This talk by Saima Kaur on her passion of 'Pholkaris folk embroidery was a great success, despite my zoom problems.
Saima gave a presentation of some of her own personal pieces along with photos showing how the shawl was worn. She also told us about the history and how families would pass them onto their family members.
The shawls/throws are higly decorated with symbolism and colour.
We had a good attendance and from the emails I received the members and visitors enjoyed the talk.
We are set to have a great extended meeting- which starts at 12.00 and ends 3.30pm.- Free entry
We have a lucky dip for members, quizzes, a fun group project, colour raffle & bumper raffle.
We will also have a jacobs join with food donated by the members- always brilliant.
Whats not to like????
CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Requirement list for 12th
Dec meeting
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General sewing kit incl fabric scissors/ embroidery scissors/paper
scissors
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Embroidery threads eg stranded/ perle
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Pencil/pen or similar to mark coloured felt eg tailors chalk or fabric
marker
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Tracing paper or baking parchment
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Small scraps of felt (preferably wool mix not acrylic) *
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Beads/buttons/sequins *
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Small embellishments eg lace, ribbons etc*
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We will provide you with patterns, instructions, white felt, toy stuffing
etc.
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Sue will also have items * so please do not go out and buy anything.
It maybe a good idea to bring a knife, fork & spoon.
We had a great talk & demo on Making a book block- a tricky subject to demo as you really need to look up close and have a go.
However Mary provided us with a handout, and the pictures below help a bit-
Hi all our meeting on Saturday 12th November will feature a talk by Mary Seaman on ' Making a Book Block'
Mary will show us how to prepare and make a book block in preparation for adding an embroidered front cover and a back cover.
Our colour raffle is 'Blue'- please bring donations in that colourway
Also please bring your general craft donations for our December bumper raffle and pass those to Donna.
The NW Open Day went very well, with some beautiful items for sale, and exhibition pieces from textile groups around Lancashire, Cheshire & Cumbria.
We made a small profit from our sales and this will be used to benefit our group at the Christmas Bash in December. Watch this space!!!
Well I hope you are in for loads of fun at our October meeting, we will be printing using gelli plates & mono printing using stamps & stencils.
You will be able to print your designs based on the theme 'Time & Tide' on paper and fabric. These can then be enhanced and completed at our next mini workshops in 2023. With the aim of producing items to be incorporated in an exhibition August 2023.
See the requirement list for further details-
Requirements for 8th October 2022 Mini workshop
Refer to brainstorming list of ideas ‘Time & Tide’ theme, sent to you recently.
This may determine your choice of colours and stencils/stamps etc.
1.
Gelli Plate*
2.
Acrylic paint (3 colours of your choice) *
3.
Brayer/foam roller*
4.
A4 copy paper (a few sheets- say 6-8)
5.
Table cover/apron
6.
Stencils/masks & wooden or rubber stamps*
7.
Kitchen Towel/wet wipes
8.
Litter tray or similar which will hold water*
9.
Cotton fabric no more than A4 size *
10.
Newspaper
11.
Water Pot
*Items are optional, please do not go out and buy them, as between Tracey & me,
we have a huge selection for you to use. The idea is to have
fun and enjoy playing.
We had a brilliant day with Sarah from Golden Hinde, who as usual gave us great instruction on how to create a star or flower using various gold work techniques. She also brought her shop which was hard to resist.
Plenty of tea, coffee, cake & biscuits and good company- what more could a girl wish for??
Below are some of the photos taken on the day- hopefully I can add some photos of completed stars & flowers at a later stage.
We will learn how to complete our Celtic vessels etc in readiness for the NW Textile Open Day 21st Sept. Please bring your partially complet...
