SPECIAL EVENT–Tuesday 16th August

Kathleen Slinger, our longest serving member is holding an exhibition of her embroidery work, at the Tarleton Cricket Club, Carr Lane on the 16th at 2.30p.m.

It will be well worth the visit as Kathleen is a very talented lady – she studied for her City & Guilds embroidery in 1949 in Manchester and joined the Embroiderers’ Guild in spring 1950 so is certainly our oldest member (in the best possible sense) spanning 61 years of dedication to the Guild.

She is expert in many techniques especially gold work but she does seem to be able to cope with most things including some of the modern things we introduce at our monthly meetings, as well as patchwork and quilting – a true craftswoman, so do come along and see how her work has developed over the years. 

There will be afternoon tea and an entry fee of £3 will be donated to the Marie Curie Cancer charity.

(How to get there – At the traffic light junction on the A565/A59 follow the signs into the village as far as the square – you will see the Library and a Pub straight ahead, immediately turn left into Gorse Lane and Carr Lane is second turning on the right – Cricket Club is on the left quite a long way down).   Hope I don’t lose too many of you!!
Look forward to seeing you all.

AUGUST MEETING–Saturday 13th

This month will start with our EGM when we nominate new members for vacant post on the committee – we are always looking for volunteers so please come along and support us.

This will be followed by a talk and display of the Chester Ps and Qs Suitcase Collection of quilts, given by our own member Karen Hurrell.

I know several members will be on holiday but I am hoping that those who can, will bring in finished or ‘ongoing’ work from both the Hands-on Day in July and any items made from the dyed fabrics and threads that were produced in June.
Also - 3 or 4 members attended summer school at Alston so it would be nice to see what they produced too (hint, hint!!).

IF anything turns up I will photograph and include in the blog over the next few weeks.

THE COLOUR RAFFLE THIS MONTH IS GOLD though I must admit this picture does not look very ‘glittery’ to me – anyway I’m sure you will know what to bring ‘anything that glitters in the yellowish variety’!

DON’T FORGET the Natural Progression exhibition starts this week at Mere Sands Woods – see previous entry.

UPDATES FROM PREVIOUS BLOGS

KATHLEEN’S EXHIBITION AT TARLETON

It was a damp afternoon but about 100 people turned out to see Kathleen’s work and have afternoon tea at the village cricket club.

Kathleen was thrilled that so many people had come to see her work, which spanned about 50 of her 61 years as a member of the Guild.  She hardly had any time to have a cup of tea – there were so many people wanting to know how she had made her pieces.

The grand sum of £500+ was raised for Marie Curie care.

I hope that I can put together an article soon which will include photographs of some of her work.

RESULT FROM DYEING DAY

My selection of threads and fabrics from the ‘Dyeing’ workshop has amazingly been made up into a finished cushion.  I must be slipping – finding time to actually make something!!!

Dip-dyed threads and pattern dyeing.
These were used to create the very ‘jazzy’ cushion which goes with none of my furniture but was fun to make!

OLYMPIC POSTCARDS FOR SERBIA

We now have 9 cards so if anyone has not quite finished can you please bring them to our October meeting for stitching together.

HANDS-ON FINAL STAGE–Choose & Construct’

The third and final stage of this Hands-on series leads to a completed ‘Journal Quilt’ from paper, paint, thread, beads, buttons etc.
Sue and Tracey had worked hard to plan these three sessions and bring them to an interesting conclusion – not many of our members had stitched into paper before but the results so far are truly amazing.

Some are shown below.

Pat Oxley – based on Klimt

                                         Ann Stark – a sunny theme

A garden theme.

Sue Tyldesley has combined her cards onto one of her dyed backgrounds – nice idea Sue.

Can’t wait to see the finished pieces – bring them to the next meeting  ladies – just a bit of homework for everyone!!!

NATURAL PROGRESSION exhibition.

4 August to 4 September 2011- 'Natural Fibres'
An exhibition of  contemporary and traditional textiles  by Natural Progression  - reflecting aspects of the fauna and flora of Mere Sands wood.
at the Visitors Centre, Mere Sands Wood Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Holmeswood Road, Rufford, Lancs L40 1TG (along shared drive with Meresands Kennels).
Open 9.30am to 5.00pm daily (closed Fridays)-
No admission charge but voluntary donations to Wildlife Trust accepted.
Disabled access and parking.
Enjoy the walks & lakes until 8.00pm.Tel- 01704 821809 
It is advisable to phone to check that centre is open. 
Preview is being held on Sunday 7 August 2.00pm to 4.00pm - Open to all.

DYEING WORKSHOP–18th JUNE

Fabric, thread and colour surrounded the 12 members who attended this workshop. 
This was a real ‘play day’ using a range of Procion cold water dyes, working the colour into fabrics and threads in plastic bags.  This method is best for dyeing small quantities and as our meeting room is carpeted, is also the best way to make sure there are no spills!

The following pictures show the members ‘at work’.  As you can see they brought a lot of ‘stuff’ with them!!
Bowls, plastic milk containers, jam jars, plastic bags and so……………. much more.

Choosing colours – decisions, decisions!

I can’t wait to see the results of all their labours at our next meeting.  I will put some more pictures on the blog then.

 

NATURAL PROGRESSIONS AT SAMLESBURY HALL to 31st JULY

The latest exhibition by this new group entitled ‘Roses and Ruffles’ is currently on show at Samlesbury Hall, Nr. Preston. 
The Hall is a lovely setting for an exhibition and the work is definitely worth a visit.   Our members include Pat Bean, Sue Chisnall, Caroline Percy, and Tracey Ramsey and some of their pieces are shown below -

       
These two by Tracey Ramsey

      
Sue Chisnall

      
Caroline Percy

     
Pat Bean