Now that the darker evenings are here we are really getting into our stitching for the festive season. We love the idea of hygge, the Danish concept that seems to be becoming increasingly popular in the UK at the moment. A word without any real translation (pronounced 'hoo-gah') it describes that cosy, comfy feeling of being indoors with a roaring fire, candles, hot chocolate and family and good friends on a winter's day.
Students visiting the studio today were treated to a Danish inspired workshop. The day was spent designing and stitching a small cushion using colourful boiled wool felt.
We've been saving old woollen blankets for years which we then dyed and felted in the washing machine (note to self: remember to clean out the trap after every wash...)
InStitches friend, Anne Gallagher, was on hand to guide the students through the designing and stitching. We'd first seen Anne's delightful woollen cushions when she was demonstrating at Farnham Maltings in January and knew instantly that they would be a great Textile Adventure!
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Anne brought lots of samples and ideas for us to try and before long everyone was rummaging through the piles of coloured blankets, cutting, snipping and stitching!
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| Pippa added snow flakes to her holly and berries |
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| whilst Liz chose a variegated thread to add detail to her giant snowflake! |
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| Elizabeth enjoyed adding decorative stitching to each layer of her star, |
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| Ann started to stitch a Christmas woodland |
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and the other Anne chose to decorate another snowflake
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But there's always one who decides to do it differently - Mavis chose a more summery colour scheme: Warmer days to look forward too!
Keeping with the Scandia feel we had 'pepper cookies' with our morning coffee, Karelian pirakka and egg butter with soup for lunch and finished off with a slice of warm Danish apple cake with a pot of tea; recipes coming soon!
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