Dina's book |
Margaret B's |
Una's |
Pat's |
Margaret Mc's |
Janet's |
Carole's |
Time to colour in. |
Ruth's |
Lorraines |
We had lovely food |
A very cluttered work room |
time to enjoy the sunshine |
More of Annette's work |
Annette hiding from the camera |
Look at our wonderful work |
A wonderful weekend was had by all with plenty of work done and plans to repeat it . Many thanks to Annette and to Kath and her staff at Parkfield Quilting Retreat for looking after us.
4 comments:
Lovely weekend, full of laughter, wonderful food! Good company and marvellous tuition . Two days went by far too quick.......
Fabulous time was had by all. Thank you Kath for your hospitality and to Annette for your gentle encouragement and wonderful work. Thank you to Pam and Denise for all the yummy food that made us all a bit fatter..... Xxxxx
Yes I agree with everything Lorraine has said - it was fabulous fun all round
I had such a marvellous weekend, thank you for inviting me!xx
What a fab weekend can't wait until next time thanks to everyone concerned
Lillian
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