Busy Bees...

Lunetta, deep in concentration.

Yesterday was the second and last session of the first hand embroidery class

I taught at Crazy Quilters in Venice, FL. Only three of my students were

able to make the session, but they'll still receive their second class from

me if they want it at a later date. My classes aren't finished until they are.

We had a great day. Once they learned their stitches and a few "tricks"

from me, we had a plenty of time for them to work on assembling their

projects. I especially enjoyed seeing how each student chose to 

personalize their own embroidery envelopes with beads or more stitches.

Stitching away...Andi in back and Debbie in front.

 There was even time for sharing stories, learning more about each other

and sharing ideas and requests for me to teach future classes at the shop.

Lunetta's kit

Lunetta is a girl after my own heart. She had to straighten up all her

pieces before she'd let me take a photograph of her work. Just like I would!

She added lots of French knots on her needle case. LOTS! She said she just

couldn't stop once she started. hee hee Then she added pearl beads on the front.

Debbie's kit

 Debbie used different floss colors on each of her interior pockets.

Her work was lovely, too and she made great progress on her kit.

Andi's kit

 Andi decided not to put beads under the hearts on the front of her kit, 

but she was fond of the lazy daisy stitch, so she used those to embellish

her hearts instead. She also had all her pieces stitched so she spent the

 class time assembling her pieces into a finished envelope. 

The last things I taught them were how to make crocheted button loops

and how to make cording. They were all really tickled to learn those things, 

which they'll be able to use in many other projects in the future. I couldn't 

help but smile when I saw the "light" go on and they'd learned something new.

They're also looking forward to a continuation of techniques when 

they move into my next class in hand embroidery, the "Over The River

and Through The Woods" quilt that we'll begin on February 28th.

All in all, yesterday was a thoroughly successful day and I must 

always remember to thank God for all the gifts and answered prayers.