Hello Friends,
Another month
has come to end and it’s hard to believe that half of the year has passed.
Things are
quite in my corner of the world and my plans to stitch more with reduced
working hours this month went down the drain. You ask what happened…well
nothing ..I have been just myself …lazy bum.
I have been
wanting to write this post since a few days and then delaying it for so many
reasons which my mind keeps coming up with.
So here it is…I
would like to share with you pictures of a few craft events I participated
and/or attended.
First is the
Annual Kuwait Textile Art Association Exhibition I visited on 24th May. This
was my first time attending the event and it was until my friend sent below
picture of a cross stitched piece in the exhibition that I decided to attend.
It was such an
amazing experience to look at these beautiful pieces of craft in person. Though
Quilting dominated the show, there were display of crochet, embroidery and cross
stitch too. Once I found out that there is category for cross stitch, I
inquired about the details for participation.
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| Embroidery piece which stood 3rd in the exhibition |
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| 1st Prize-Cross stitch category |
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| The quilt in the centre with the face won 1st prize in Quilting Category |
Next is a
workshop I attended called “Decorative Tassles” on 28th May. This was organized
by Sadu House. A small description of Sadu House “Al Sadu Society is dedicated to preserving, documenting
and promoting the rich and diverse textile heritage of the Kuwaiti Bedouin,
from the nomadic weaving of the desert through to the urban weaving of the town.”
The idea of
the workshop was to involve common people for development of Al Shaheed Park
which is a community park project undertaken by government and various organizations.
The workshop was conducted by Leslie Robertson, US Fulbright Specialist and a
local crochet designer.
We were taught
how to make tassels with normal yarn first and then with locally hand woven yarn. The
ones made with hand woven yarn will be displayed in the park.
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| Learning to make tassel stem |
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| Two tassels I made which will be displayed in the park |
As you know I
was involved in organizing World Wide Knit in Public day here in Kuwait. The
event was a success and we had a humble attendance of 8. A mix of crocheters, cross
stitcher and knitters. Few pictures:
I made badges for the attendees and everyone liked it.
My friend ZoZo gifted these goodie bags to all participants.
I don’t have
any stitching progress to show you this time, however I’m very excited to be
participating in Just one July SAL organized by Justine starting tomorrow. I
will be stitching Flower of the Month piece for this SAL.
That's it for today...Hope you have a blessed July.
