And for my next trick
When we sail on a cruise and I discover that a craft session is offered on a sea day, I can’t resist going along to investigate. Usually, the activity is pretty simple. Long gone are the days when artist Marcia was on board and held a series of afternoon workshops, all carefully planned to embrace the culture and design aesthetic of the area in which we happened to be sailing. These days, the craft sessions are “taken” by the young social hostess or sometimes by the wife of one of the speakers and I just do my best.
In Autumn 2016, we were sailing with friends in the Baltic and one sunny afternoon, I heard that Tammy Heath, the wife of Cruise Director Andy, was going to show how to make a ribbon rose. Always ready to learn something new, I popped along. Tammy and her husband Andy are a great couple, very talented and a pair we are always delighted to see on board. Though I don’t recall any other craft sessions with Tammy, the rose I learned to fold with her has become one of my go-to party tricks and has been used at coffee mornings, in short craft workshops and in professional training events to illustrate learning styles. In fact, it’s one of the cleverest and most versatile tricks I know.
And each time I make one of these roses, I offer my thanks and all credit to Tammy Heath!
I knew that, having made one, I’d never remember how it was done, so I took a series of photographs at the time.
I thought that, if I snapped each step of the process, I’d be able to fathom it all out once I was home.
On the ship, Tammy had a couple of reels of inch wide nylon “flower” ribbon which we could use freely whilst in the class.
But of course, I could hardly help myself to a reel to take back to our suite for practice!
I needed to make sure I got the hang of this before I left, so get a grip Gill!
Actually, once home, I made quite a few using this series of photos and firmly established the process in my mind.
From then, each time I’ve made one, passed it on and showed someone else how it’s done, the process has been reinforced.
So thank you Tammy, you really did teach me well on that day and I’m forever grateful!
Ta dah!
Being able to share the step by step instructions for the small books shown in the previous post in a YouTube link was so easy, I thought I’d do the same for the rose. So here you are, make one of Tammy’s roses yourself in no time at all.
