04 October 2009

International Day of Felt

The Swedish Embroiderers' Guild in Stockholm had a meeting yesterday to celebrate The International Day of Felt. I'm sure you have all heard about FeltUnited and The International Day of Felt.
Yesterday we showed needlefelting by hand and with an embellisher. 27 ladies turned up and did a great job!

























We were also able to show a collection of traditional swedish embroideries. They were made in the 18th and 19th century. The cusions covers are made in wool. Thank you HV for opening your collection for us!






I was busy teaching people how to work with the embellisher all day. So much fun! At the end of the afternoon I managed to make a few stitches on a piece of wool. When I took the workshop for Sara last week she showed us how to make faces. This is a little brooch I made.

6 comments:

Maya Sara Matthew said...

What beautiful cushion covers and I love the little brooch.The lock of magenta hair is so striking.

LOVE STITCHING RED said...

What a fun day and I love your brooch with the felt


Jag skriver till Gunnel och Ewa-Christine på svenska med hjälp av en översättare. Jag säger det en rolig dag det ser ut som du hade och jag verkligen älskar broschen med ansiktet som du sytt. Underbar

Välgångsönskningar, Carolyn

Ravenhill said...

Oh, such gorgeous vintage cushion covers!
~Emily xx

Sara lechner said...

wow, I love these swedish embroideries!

Margarita Korioth said...

What an unusual brooch.

gunnelsvensson said...

Så vackra broderier!!! Och häftig brosch du gjort :-) Jag ler närjag ser Carolyn kommentar, visst är hon härlig!?
Jag skäms närjag inser hur länge sedan jag bsökte din blogg, förr var jag här varje dag ;-) men jag har haft mycket annat för mig, och prioriterar inte bloggvärlden i första hand............

förstår att du hade en trevlig semester i Österrike?! Ses vi på lördag ?