I am planning a trip to Canada and have decided to take some Pateh samples and ready made packs to see if anyone would be interested in learning over there !

I have chosen this 40cm x 40cm design of the Tree of Life as a starter pack .It contains the design printed on a piece of hand woven wool and a selection of hand dyed yarns dyed with natural dyes .

I am visiting my daughter and son in law in Ingersoll , Ontario which has a fantastic Creative Art Centre , fully equipped for artists, potters, jewellers, quilters and rug hookers . So I am aiming to engage a group there ! https://creativeartscentre.com/

Here’s how it’s going !

We started stitching and became friends!

The Creative Arts Centre in Ingersoll has a great program of Fiber Arts, Pottery, Patch Work and Quilting, Rug Hooking and Painting activities and workshops . It is fully equipped and has a considerable space for workshops and exhibitions .

Susan Schurr from Stratford Ontario has stitched a beautiful Pateh piece. I always make allowances that Western Stitchers will want to make their own colour choices . Susan has used all the traditional stitches and has made some beautiful colour combinations making the piece exclusively her own. It is light and delicate and so well stitched !

The last time I was here I met Paulette Robinson .She is a potter and a member of the Creative Arts Centre .Paulette is a member of the Rug Hookers and introduced my offer to teach Pateh Doozi , an Iranian embroidery from Kerman . The timing was very contentious as it coincided with the beginning of serious political upheaval in Iran following the death of a young Kurdish girl called Mahsa Amini. To my amazement the members were not only up for an embroidery workshop but also very curious to hear about Iran and my life there .