May 30, 2024 • 16 mins
Echoes from the Mountain - Creative Sparks
This week is about embroidery and Loraine talks to her mother, June Heaton, about her passion for embroidery and how it helps her create resilience through her sight and mobility difficulties.
Join Loraine from Gracious Mountain Therapies as she explores how hobbies and crafts can boost mental health. She will talk to people from all walks of life about how they have found solace, inspiration and resilience through their own pursuits, hobbies or crafts. Creative Sparks, is a podcast dedicated to harnessing the power within us to nurture mental health and wellbeing across all age groups.
Echoes from the Mountain is a podcast by Gracious Mountain Therapies
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This week is about embroidery and Loraine talks to her mother, June Heaton, about her passion for embroidery and how it helps her create resilience through her sight and mobility difficulties.
Join Loraine from Gracious Mountain Therapies as she explores how hobbies and crafts can boost mental health. She will talk to people from all walks of life about how they have found solace, inspiration and resilience through their own pursuits, hobbies or crafts. Creative Sparks, is a podcast dedicated to harnessing the power within us to nurture mental health and wellbeing across all age groups.
Echoes from the Mountain is a podcast by Gracious Mountain Therapies
Echoes from the Mountain YouTube Channel can be found here
Music by Chris Collins, Indie Music
Ready to climb your own personal mountain and looking for help? Loraine is an accredited BWRT practitioner, clinical Hypnotherapist and Advanced EFT practitioner. Book an initial consultation at https://www.graciousmountain.co.uk/book-online
If you would like to support my podcast and YouTube channel I do have a buy me a coffee page https://www.buymeacoffee.com/echoesfromthemountain
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/creative-sparks--6181083/support.
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(00:11):
Welcome to Echoes from the Mountain CreativeSparks, the podcast where we explore the
incredible power of hobbies and crafts andthe natural world to nurture our mental health.
I'm your host, Lorraine from GraciousMountain Therapies, and I believe that
(00:33):
the passions we pursue outside of ourdaily routines can be our strongest allies in
finding joy, building resilience, andweathering life's storms. Today I am welcoming
(00:58):
my mother Jue Heating, for achat about the art of embroidery, just
one of the crafts she can befound doing today. June will be ninety
in July this year, and althoughshe suffers with macula, where she has
lost the sight in one eye,and also her mobility is not as good
(01:22):
as it used to be, shecontinues on with determination and a sense of
humor. Can you tell me aboutthe crafts or hobbies that you really enjoy
doing. I enjoy doing Chinese art, and I enjoy thoroughly enjoy doing niga
(01:46):
work. Okay, what sort ofneiga work do you like? I like
doing embroidery, making my own clothes. How old were you when you started
doing embroidery about nine ten something likethat. And was that at home or
at school? Where was it both? We had to do it at school.
(02:07):
We had to do samplers. Atschool we learned cross stitch, blankets,
ditch, French knots, all thesatin stitch, all the normal things.
You did that at school? Didyou also do that at home?
Definitely? And what sort of thingswere you embroidering at home? I embroidered
(02:28):
cushion covers for my mum. Weused to. Mum used to go down
to Woolworths when she could afford it, and she used to buy me a
silk skein of embroidery thread. ButI had to be very careful because they
were expensive and Mum couldn't afford it. So she bought a tablecloth and she
(02:52):
bought me one two three four skins. There was two greens, one pink
and one blue, and I hadto make those last. How long did
they last? You? I thinkI got just over halfway through the corners
(03:14):
of the tablecloth and then I hadto wait until Mum could afford to get
some more thread. So how longdid the tablecloth take to complete? Well,
that's a good one to be honest, I can't remember, but I
know it went through the summer.Can you tell me have you ever considered
using your you know that the embroideryor any of the other hobbies that you
(03:38):
do to manage stress or difficult timesin your life. Well, I think
it's exactly that, because going back, we only had the radio. We
didn't have, as I say,mobile phones, televisions or anything like that.
