My Creative Space...

I have had a very creative and CHARMING day today stretched over 200km of travelling.

As my current creative space looks like this...

I was relieved when I boarded the train at 6.08am today in chilly Katoomba and found this to start my day....

I had prepared myself for a train trip of stitching and it was going to happen! It was fairly quiet for most of the trip so I was amazed with how much I got done.

It is free hand so it's a bit wonky but that's what hand made is all about. I should warn any of you thinking of stitching in trains that they are quite shaky and I had to make sure at times that I was placing the needle into the fabric and not into my fingers!

But today was really about screen printing! It has been nearly a year since I first met Cath and Kirsten from Prints Charming at the Sydney Stitches and Craft Show and sat in on one of their embroidery classes. Unfortunately I haven't picked up any embroidery since, until today. And what a most appropriate day to do it as I was heading down to Prints Charming Studio at Annandale for a screen printing class. 

I must thank Cath and Kirsten again for a wonderful day of playing with fabric, paint shapes and colour! I was like a kid in a candy store grinning from ear to ear all day! Starting with plain white paper and plain white fabric I was amazed with the result! I can't wait to make it into something! The class showed us all how to design and print our own fabric as well as how to go about things if we wanted to set up and do some screen printing at home.

where to start...

more designs...

background...

some colour...

drying...

my finished fabric!

Christina was also in the class today. She designed and screen printed this fabulous peice today! It is amazing how there were four people in the class all using the same techniques yet we came out each with totally unique designs!

Cath and Kirsten are having a book launch this Saturday 8th May at their Sydney Studio with an open invitation to all. So if you are in the area you should pop by and say hello and check out their creative space!


So what's your creative space? For more creative spaces head to kootoyoo or share your creative space.