Parbold Village Festival 9th July

Instead of holding our usual monthly meeting at Parbold Village Hall we decided to participate in the Parbold Village Festival by having a stall.

The hope is that we will make ourselves known, possibly attract some new members and generate interest in stitch.

We do have a rota for manning the stall during the afternoon 12.00 until 5.00, but everyone is welcome to come and support us. It is only £3.00 for entry.

We will be working on the travel tags project, displaying some finished tags, along with the groups 'Rainbow Squares' 

Hopefully members of the public can have a go at making some tags, with children having a simpler stitch project.

June meeting 'Alternative Sequins'

 The meeting was well attended and everyone seemed to enjoy making alternative sequins with recycled materials eg. leather off cuts, milk bottle tops, spare bits of fabric, sequin waste, plastic and paper etc etc. I cant wait to see the finished results.

We also held a shop - which looked great but sold very little- hey ho we can but try!

Members who attended the Sketchbook workshop with Susan Syddall brought along some of their masterpieces - so much potential for additional work to them.

Christi Poulsom won the colour raffle 'Brown' 

'Brazil meets Italy' 23rd July 2022 day workshop with Sue Sercombe

 We are holding a full day workshop with Sue Sercombe 'Brazil meets Italy' where we will make a stunning piece of work in a form of Brazilian embroidery and Casai Guidi work from Italy/

The cost will be £28.00 pp and booking will open on 11th June at our meeting. After that date the bookings will be opened up to non members at £30.00 pp

The requirement list will be available after booking confirmed and full payment made.

Contact douglasvalleycs@gmail.com for details.

June 11th Meeting 'Alternative Sequins'

 Sue will lead this exciting mini workshop 'Alternative Sequins' . 

See below for requirements-

The colour raffle is brown, please remember to bring your donations-

We will also be holding a sales table - please see guidelines below-

·        All items should be packaged or well presented.

·        All items should be clearly marked with a price & the sellers name.

·        Seller must provide a cash box or suitable box clearly marked with their name.

·        It is a good idea to have a list of items for sale, with your name at the top of the form.

·        Any monies made are subject to 15% commission which goes to branch funds.

·        The 15% commission should be counted by yourself and another & passed to the Treasurer/s on the day preferably in a cash bag or similar showing the amount, your name

     and sales table commission.

·        Any of your items not sold on the day MUST be taken home as you are responsible for those items.

Requirements for mini workshop-

The aim of this session is to make your own sequins, using recycled items, fabric scraps etc and then by layering and manipulating them, along with stitch or beads you can produce a unique piece of art.

·       An embroidery hoop 5” to 7” in diameter

·       A base mid weight fabric which is slightly larger than your hoop eg. linen, cotton canvas, denim, wool or     felt.

·       A needle with a smallish eye (ensure your chosen thread will go through the eye) and sharp point & a         tapestry needle with a sharp point

·       Embroidery thread eg. Crochet thread, Perle or stranded embroidery thread.

·       Sharp scissors to cut out sequins

·       Pen or pencil/small ruler

·       Small lid to draw round eg. Bottle top or old cotton reel

·       Small/medium beads (optional) NB ensure your needle will go through the bead

·       Hole punch or shape punches used for paper craft or shapes template.

·       A few small containers to keep selections of cut sequins in eg. Small jam jars/ice cream pots with lids/plastic pots with lids

         you will also need 3 or 4 small different scrap materials to make the sequins -

·        Paper/card, envelopes with patterned inners, gift wrap, magazine pages, seed packets, coloured paper, wallpaper, cereal boxes, sketchbook pages.

·       Fabric scraps eg. Patterned cotton, mesh/net, lace, leather

·       Soft metals eg. Foil, dessert pot lid, pie tin, flattened puree tubes (NB please take care when handling metals as edges can be sharp)

·       Recycled plastics eg. Packaging, wrappers, ground coffee packets, cellophane

      Sue  will bring some samples, additional fabric, threads, equipment and materials so please do not go

          out and buy anything- the idea is to use some of your existing stash. 

'Create a Sketch Book' workshop with Susan Syddall

 Although low on numbers the members who attended this workshop really enjoyed it. It was a relaxed and happy workshop where Susan went step by step through various ways of creating different styles of fabric and paper books. We then splashed paint, gesso & ink around to produce some really lovely effects. Looking at the photos we did have a sort of blue day!!!

Susan giving us a feedback

Winners of May General raffle & Colour raffle

 We had a small turn out for our Tags meeting, but everyone enjoyed the project. 

 Mary who was to celebrate her 90th birthday later in the month. was very surprised and chuffed as you can see, with her cake, plant and card. Well done Mary I hope I am as energetic and enthusiastic as you are when I reach your age.

Below are the winners of the General raffle & colour raffle - they look very pleased with their booty!!!

Caroline with her yellow colour raffle prize

Andrea 

Paula

Christina