Summer School reminiscences

As we sit huddled against the November cold and damp outside, it's nice to think back to the summer and the really inspiring summer school we had with Linda Miller.  Although early August wasn't exactly blazing with sunshine, it has to be said that it was much warmer and brighter than it is just now!

Two whole days devoted to machine embroidery was a real treat, and I'm sure I can say that we all thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and learned a huge amount from Linda about creating little works of art on our machines.  Linda was extremely patient and always enthusiastic; she managed to see the positive points of some fairly wonky efforts (speaking for myself here), and showed us how to achieve a professional finish to our creations.

You can see from the photos below what a wide variety of subjects people chose to execute, and it's all credit to Linda that she managed to encourage everyone to be brave and go for it!

Linda (standing left) encourages us to 'show and tell' our finished or nearly-finished pieces