A weekend with Jessie Chorley

Just a quick post to share with you the fabulous weekend

I've just spent at Hope & Elvis with the very talented

Jessie Chorley

Here is a glimpse of some of her work ...

tiny stitching and gorgeous embellishments... 

using found fabrics and buttons to create stories...

 dreams...

and pages of loveliness.

I want to live in her work!

We started on Saturday with creating a journal 

from an old book.

Jessie sells these in her shop on Columbia Road in London.

We were given lots of ideas and inspiration before we started.

I had started a journal on last years workshop

so I decided to add to it rather than start another one.

We all got a little 'stamp crazy'!

Dresses, hearts and clocks...

with added ribbons...

I also made a page of patchwork hexagons.

These were from Sarah Moore Vintage

We had such fun just playing...

and creating...

I plan to make a 'princess and the pea' collection 

of mattresses for this bed.

We shared our stories and work at the end of the day.

Perfect!

Day two was all about using stitching to create a piece.

I used this gorgeous antique baby top to sew

this lovely quote I found in a quilt book.

I still have bits to add yet though.

The only other piece of work I managed to snap a picture of was

by the wonderful Mrs Bertimus

Now there is the most marvellous story to accompany this

piece if you click on the link above 

(as she tells it much better than me!)

It was so fantastic to spend the weekend with such a lovely 

bunch of ladies.

There were lots of laughs and some heartfelt stories

told through the things we created.

A great big thank you to Jessie and Louise for organizing 

such an wonderful day .

Thanks for calling by.

Love and hugs

Daisy

x

Where have you been Daisy?

Has it really been 5 months?

I have been reading your blogs but the voice

for mine disappeared.

I don't know where or why.

There is no excuse or reason.
It just went away.

So here is a bit of a catch up in picture form.

I've been doing lots of stitching by hand ...

and by machine.

 I've had lovely deliveries of vintage fabrics.

Christmas prep began.

A bit of sorting got done.

A bit of time out at a paper based workshop.

Little paper dollies made at Hope & Elvis

Followed by a lamp shade making course.

Then Christmas arrived ...

and I had fun decorating and spending time with my family.

Before I knew it  February arrived...

and a little hankie curtain got made.

I played with old envelopes...

and more scraps of old paper and velvet ribbon.

Patchwork hexagons came next.

Followed by paper bunting.

Then came a batch of thread catchers.

So you see I have been busy playing and making...

but not blogging ...

If you're still out there ...

Thank you for bearing with me.

Apologies to those who follow me on facebook or instagram

and have already seen most of these pictures.

I wish you all a lovely weekend.

Love

Daisy