doris and me: Upholstery Saturdays

this weekend heralded the completion of the first of the year's Upholstery Saturdays @theFarm.

Upholstery Saturdays are a two-day workshop held in the old dairy of my pal Em's home just across the fields. this is me and Em who'll be there to greet you...

the idea of this workshop is to provide enough time, space and expert tutor-time to make a real difference to your upholstery project. with a maximum class number of four, no-one has to wait for help and there's plenty of time to get the hang of tricky complexities. everyone makes great headway.

as @theFarm's Tutor-in-Chief, i love this sort of teaching best of all. we're always shattered at the end but it never feels like hard work. the day is always full of friendship and funny stories. for me, sharing skills and encouraging keen folks who have a dream to transform their much-loved chair is hugely rewarding.

for our lovelies (as we fondly refer to @theFarm folk) possibly the best part of Upholstery Saturdays is the chance to be absorbed in a lovely task and gain a rewarding sense of achievement with like-minded souls. that and Em's cake.

here's a few photos we managed in between tapping and chatting...

my class of January 2015... Diana, Brooke, me, Lotty and Shane

And here they are hard at work...

Lotty webbing up 'the sleigh'

Diane making sense of deep buttoning...

... and looky look!

Shane and her very pretty Victorian nursing chair

and Brook ('I can do this') who travelled a heroic distance to be with us and went home with a very fabulous and nearly finished fireside chair...

and no day @theFarm would be complete without Poppy dog guarding the Aga, many slices of Em's fab cake (it's a rare thing to see slices still on the plate)...