Our own very clever Dorothy Oliver held a workshop in her home yesterday to teach members some of her wonderful folk art skills. You can see from the results in the photo to the right that the day was a great success. And we hear there was cake as well!
A group of us attended a mini-workshop today at the home of Charlotte Robinson to learn a bit of chicken scratch embroidery.
For those of you who are curious, chicken scratch embroidery (also known as Depression lace or Amish embroidery) originated in early America and is meant to look like lace for people who couldn’t afford the real thing.
Under the expert tutelage of Gail Allen and Charlotte, we all stitched away at our bits of gingham, learning a basic but lovely star pattern. With a quick break for lunch and some delicious cake courtesy of Lis Davies, we were back at it again very quickly in the afternoon!
We hope this will be the first in a series of mini-workshops. Stay tuned for details of our next one!
Today a group of us learned how to make our own willow baskets. We were taught by Lin Lovekin, a Cornish basketmaker, who brought some of her beautiful baskets with her – our efforts weren’t quite as good, but we did all have a great day.
In the end, we were all quite pleased with our baskets!
Thanks so much to Lis for organising the workshop, as well as providing delicious cake for everyone!
We hope to bring our baskets to the meeting on 15 October for everyone to look at!
Crowlas & Ludgvan WI 