I spent last summer teaching and testing out workshop techniques and samples, and got to share them with a gaggle of ladies at a couple of cottages! They, in turn, made sure I got a lot of sunset boat rides, lunches on the water, and entertainment value for my efforts!
The summer faded to a close with more private lessons on creating yarn and thread scarves on the sewing machine, which went over really big in the end! I terrorized them by not showing them how the 'mystery' project was going to work or look, and tried their patience, by telling them only what supplies they needed. The poor things actually trusted me! (Hee hee)
The 'not-so-convinced-that-this-is-going-to-work' ladies wound up absolutely delighted, and were begging for more at the end of the day! The men, of course, all thought their women had gone totally 'loopy'.
The summer faded to a close with more private lessons on creating yarn and thread scarves on the sewing machine, which went over really big in the end! I terrorized them by not showing them how the 'mystery' project was going to work or look, and tried their patience, by telling them only what supplies they needed. The poor things actually trusted me! (Hee hee)
The 'not-so-convinced-that-this-is-going-to-work' ladies wound up absolutely delighted, and were begging for more at the end of the day! The men, of course, all thought their women had gone totally 'loopy'.
Once again, late this summer, the 'cottage-industry' will be in for more 'spectacular' workshops, as it was just simply way too much fun!
Hope proudly displays her creation! She was heading back to Calgary with plans to make them for Christmas gifts! A good sign!
She chose to have a casual, relaxed free flowing edge on her scarf...
Camera shy, Nancy disappeared, but this was her scarf! Apparently, she also made more!
She preferred, a more clean-edged look!
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