And so yes, I think wedid use it a lot with stress
(04:00):
for stress, which is what Ialways think about the children today. And
you know, you talk about mindfulnessand things like that, our minds were
fully occupied by doing needle work andknitting and crochet and everything else. And
(04:21):
we read a lot as well,but we learned a lot, and you
know, we had to do thesethings. And I personally believe that the
occupation of those hobbies then it keepsyour head going and you know, and
your mind going. Do you findthat when you're actually doing your embroidery that
(04:46):
you have to really focus your mind? Definitely, you do focus your mind.
You focus your mind in the coloring, in the placement of the stitches,
the shading, everything issue do.And there's different previunches of embroidery,
like cruel, cruel work and youknow, sort of smocking. There's all
(05:11):
sorts of different aspects of embroidery.Have you always done embroidery through throughout your
life? You mentioned a couple ofthe other things you do, like and
painting, but the embroidery have youalways done that? I've had spaces where
I've left off it, left itoff and done something else, like my
Chinese art. I love doing that, but that's another aspect of my art
(05:39):
life, as you were. ButI've always said if I had my life
over again, I would like togo to art college and learn a lot
more, and I would definitely tryand get into the London School of Embroidery
dealer work. Okay, that's beena passion of yours. Oh yeah,
absolutely absolutely to have done that.Okay, what did you do for a
(06:03):
job? What did you do?I was a shorthand iviist and did clerical
work, worked in the dockyard becauseI lived in Portsmouth, Gospel actually and
yeah, because in those days youhad to earn money and there's no way
you get away with not left school. I was lucky because my father allowed
(06:27):
me to stay at school till Iwas fifteen, which was unheard of in
those days because they left school atfourteen and you went straight out to work.
And if you say you would haveliked to have gone to the London
School of Embroidery if you had donethat, what do you think? What
sort of job do you think youwould have banished? A god? Do
(06:50):
you know? To be honest withyou, I would have adored to do
restoration work, you know, togo to Hampton Court and to actually do
work on that because going throughout mylife, and it was through dancing,
(07:11):
actually taking my granddaughter dancing. AndI went into Leavon Arna in Guildford and
I repaired a lot of the costumesthat those kids wore that came down from
London where they were allowed they comedown from London. But a lot of
(07:32):
them had hooks and eyes missing,and threads coming out and all sorts of
thing. So I sat patiently whileI was looking after the children, and
I mended an awful lot of themand I've got a great deal of satisfaction
out of that. And gold workis another stream that I would have loved
(07:54):
to have done. The actual goldembroidery fantastic fantastic work. Yeah, I
would have dedicated my life to it. I'm sure I would. For those
listeners that didn't know that Evonana wasa theater in Guildford and so it was
the costume side of it that absolutelyabsolutely it just got me. And as
(08:16):
I say, I did, Imade a lot of the costumes for the
dancing school and things like that.Okay, have you found over the years,
and I know you're nearly ninety andthat you have shared, have you
enjoyed sharing your creations or aircrafting?Definitely? Definitely. I get a kick
(08:43):
that's thrill out of giving somebody somethingthat they appreciate and are thrilled with.
And it's you know, I meanto be able to do a picture and
put it on the wall and asyou walk past, you think, ah,
(09:05):
that's a good one. I didthat. Okay. And you say
you like to share and gift yourcreations, and you're gifting your creations at
the moment. Yes, Yes,I've done tapestries which I've given the super
Boy grandchildren, and I'm embroidering sortof butterflies and other stuff that I want
(09:35):
to give to my great grandchildren.I believe you've only got one eye that
works properly. Have you found thatquite a challenge with your embroidery? Well,
yes, because I've got a verylong needle thread and I've got a
magnifier with a light on which Icouldn't do without really, and as long
(09:58):
as the life it is bright andit's coming from behind me mostly all right
on the top and down. Thenyeah, my eye gets tired and I
have to close it quite often,which I sneakily sometimes not off, which
is fair enough. Yeah, wellyou've got you've got to rest your eye.
(10:22):
Okay, I remember that one.So you've obviously down to one eye.
