My Time Spent At Fashion, Embroidery,Stitch

Here I am busy demonstrating!

A display of my smaller art pieces

Jen Goodwin's beautiful hand embroidery

My work kept me warm while I was stitching!

A selection of my sketch books and small textile pieces

Hello,
It's been exactly a week since the Fashion, Embroidery, Stitch opened at the NEC Birmingham which I can't quite believe!
I was lucky to be able to show my work and demonstrate for Madeira threads.
As I had never participated in a show like this before, I was slightly nervous, but I was lucky to have lots of support and help from Maderia, as well as Jen Goodwin who was also demonstrating her embroidery.
Jen trained at The Royal School Of Needle Work, she told me about the embroidery she had done on the royal wedding dress last year, which was very interesting.
It was lovely to meet so many people and I was amazed at how far many had travelled.
Thank you if you came to say hello, blog friends, flickr friends and anyone who took the time to watch me stitch!
I hope to be exhibiting again next year which means I need to finish the very large piece I was working on, at least it gives me a deadline to work towards!

A Cornish Landscape

I spent most of Sunday stitching and completely neglected the house work!

You may remember the sketch I did in Cornwall on holiday near Bude, you can see it HERE.

This view is between Widemouth bay and Bude along the coastal road, on a very blowy day with the sun streaming out between the clouds.

I decided to work on a larger scale again, so this is working progress and there will be a lot more stitching to come.

The Sewing For Pleasure Show is on at the NEC Birmingham see Here, from the 25th to the 28th March.

I will be going on the Thursday and my work will be on display again on the Embroiderers Guild Stitch magazine stand.

I'm looking forward to seeing all the displays and demonstrations and of course the opportunity to purchase more threads!

Bye for now.x