This past week I was so thrilled to be the keynote speaker and teacher at the USU Textile and Clothing Conference held at Thanksgiving Point. This is my second year teaching at this conference and I love it. What is unique about this conference is that it is for teachers who want to learn new techniques and ideas on how to help their students use their creativity in building future businesses. Seriously though, is there anything better than helping those who help our youth? I can't think of much more than that!
They asked me to speak on how my business began and how we maintain the balance between home and work as well as tips for using creativity to earn a living. I felt so honored to be asked to speak to a packed room of educators on something I love and feel very blessed to be able to do each day.
As a side note, I did confess to being one of the worst students ever in school....although I did graduate at the top of my class. I was so bad at sitting still in class, I drove them all crazy...and may or may not have put a tack or two on my teacher's chair.
After the morning of sharing, we broke up to teach my favorite How to Paint a Quilt class using Deco Art fabulous new product So Soft Fabric Paint. We painted our quilt blocks onto fabric and then finished our frames while paint dried.
After the paint had dried, we had a lesson on Sashiko hand stitching and made darling little quilted hoops while practicing some stitching. I wore my favorite Sashiko stitched jeans and we all enjoyed our time with needles and thread in hand. I will be posting tutorials soon for this fun stitching technique on our Tweetle Dee You Tube Channel, so go subscribe if you haven't already!
In the afternoon we had two full classes of our Little Rose Wire Embroidery and loved every second of it! So many roses and so many colors. It was amazing to see those who had never embroidered enjoy learning traditional embroidery stitches in a new and fun way.
I have to thank USU for inviting me to spend the day with them! I truly love sharing and hopefully inspiring other to try new things and embrace the spark of creativity we each have.
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