I know your mobility isn't fantastic.If you had some advice that you
would like to give to other peopleyour age, maybe slightly older, maybe
(10:43):
younger, who find themselves with slightdisabilities, what what sort of advice would
you give them? Go for it, do it, don't give in fight
it, because I tell you forwhat. When I first found out that
I had macula, I was veryangry and I wouldn't accept it, and
(11:09):
I didn't accept it for a longtime, and then I woke up one
day and I thought, hey,you got maculma. Make it on with
it. And so from that momenton, I started looking around for things
that I could do. And itwas one of my granddaughters was trying to
(11:31):
find a tapestry that I did yearsago, and over the years they couldn't
find it and they didn't know whathappened to it. And so I thought
to myself, I wonder, Ijust wonder if I could make a one.
And then I went online and Ifound that there was a big needle
(11:56):
threader and if I used that withthe magnifier, I could actually do it
and work it okay, And Idid, and I made a Chinese tapestry,
and from then on, I've yougone great guns. So you say
(12:18):
that you would give people the adviceto just go and do it, it
is that in in any of theabsolutely just don't give in. Okay physically
you know, if you're doing yourhobby's running or something like that. That
mean there's no way I could runany not many people. But you know
(12:41):
what I'm trying to say, ifyou've got a hobby that you can use
your mind and your hands and youknow, do it, just just do
it, just paint, carry on, you know, don't give in it's
not worth it. I would liketo thank my mother June, for wanting
(13:18):
to take part in Creative Sparks andbeing happy to share her journey with us.
If you have a hobby, apassion for the outdoors, or a
simple love for crafting that has helpedyou through a tough time, I really
would love to hear from you.Your experience could be the beacon of hope
(13:41):
someone else needs to hear. Youcan reach out to me via email at
Lorraine at Graciousmountain dot co dot uk, or find us on social media at
Echoes from the Mountain or Gracious MountainTherapies, or why not visit the website
(14:03):
on www dot Graciousmountain dot co dotUK. I am Lorraine from Gracious Mountain
Therapies and you have been listening toEchoes from the Mountain Creative Sparks. If
you want to make sure you don'tmiss an episode, then please press the
(14:26):
subscribe button. Thank you for listeningand I hope you enjoyed this episode and
I'd love to hear your thoughts,so please feel free to comment below.
Next week we will have a specialD Day episode of Creative Sparks where we
(14:46):
will hear how weaving along with otherhobbies helped us shell shock sufferer. If
you know someone who would enjoy theechoes from the Mountain podcast and YouTube chat
channel, then please share the linksor look us up on social media channels
such as Facebook, LinkedIn, andYouTube. Tomorrow is story time and I
(15:13):
am reading the second chapter from Heidiby Joanna Spury. I hope you will
join me till then. Take care. Remember you are not alone on this
journey of discovery. Together we cancreate a chorus of resilience.
Welcome to Echoes from the Mountain CreativeSparks, the podcast where we explore the
incredible power of hobbies and crafts andthe natural world to nurture our mental health.
I'm your host, Lorraine from GraciousMountain Therapies, and I believe that
(00:33):
the passions we pursue outside of ourdaily routines can be our strongest allies in
finding joy, building resilience, andweathering life's storms. Today I am welcoming
(00:58):
my mother Jue Heating, for achat about the art of embroidery, just
one of the crafts she can befound doing today. June will be ninety
in July this year, and althoughshe suffers with macula, where she has
lost the sight in one eye,and also her mobility is not as good
(01:22):
as it used to be, shecontinues on with determination and a sense of
humor. Can you tell me aboutthe crafts or hobbies that you really enjoy
doing. I enjoy doing Chinese art, and I enjoy thoroughly enjoy doing niga
(01:46):
work. Okay, what sort ofneiga work do you like? I like
doing embroidery, making my own clothes. How old were you when you started
doing embroidery about nine ten something likethat. And was that at home or
at school? Where was it both? We had to do it at school.
