Radio and Television

A quick post to pass on a couple of snippets. Did you hear Woman's Hour this morning? Jenni Murray was interviewing Louise Gardiner and Lynne Setterington about contemporary embroidery. During the interview, Louise did a machined sketch of Jenni (doesn't work too well on radio!) - they promised to put a photo on their webpage but no sign of it yet. Click here for more details and here to listen to the programme - it will be available for 7 days. You may already have heard about the tv series Talking Threads starting next Wednesday evening, profiling various textile artists. If not, click here for details. It is available on Sky channel 171 and also online. One of the featured artists will be Fay Maxwell - see my last post about her workshop.

And finally, a bit more progress on the cushion cover.

Oh no - I started another project...

...but it's so much fun. Last Saturday my branch of the Embroiderers' Guild held a workshop with Fay Maxwell on "Crewel and Unusual". This is Fay's take on traditional crewel work, using dyed blanket felt and tapestry wool on silk to make cushions. This is as far as I got, always a slow worker. When all the decorative stitching on the felt has been done, the background is going to be quilted using kantha stitching. The design wasn't preplanned - Fay got us all cutting simple shapes straight from the fabric. As it is all by hand, I am hoping to work on it while I am hanging around at my daughters' gym/dance lessons. Except that I am partway through some knitting...