what a weekend !

Yes

I very much enjoyed this weekend workshop

with Sara Lechner !

It was so góód in many ways.

Hawar is housed in an old school building.

Downstairs there is an exhibition area

and a shop with LOTS of goodies,

while the studio, two old classrooms, is on the first floor.

The lovely couple Meinie and Harm "run the show"

There were 14 of us

(and a lot of "embellishers")

Sara works a lot with this machine,

and you can do amazing things with it, rather easily

(but just be careful not to break any needles)

For me it was the first time,

I don't even have a machine,
others brought their own,

but Hawar had many machines we could use together.

On the first day we tried many different things

just to get the feeling of the technique,

to mix colours,

and to make little pieces into a bigger one

(but thát's really easy : a short overlap ... and punching !)

The Art Route "Open Stal", that's held in Oldeberkoop this month,

gave Sara inspiration for a new piece

It was finished during this class

and later joined the other beautiful art pieces Sara had brought along from home.

At first we worked in colour

and later mostly in white.

Right in the middle we were treated to a delicious Hawar-lunch

outside !

After this first inspiring day I could join a lovely bunch of ladies

(who know each other from another (felting) class)

and we dined on the terrace of a hotel

in the late evening sun.

Later, in my B & B room, I started with a bit of stitching.

On day two I was a really slow starter, I don't know why,

but eventually we worked on some new technique : making bowls

and we did some embroidery ...

while Sara started on her second piece, made of the test pieces in white,

and demonstrated her way of stitching

it was amazing to see it grow !

The last thing we did before saying goodbye

and having a last meal with newly made friends,

was visit Meinie at the shop.

Mmmmmmmmmm

(better than the internet, because you can féél it

and see the colours right !)

These goodies will bring a lot of fun !!!

(o boy, what a present !)