(02:07):
We had to do samplers. Atschool we learned cross stitch, blankets,
ditch, French knots, all thesatin stitch, all the normal things.
You did that at school? Didyou also do that at home?
Definitely? And what sort of thingswere you embroidering at home? I embroidered
(02:28):
cushion covers for my mum. Weused to. Mum used to go down
to Woolworths when she could afford it, and she used to buy me a
silk skein of embroidery thread. ButI had to be very careful because they
were expensive and Mum couldn't afford it. So she bought a tablecloth and she
(02:52):
bought me one two three four skins. There was two greens, one pink
and one blue, and I hadto make those last. How long did
they last? You? I thinkI got just over halfway through the corners
(03:14):
of the tablecloth and then I hadto wait until Mum could afford to get
some more thread. So how longdid the tablecloth take to complete? Well,
that's a good one to be honest, I can't remember, but I
know it went through the summer.Can you tell me have you ever considered
using your you know that the embroideryor any of the other hobbies that you
(03:38):
do to manage stress or difficult timesin your life. Well, I think
it's exactly that, because going back, we only had the radio. We
didn't have, as I say,mobile phones, televisions or anything like that.
And so yes, I think wedid use it a lot with stress
(04:00):
for stress, which is what Ialways think about the children today. And
you know, you talk about mindfulnessand things like that, our minds were
fully occupied by doing needle work andknitting and crochet and everything else. And
(04:21):
we read a lot as well,but we learned a lot, and you
know, we had to do thesethings. And I personally believe that the
occupation of those hobbies then it keepsyour head going and you know, and
your mind going. Do you findthat when you're actually doing your embroidery that
(04:46):
you have to really focus your mind? Definitely, you do focus your mind.
You focus your mind in the coloring, in the placement of the stitches,
the shading, everything issue do.And there's different previunches of embroidery,
like cruel, cruel work and youknow, sort of smocking. There's all
(05:11):
sorts of different aspects of embroidery.Have you always done embroidery through throughout your
life? You mentioned a couple ofthe other things you do, like and
painting, but the embroidery have youalways done that? I've had spaces where
I've left off it, left itoff and done something else, like my
Chinese art. I love doing that, but that's another aspect of my art
(05:39):
life, as you were. ButI've always said if I had my life
over again, I would like togo to art college and learn a lot
more, and I would definitely tryand get into the London School of Embroidery
dealer work. Okay, that's beena passion of yours. Oh yeah,
absolutely absolutely to have done that.Okay, what did you do for a
(06:03):
job? What did you do?I was a shorthand iviist and did clerical
work, worked in the dockyard becauseI lived in Portsmouth, Gospel actually and
yeah, because in those days youhad to earn money and there's no way
you get away with not left school. I was lucky because my father allowed
(06:27):
me to stay at school till Iwas fifteen, which was unheard of in
those days because they left school atfourteen and you went straight out to work.
And if you say you would haveliked to have gone to the London
School of Embroidery if you had donethat, what do you think? What
sort of job do you think youwould have banished? A god? Do
(06:50):
you know? To be honest withyou, I would have adored to do
restoration work, you know, togo to Hampton Court and to actually do
work on that because going throughout mylife, and it was through dancing,
(07:11):
actually taking my granddaughter dancing. AndI went into Leavon Arna in Guildford and
I repaired a lot of the costumesthat those kids wore that came down from
London where they were allowed they comedown from London. But a lot of
(07:32):
them had hooks and eyes missing,and threads coming out and all sorts of
thing. So I sat patiently whileI was looking after the children, and
I mended an awful lot of themand I've got a great deal of satisfaction
out of that. And gold workis another stream that I would have loved
(07:54):
to have done. The actual goldembroidery fantastic fantastic work. Yeah, I
would have dedicated my life to it. I'm sure I would. For those
listeners that didn't know that Evonana wasa theater in Guildford and so it was
the costume side of it that absolutelyabsolutely it just got me. And as
(08:16):
I say, I did, Imade a lot of the costumes for the
dancing school and things like that.Okay, have you found over the years,
and I know you're nearly ninety andthat you have shared, have you
enjoyed sharing your creations or aircrafting?Definitely? Definitely. I get a kick
(08:43):
that's thrill out of giving somebody somethingthat they appreciate and are thrilled with.
