About 6 years ago, I finally deicded that I would like to take a course in Embroidery to devlop my skills. I found a City & Guild course locally, went along to an exhibtion and was hooked. I picked up the enrolement form and couldn't wait to sign up. However, I had just been offered a part-time teaching post and needed to wait to find out which days they wanted me to cover. I was so disappointed when one of the days coincided with the course. Never mind I thought, it will probably be a different day next year. My days were still the same the following year, plus the college had decided to no longer offer the couse, due to the change in the syllabus. For several years I looked for a course to suit me that would be local, but with no luck. I then decided to find out more about Distant Learning courses as a friend had shown an interest and we felt that we could support each other. Finding a course that suited our needs and deciding on which level to study, wasn't easy, but finally last year in August, my friend and I signed up for the first module of C&G Level 3 in Embroidery, with Sian Martin of Distant Stitch.
Being a teacher (no longer working), I compiled a scheme of work to follow, with deadlines. I started with enthusiam, reading the whole student manual several times and researching the subject matter. A colour wheel was made using Gouache paints and different types of papers in various sizes were coloured with brusho dyes in the complementary colours of blue and orange. Although I kept on looking at the manual and deciding on what I wanted to do next, no work was produced for one reason or another. But, a new year and a new start and I have finally started work on the course. I have set aside one whole day plus an afternoon to work on the module. This blog will be a record of my work on this journey. Looking at other blogs of students following the course, the standard of work is high, the challenge will be to keep to the deadlines now set and to push my work to the next level.
