My nanna does that!

The frequent response from peeps when I told them that I was doing a degree in Embroidery - 2001 I tripped off to Manchester for the start of my dream! Heading off to a big city to spend all week studying/doing embroidery! BA(hons) at Manchester Met - thought that within 3 years I'd be rich and famous - selling stuff across the globe, with the stars clamouring to have one of my things in their grubby little mitts! Oh, how things changed - I have the attention span of a gnat, and at the point I got told that on Wednesday's we'd have a 'stitch class' where we learnt a stitch, made samples etc.. alarm bells started ringing - seriously, back stitch? Chain stitch? I have examples in the attic of stuff I made in Infants school that use these - my brain wondered and my feet went with it! Hello galleries, hello Afflecks - I was lost and there was no going back. Do I regret it? Yes and No, I hate the fact that I gave up all the prospect and potential and will never know what could have been, but I am pleased that I went with my heart....I expected it to be arty and free and lovely and all I got told was - please don't use that pen again, why don't you use a machine? and finally - "you have issues we can't deal with" bye bye Manchester :(

Oooh! Quilt Swap!

So.. I've signed up for a Quilt Swap - which I am very excited about - just need to pick a villagey theme? hmmm...need to have a think. So I've been working on lots more of my projects - was thinking that one of them was looking a bit boring then had a brainwave and now I'm loving it! Just need to grow a few extra pairs of arms to cope with all this hand stitching! I remember completing a quilted piece at Uni in my first (and only) year of a BA Hons. Embroidery course at Manchester Met. to be told by my tutor - why don't you use a machine? It's quicker! - errrr...Nope - will carry on by hand, that's what I like - hence me lasting just the one year!


http://lacehearts.blogspot.com/2012/02/quilt-swap-progress-on-block.html check out this lovely lady's Blog and keep up to date with her fabulous plans for the Quilt swap!


x