And it's you know, I meanto be able to do a picture and
put it on the wall and asyou walk past, you think, ah,
(09:05):
that's a good one. I didthat. Okay. And you say
you like to share and gift yourcreations, and you're gifting your creations at
the moment. Yes, Yes,I've done tapestries which I've given the super
Boy grandchildren, and I'm embroidering sortof butterflies and other stuff that I want
(09:35):
to give to my great grandchildren.I believe you've only got one eye that
works properly. Have you found thatquite a challenge with your embroidery? Well,
yes, because I've got a verylong needle thread and I've got a
magnifier with a light on which Icouldn't do without really, and as long
(09:58):
as the life it is bright andit's coming from behind me mostly all right
on the top and down. Thenyeah, my eye gets tired and I
have to close it quite often,which I sneakily sometimes not off, which
is fair enough. Yeah, wellyou've got you've got to rest your eye.
(10:22):
Okay, I remember that one.So you've obviously down to one eye.
I know your mobility isn't fantastic.If you had some advice that you
would like to give to other peopleyour age, maybe slightly older, maybe
(10:43):
younger, who find themselves with slightdisabilities, what what sort of advice would
you give them? Go for it, do it, don't give in fight
it, because I tell you forwhat. When I first found out that
I had macula, I was veryangry and I wouldn't accept it, and
(11:09):
I didn't accept it for a longtime, and then I woke up one
day and I thought, hey,you got maculma. Make it on with
it. And so from that momenton, I started looking around for things
that I could do. And itwas one of my granddaughters was trying to
(11:31):
find a tapestry that I did yearsago, and over the years they couldn't
find it and they didn't know whathappened to it. And so I thought
to myself, I wonder, Ijust wonder if I could make a one.
And then I went online and Ifound that there was a big needle
(11:56):
threader and if I used that withthe magnifier, I could actually do it
and work it okay, And Idid, and I made a Chinese tapestry,
and from then on, I've yougone great guns. So you say
(12:18):
that you would give people the adviceto just go and do it, it
is that in in any of theabsolutely just don't give in. Okay physically
you know, if you're doing yourhobby's running or something like that. That
mean there's no way I could runany not many people. But you know
(12:41):
what I'm trying to say, ifyou've got a hobby that you can use
your mind and your hands and youknow, do it, just just do
it, just paint, carry on, you know, don't give in it's
not worth it. I would liketo thank my mother June, for wanting
(13:18):
to take part in Creative Sparks andbeing happy to share her journey with us.
If you have a hobby, apassion for the outdoors, or a
simple love for crafting that has helpedyou through a tough time, I really
would love to hear from you.Your experience could be the beacon of hope
(13:41):
someone else needs to hear. Youcan reach out to me via email at
Lorraine at Graciousmountain dot co dot uk, or find us on social media at
Echoes from the Mountain or Gracious MountainTherapies, or why not visit the website
(14:03):
on www dot Graciousmountain dot co dotUK. I am Lorraine from Gracious Mountain
Therapies and you have been listening toEchoes from the Mountain Creative Sparks. If
you want to make sure you don'tmiss an episode, then please press the
(14:26):
subscribe button. Thank you for listeningand I hope you enjoyed this episode and
I'd love to hear your thoughts,so please feel free to comment below.
Next week we will have a specialD Day episode of Creative Sparks where we
(14:46):
will hear how weaving along with otherhobbies helped us shell shock sufferer. If
you know someone who would enjoy theechoes from the Mountain podcast and YouTube chat
channel, then please share the linksor look us up on social media channels
such as Facebook, LinkedIn, andYouTube. Tomorrow is story time and I
(15:13):
am reading the second chapter from Heidiby Joanna Spury. I hope you will
join me till then. Take care. Remember you are not alone on this
journey of discovery. Together we cancreate a chorus of resilience.
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