DECEMBER MEETING–Saturday 14th

This will be an extended meeting starting at the earlier time of 11.30 with a demonstration and talk on ‘JAPONISM AND KIMEKOMI BAUBLES’ with Katie Chaplin who visited us a few years ago. 

After a break for lunch we will follow on with a Mini-Workshop to make a bauble.
All materials will be supplied at a cost of £4 per member  but you might like to bring needles and scissors.
Please bring a packed lunch; refreshments and a few nibbles will be provided.

AND don’t forget the Bumper Christmas Raffle – 3 baskets of ‘stitching goodies’ to win, provided by the members.

PLUS THE MONTHLY COLOUR RAFFLE – RED

‘RED ROCK CANYON, CALIFORNIA’

Workshop with Isobel Hall–Embroidery with Paper

On Saturday 16th November members had a very exciting day with Isobel, using Paper threads and strips of many kinds to stitch a textured surface onto open weave fabrics.

Worked with white and natural ‘papers’ we stitched into and onto a variety of fabric backgrounds to create textured surfaces which could be finished by adding paints to the surfaces and when dry more stitching with coloured threads.
Below are some of the on going pieces of work –first the unpainted pieces -

   

followed by some painted -

 
  

    

     

We hope to show the finished effects when they have been completed – so get stitching ‘girls’ so we can see some of the end results.

A great day and thanks go to Isobel for talking us through her samples of books, bags and boxes which use this method of stitch, and Sue Chisnall-Sumner, our Programme Secretary, for organising the day.

November 9th meeting–talk by Julie James-Turner

Report by Sue Chisnall-Sumner -
A brilliant meeting with Julie giving a very good overhead projector presentation  with clear slides of her work & close ups.
She also brought samples of her work - a beautiful coat made of pieces of reclaimed fabrics which were felted together with roses & ivy embellishments-  based on a woman's monthly cycle.

She also had a red blouse, colourful skirt & white dress which had been lazer printed & again made from small pieces of fabric with writing on them.
They represented  utilitarian clothing compared to the prettiness of women’s clothes during the 40s & 50s.
Look for the ‘keys’ in this piece below.

Photographs by Caroline Percy

November 9th meeting–talk by Julie James-Turner

Report by Sue Chisnall-Sumner -
A brilliant meeting with Julie giving a very good overhead projector presentation  with clear slides of her work & close ups.
She also brought samples of her work - a beautiful coat made of pieces of reclaimed fabrics which were felted together with roses & ivy embellishments-  based on a woman's monthly cycle.

She also had a red blouse, colourful skirt & white dress which had been lazer printed & again made from small pieces of fabric with writing on them.
They represented  utilitarian clothing compared to the prettiness of women’s clothes during the 40s & 50s.
Look for the ‘keys’ in this piece below.

Photographs by Caroline Percy

PRESTON THREADS EXHIBITION

The exhibition ‘Evolving Threads’ now on display at the Whitaker Gallery, Rossendale is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11a.m to 4p.m NOT the 10a.m opening time as shown on previous publicity.

It all looks really good in this newly refurbished gallery – well worth a visit.

EARLY NOTICE–CHANGE OF DATE

At the moment unfortunately I cannot get into the Branch webpage to amend our July meeting date.

It is still listed there as 19th July but should be changed to the previous Saturday – 12th July.  There was a problem over the date clashing with Summer School but all has now been resolved.

Please make the amendment to your programme and as soon as I can, I will amend the website.