Hooray! Jessie Chorley At Hope and Elvis!

I'd been looking forward to Sunday for a very long time indeed.

It was the Jessie Chorley's 'Scenes and Story Garments' workshop at Hope and Elvis!

I was doubly excited (if that was possible!) because a lot of my stitchy buddies were there too.

I had brought a garment to embellish but then this waistcoat stole my heart...

There were lots of vintage French smocks and dresses on the rails too...

Jessie's work is so inspiring:

It was wonderful to see Jessie working too.

Action shot Di!

Everyone's work was so different, and there was a real sense of calm as we all stitched and chatted away. 

Tracey's in the house!

(There was talk of a naughty corner requirement but we were all perfectly behaved!)

Miss Daisy Moon and Miss Debs were also there...

And then it was dinner time.
Magie is such a fab cook, we are always spoilt at Hope and Elvis!

Ive been caught out!

I spent a very happy day working on the pocket of my waistcoat.
It's based on a mouse that we saw in London last Christmas (here are the links here and here.)

I wanted to put a snippet of my journal onto my waistcoat,
I didn't manage to finish it on the day but I certainly had fun!

The obligatory Hope and Elvis selfie!

The prettiest loo in the land!

I've worked a little bit more on my show biz mouse pocket, but theres still a lot more I want to do to my waistcoat.

Thank you Louise, Jessie and Magie for such an inspiring day!