Newsflash!
Remember how I said that I was doing some knitting? well I have discovered that knitting is just not my thing! (and Im pretty terrible at it) so I thought that I would try my hand at some sashiko (japanese embroidery) instead.
I am in
the process of making some coasters for on my coffee table to replace the glass ones that keep smashing when dropped on our marble tiled floor.
the process of making some coasters for on my coffee table to replace the glass ones that keep smashing when dropped on our marble tiled floor.I have borrowed two nice books about sashiko from one of the ladies at the dutch craft group. I have finished stitching two of them already. I think with a bit of practice I should be able to get the stitches pretty even. Its nice to do some hand stitching again.
Tomorrow my mother in law and I are off to Bangkok for a few days and are planing to do a cycling tour. We have heard great things about this tour and we are looking forward to a couple of days away and seeing some of the city. Neither of us have been to Thailand before so it should be quite an eye opener.
I will post some pictures when we get back.
We went to St Georges church this morning and we all really enjoyed the service. There were quite a few people there that we knew from school and a couple from our home church in NZ as well as my daughters school teacher from NZ. Isnt the world a small place!
Well thats all for now folks!
Marianne
2 comments:
I think sashiko is so cool, and definetely useful in quilts. Have a great time in Thailand!
sashiko from knitting.... feeling adventrous are you :-) Good for you. Now let's see if you can add some weaving into those sashiko stitched pieces.
Renee
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