New venue for NWEG Summer School3rd to 5th June 2016
With the closing of Alston Hall a new venue needed to be found for this annual event and eventually Waddow Hall, near Clitheroe, was decided upon. Many thanks to Sue Chisnall-Sumner for her role in securing this venue.
Two tutors were engaged for the weekend. Lynda Monks was presenting "Creative Surfaces" and Maggie Hickman Smith was presenting "Painting Garden Themes with Stitch"
This reflects my experience of the weekend.
I was a bit daunted when I arrived to be told that my room was on the top ( third floor) and there was no lift. I made the trip and found a cosy, spotlessly clean, single room with a compact but very adequate shower room.
The view from my window was lovely. It is a bit hazy ( it
was a very warm weekend) but you can see the flag flying on Clitheroe castle.
A walk down the hill revealed this lovely weir
The food all weekend was really impressive and did nothing at all for my weight problem
I was in Maggie Smith's group. an experience which turned out to be delightful.
On the first evening Maggie did a talk introducing us to her career and then we saw some of the many samples she had brought with her.
The workshops were a mixture of demonstration by Maggie, and implementation by us.
We all painted a piece of calico and, in our own time, decided on our choice to stitch
I decided to try my hand with a spray of Wisteria,
This was Maggie's sample of Wisteria
and this was my , somewhat more exuberant, piece.
For me the whole weekend was thoroughly enjoyable and I certainly hope to be at Waddow Hall next June.
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