by StaceyHB | Mar 18, 2018 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Spring has sprung here in SW France. The temperatures are gradually climbing, the sun is more and more apparent, the birds are singing their hearts out, and Graham is learning new culinary skills to wow our weaving students this year! Homemade marmalade is now gracing...
by StaceyHB | Feb 4, 2018 | Education, Life, textiles, Travel
Photo credit: unknown – Source Pinterest This morning, I found myself back in the souk in Muscat, Oman, ten years ago and all I did was open the lid of a new shower cream! A single smell can transport you back in time in the blink of an eye – for me, the...
by StaceyHB | Dec 9, 2017 | Education, Life, Teaching, Weaving
You know what it’s like, I suspect…. I’ve had a warp on the loom that didn’t like the humidity changes we experience here in France. There were lots of different yarns in stripes, which I am quite used to, but a couple, in particular,...
by StaceyHB | Sep 22, 2017 | Art, Education, Life, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
What a wonderful weekend has just passed! It may have rained – a lot! – and blown a bit of a gale from time to time, and also had us reaching for the woollies and puffa jackets, but the visitors turned up and the atmosphere was fabulous!! It was Journées...
by StaceyHB | Aug 13, 2017 | Education, Life, Nature, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Isn’t it wonderful how one thing leads on to another? Just after publishing my Honeycomb Hybrids book this week, I was contacted by Madeleine Jude, a weaver I met a few years ago. She was a student on the Diploma course run by Handweavers’ Studio in...
by StaceyHB | Jun 1, 2017 | Life, Nature, Publications, Teaching, Uncategorized, Weaving
We are certainly learning how to live the good life here in France. The blossom was delightful a month or so ago and now our 6 cherry trees are producing an abundance of delicious fruit! The previous owners of La Tuilerie obviously loved the house and garden as...
