I have just spent another truly fantastic week at the Koala Conventions in Brisbane. It began on Saturday 3rd of July and finished yesterday the 11th. Four 2 day workshops with only Wednesday off. Lots of wonderful tallented and funny ladies. Too much food to eat and too many gorgeous things to buy in the Koala shop! With my credit card maxed out and my bank account empty I have plenty of projects to keep me going until the next century at least!
I began on Saturday with Robyn Alexander from Mullumbimby, NSW. Robyn is a textile artist and this year we made a gorgeous bag which we needle felted and then beaded and embroidered. I am happy to say that I have nearly finished and given a couple of quiet days at home I will complete this bag and maybe last years wet felted bag as well.
Monday and Tuesday I did a class with the fabulous Prudence Mapstone and began a freeform knitted and crocheted shawl. This will be an ongoing project and I have ordered some more yarn for my stash over ebay. I met a couple of lovely ladies in this class and we had an hilarious time with Prudence. Prudence offered me a job too at the next Craft expo which I am pretty excited about!
Day off on Wednesday to catch up on all chores and the back into the classes on Thursday and Friday again with Prudence. This time a freeform necklace in Japanese linen fibre yarn. Great to work with and I actually completed a broach as well as 3/4 of the necklace. I hope to finish that one as well next week.
Saturday and Sunday was quite an intense class with Annie Huntley. Intense because I didn't realise that her project "Wishful Thinking" had so much needlelace in it. It is a gorgeous art work of 2 children on the beach looking out to the horizon and so detailed! I did enjoy it though but by the time we did this class I was feeling tired and it would have been better done as a 4 day class. Thank goodness I can go to Annies on the Gold Coast to keep going on with the project. It is going to take awhile to complete this one.
I caught up with most of my lovely friends that I went on the Textile Tour to Hong Kong with and also caught up with Nikki and her mum Lesley who were tutoring again. I love Koala and have booked in for 3 workshops next year. The amazing Di Van Neikerk is coming over from Cape Town, South Africa next year. Can't wait!!
I began on Saturday with Robyn Alexander from Mullumbimby, NSW. Robyn is a textile artist and this year we made a gorgeous bag which we needle felted and then beaded and embroidered. I am happy to say that I have nearly finished and given a couple of quiet days at home I will complete this bag and maybe last years wet felted bag as well.
Monday and Tuesday I did a class with the fabulous Prudence Mapstone and began a freeform knitted and crocheted shawl. This will be an ongoing project and I have ordered some more yarn for my stash over ebay. I met a couple of lovely ladies in this class and we had an hilarious time with Prudence. Prudence offered me a job too at the next Craft expo which I am pretty excited about!
Day off on Wednesday to catch up on all chores and the back into the classes on Thursday and Friday again with Prudence. This time a freeform necklace in Japanese linen fibre yarn. Great to work with and I actually completed a broach as well as 3/4 of the necklace. I hope to finish that one as well next week.
Saturday and Sunday was quite an intense class with Annie Huntley. Intense because I didn't realise that her project "Wishful Thinking" had so much needlelace in it. It is a gorgeous art work of 2 children on the beach looking out to the horizon and so detailed! I did enjoy it though but by the time we did this class I was feeling tired and it would have been better done as a 4 day class. Thank goodness I can go to Annies on the Gold Coast to keep going on with the project. It is going to take awhile to complete this one.
I caught up with most of my lovely friends that I went on the Textile Tour to Hong Kong with and also caught up with Nikki and her mum Lesley who were tutoring again. I love Koala and have booked in for 3 workshops next year. The amazing Di Van Neikerk is coming over from Cape Town, South Africa next year. Can't wait!!
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