Today we worked on some basic stitching in Shisha with some hilarious results! you are absolutely NOT to laugh! (I'm quite pleased actually that I managed to sew these three on! albeit took me most OF the two hours!!).
It was quite hard to get started, but our tutor gave a brilliant tip to use some tiny strips of double sided tape to hold the "glass" in place which worked wonderfully!!
The nice part about this course, is that ladies are bringing in examples/samples either of work that they have done or of worked pieces they own and we had a look at some really nice ones this week one of which we'd decided after careful scrutiny was in fact machine sewn in the style of traditional Indian embroidery by hand but it was pretty lovely anyway!!
Sarah, our tutor, had done a small sample of a stitched piece of glass in the shape of a snowflakey type embroidery on a piece of felt which when adhered to front of a card made a really nice Christmas themed idea!
We used pieces of glass as they came, but you are supposed to file them "round" only no one apparently was willing to sacrifice an emery board!
The stitching around the outside was the hardest part to "get" and it took me about 4 goes and demonstrations before finally it twigged!! and poor Sarah had practically run out of room on her hooped fabric with all the demonstrations!!
We had a good week despite being short of a few ladies and it was slightly spoiled by upon arrival we discovered the heating was not working! FR EEE Z I NNNGGGGG!! is not the word! it WAS freezing cold and never really warmed up! To make matters worse, we had the "mouse catcher" dodging in and out with saucers of milk for the dear little rodents .. ;-)
and THEN we all got a ticking off via a memo addressed generally to "all students" and to be read to each group by the tutor!
we are ALL ticked off for our lack of cleanliness in the KITCHEN! and lack of respect toward the refreshment facilities! (we're talking very basic here, btw! when I say "kitchen" don't be thinking KITCHEN think more like cupboard with a tiny sink and hissing machine that produces quite-hot-if-lucky and drink it QUICK water and rather dubious looking cloths and sponges!)
ANYWAY due to our lack of cleanliness and respect IN the kitchen it has been decided that unless we improve in the next week we are to have the kitchen facilities removed!
AND then, it was noted, that SOME FOLK are failing to put into the "tin" the .50p by way of payment for the refreshments (slightly staleish kind of cheapish biscuits!) and we all coughed and muttered a bit before deciding that perhaps WE would boycott the whole facility ourselves. but not today. no. today we NEEDED a drink to warm ourselves up!
We thought about counter protest and hinted at letters demanding upgrade in basic facilities, but decided we actually LIKED the class and didn't want to find ourselves banned and left it at that!
That took up the remainder of the class and next week we're moving swiftly on - to CRAZY PATCH! yayyy!!
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