Pat Archibald and Maureen Lamb....

But wait...this week has had more excitments, than the previous long list indicated....
just as I was going off on the last tour Praveen and I were talking about our plans for Our Pukka Place especially THe Pukka Studio- ultimately we would like to build a guest house cum workshop studio...we were just comfirmimg these thoughts and starting to lay out the steps when we hear from a number of people wanting to see us....
First was Marion and the Elephant of Beautiful Silks and as I indicated we have many plots and plans now incubating...
our Stitching Project is up and running,...
working as a designer and then getting clothes made up for a friends project in Australia [it is going to be called Leafy Sea Dragons by the way...the name is a long story I will tell another day] is gaining momentum....
and then...
and then...
and then we get an email from friends of friends from the UK who are very interested in visiting us in Pushkar partly with the view to bringing a group of textile students here for workshops at a later date.
The timimg was amazing- goose bumps for Praveen and I...as all our thoughts were coming together on that front of the Pukka Studio...things like where and how we can stage them until we have our own place...lots of logistics and connections that are important
PLUS, PLUS, PLUS -most important to us....
we realized we could open up wokshops that foreigners take to some of our stitching ladies [ hire a translater for them] it would be a wonderful experience for the whole group; foreigners and locals alike to spend time together and would be a great educational opportunity for the local ladies....
Our latest visitors were Maureen Lamb of Quiltworks in Cumbria
and well known quilting teacher Pat Archibald
do excuse the concentrated look on the lady's faces- we were having a momnet sharing an addiction, I had the pleasure of sharing my favourite haberdashery store in Ajmer with them....yummy!!
Keep an eye on their websites for their plans...
Later in the day our intrepid textil-ohlics came camel riding with me for sunset...

lovely people and yet more plots and plans....

keep an eye on our website Our Pukka Place I am just about to update it with these developments- oh joy days on a computer when the studio is calling!!

Bring your group a textile people to us.

We have a studio space, I teach or bring your own tutors with you, we have great accomodation and food and can arrange excursions to many places close by for yet more things to do with textiles, we have wonderful block printer people, stitching ladies, just found a tie and dye guy as well.... all local for workshops in traditional techniques....fun, fun, fun.

We can look after you from go to gone...

exciting times