Monday 12 March 2012

Inspiration

Or the lack of inspiration is really a bit of a creative killer. It has been a busy couple of weeks, my birthday which really was lovely, thanks to my lovely husband who was taking notes even though I thought he was'nt :)
We went to the theater and stayed over in London and went out to for a lovely chinese meal in the evening with friends. A relaxed Sunday before heading back to pick up the kids and head home to Kent.
Lovely also to have my friend Tania here, in London. I miss my friends and that of course weighs on my mind this week as I try to get back to work!


Work has also been very interesting, the young ladies are showing off their skills more and more and challenging as it is to keep the work and content fresh and interesting for them to keep learning, I do love it.
It of course does mean that I do lots of prep work :) my sewing pile gets larger as I struggle to keep up with it all. As part of my birthday present to myself, I ordered all the books in my Amazon basket :) One of them was this


A very well presented book with lots of images and ideas. I wanted to introduce new ideas and new ways of creative work for this terms sewing. The girls will present their cushions at the end of the term. Some have chosen to work with more with hand embroidery, others with applique. 
Some of the works in progress. The ones on the left are done by the students, on the rights their inspiration...


 I cant wait to see the finished products...