....coming soon.....

With Patricia Roberts' workshop just behind us and Julie Arkell's exciting event a few days away, we are anticipating a full house for Jone Hallmark's Sketchbook Thrillers in mid-August!   (waiting list only now)

Jone is a wonderful all round artist, a brilliant and enthusiastic teacher, and we know that her five days with us will be full of joy and exciting productivity.

Here is Jone working outside her home in the El Paso sunlight - her eclectic stitchings and fascinating journals only touch the surface of her creativity and insatiable curiosity.

 

.... five days of knitting bliss.......

Our first workshop of the season, Patricia Roberts':  Colour and Composition, has just come to an end and we have waved goodbye to a wonderful group of talented knitters.  Despite the rain (and it rained!), everyone made the most of having Patricia and her yarns around and with her help and guidance challenged themselves with patterns and yarns that perhaps they would never have thought themselves capable of using before.  The results were truly spectacular, and whilst the ladies might look a little serious in the pictures the ambience was full of laughter, support and new friendship.

Hot on Patricia's heels is the lovely Julie Arkell; her workshop is only two weeks away and so much to be sorted to make Les Soeurs perfect for the new group of participants.  Let's hope the weather is a little more clement......

... and the winner is.....

.... Lizz Harding and her composite March Hare!  

The diversity and skill demonstrated in the numerous submissions made it difficult for Billie Jean Spille, our judge, to make a decision (it tooke her a few days), but she finally chose Lizz's hare for her demonstration of an assortment of creative skills - papier mache, knitting, sewing, painting and much more - to produce a delightfully animated effort full of fun. 

But many thanks to all of you who sent in photographs of your personal March Hares;  they were all wonderful, no two the same.  Well done, Lizz, to win against such stiff competition and we all look forward to meeting you as a guest on one of our workshops next year.

Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting the numerous submissions and later in the year we may develop the theme of Les Soeurs Anglaises' mascot hare to offer another competition.  Watch this space.......