This has taken me almost a year of so-called ‘spare time’ to complete, but I’m very pleased with how it’s turned out. It’s a drawstring bag to keep my MP3 player in, and measures 7 inches high by 4.5 inches wide, not including the fringe. I did a previous entry here about the progress of the stitching, when [...]
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Finished embroidery – my Shlama bag is finally completed!
Posted in Aramaic, Shlama bag, Stumpwork, tagged Aramaic, Beaded fringe, Beading, Beadwork, Embroidery, Finished embroidery, Hand embroidery, Stumpwork on March 3, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Embroidery ‘Work in Progress’ – my hand embroidered ‘shlama’ bag
Posted in Aramaic, Shlama bag, tagged Aramaic, Embroidery, Embroidery in progress, Hand embroidery on October 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I have been working on this bag on and off throughout the summer – I’m just about to have another spurt of activity on it, so I thought I’d post a couple of images here, before I do that. The fabric is a golden yellow shot silk, which I’ve backed with cotton batiste, to [...]
I’ve just got back from a spiritually uplifting weekend course on ‘The Hidden Gospel’, with Neil Douglas-Klotz
Posted in Aramaic, Dances of Universal Peace, Neil Douglas-Klotz, Sufi, tagged Aramaic, Dances of Universal Peace, Neil Douglas-Klotz, Spirituality, Sufi on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have just got back from a great weekend course, at the Othona community near Burton Bradstock in Dorset. It was led by the Aramaic Biblical scholar and Sufi Neil Douglas-Klotz – see his website www.abwoon.com for info on his books, CD’s and other stuff. The course was based around themes from his book ‘The [...]
