Ok, thanks so much, Jane, for clearing things up for me! I had never heard of that group. It is great people can be creative in various ways. Together even though online. I love every singel Workshop in Textileartist.org’s Stitch Club and it keps me busy enough as well 😊!

Thank so much for your message and reply to my reply, Julie! I read it only today, January 23rd! Thank you 😊!

Hi Helene, I was just looking back at your article and saw that Marlene must have missed your reply. After the 2022 Gwen Hedley free Stitch Camp, one of the participants started up a follow-on group as Stitch Camp was only for 5 days and such a community had developed that they didn’t want to stop. That participant, Kim in the US, had real leadership skills and motivated so many women with projects she invented like the postcard swap where she teamed up members from across the world. It is a wonderful, motivational group, still continuing, and they’re now on Swap 4 – each has a different theme. They post pictures of their postcards and share lots of other work. It’s a little like Stitch Club but without the workshops, which, of course, we love. 🙂

Thank you Helene for your supportive comments. I have taken my own thought and jumped in this past week. Christmas has so many ghosts for me.
So get busy and play. ( my very first house to make totally mine is daunting but also very liberating)
I have this past week _ filled 2 X1 metre sized pots and put in the citrus that have been waiting impatiently. _ taken my beloved husband’s favourite T shirt and turned it into mine Now Sheba the wolf has magenta sunglasses, red highlights and slow stitched embroidery over the holes _ Begun work on the laundry area that I hate with recycled canvasses, mannequins and other mad things _ ripped out too many weeds _ painted a new table for my workroom space _ and dipped and dived into the too many art books that arrived way ahead of promised delivery date from Amazon.

BTW my Mum wanted to call me Helene, my father wouldn’t hear of it, so I was christened Julie Helen.

I am sure you did not want to know all of this. Your inspiration though has brought sparks of joy to me this week.

Hello Joan, we’ll be sending out details on how to register for Stitch Camp in our newsletter over the coming days. Do keep an eye out on your emails for more information.

Hello Florence, we’ll be sending out more information in our newsletter this coming month so do keep an eye out on your emails!

Thank you, Julie. So well written and yes, it is so good to try not to worry too much, or overthink. Just Do it, like you said. Creativity comes from within. Listen to that voice or whisper. Yes, you really put it so well!

Hi, Marlene, and thank you so much for your nice comment! It is so nice to share the passion for stitch together. The postcard swaps sounds fun! (I have not heard about them, are you a group of members who send stitched postcards to each other by post?) Take care and good luck to you as well with whatever you choose to do and stitch😊🤗.