Tend Thy Sheep
Sorry to have been absent for so long, we've all been struck by numerous different bugs since I last posted. Small children are just such virulent germ factories, poor Rosie is on her third ear infection in six weeks.
But now onto much pleasanter things, when I last posted I was about to go away to The Sampler Guild retreat in the Cotswold's.
We stayed at the Wroxton House Hotel just outside Banbury & it was wonderful. Comfortable rooms, lovely food & nothing seemed to be too much trouble for the staff. Most of the time was spent in the stitching room & I enjoyed the luxury of being able to focus on my stitching for a weekend.
The TSG hard at work
My goal for the weekend was to do the finishing on Merry Cox's Tend Thy Sheep, the most recent class that she offered through the Shinning Needle Society. So here is my finished box:
The one time we left the hotel was to pay a visit to Sulgrave Manor. I'm sure that I don't need to tell many of my American visitors that Sulgrave was the ancestral home of George Washington's family.
Picture used by kind permission of Sulgrave Manor
Our guide gave us a very comprehensive tour of the building highlighting their textile collection. As the light levels in the building were not good I wasn't able to get many decent pictures. The ones that I did where of some replica Elizabethan bed curtains which were made from slips stitched over ten years by a large number of stitchers both here and in the US.
Picture used by kind permission of Sulgrave Manor
It's a bit blurry but I thought that you all would like this photo of an original hornbook from their collection.
Picture used by kind permission of Sulgrave Manor
But now onto much pleasanter things, when I last posted I was about to go away to The Sampler Guild retreat in the Cotswold's.
We stayed at the Wroxton House Hotel just outside Banbury & it was wonderful. Comfortable rooms, lovely food & nothing seemed to be too much trouble for the staff. Most of the time was spent in the stitching room & I enjoyed the luxury of being able to focus on my stitching for a weekend.
The TSG hard at work
My goal for the weekend was to do the finishing on Merry Cox's Tend Thy Sheep, the most recent class that she offered through the Shinning Needle Society. So here is my finished box:
A close up of the Smalls, Tend Thy Sheep copyright From Merry's Heart 1998
The one time we left the hotel was to pay a visit to Sulgrave Manor. I'm sure that I don't need to tell many of my American visitors that Sulgrave was the ancestral home of George Washington's family.
Picture used by kind permission of Sulgrave Manor
Our guide gave us a very comprehensive tour of the building highlighting their textile collection. As the light levels in the building were not good I wasn't able to get many decent pictures. The ones that I did where of some replica Elizabethan bed curtains which were made from slips stitched over ten years by a large number of stitchers both here and in the US.
Picture used by kind permission of Sulgrave Manor
It's a bit blurry but I thought that you all would like this photo of an original hornbook from their collection.
Picture used by kind permission of Sulgrave Manor
Comments
I remember those days with young ones. You're so right -- they are definite germ factories. My oldest had constant ear infections and was put on low dose antibiotics for a couple of years during the winter months. I hope Rosie's ear infections clear up.
Have a great weekend.
I have been to Sulgrave when they had a special re-enactment weekend (though I dont think it was called that) - it was fabulous!
What a fun weekend, love your finished Tend Thy Sheep and thanks for sharing the your tour of Sulgrave Manor, very interesting too.
I loved the pics of your retreat. I dream of going to the Cotswalds one day--so pretty!
Your Tend Thy Sheep box is absolutely stunning. I can't begin to imagine going on a retreat in such beautiful surroundings too.
Your work is always so special.
I've just made myself a follower here so I don't miss anything else!
Margaret