We had a great time this year, as the weather was a bit kinder to us then in 2023. We shared the show tent with WI and U3A so the footfall was a lot better.
As you can see from the photos below - taken kindly by Derek that we had a good laugh, spoke to some lovely people about the group and sold a few items.
Our next day workshop will be held on Saturday 27th July 'Water Colour and Mark Making with free stitching and embellishments' with Joy Kilpatrick-
The cost will be £23.00 for members & £28.00 for visitors
Requirements for ‘Water
Colour with Stitch’ workshop with Joy Kilpatrick
27th July 10.00am
to 4.00pm
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Sewing
machine capable to able to free machine stitch/ foot pedal & leads/spare
bobbins/needles/extension leads*/machine manual if possible
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Machine
sewing threads in your chosen colourways
· If you prefer to only hand stitch or would like to include some hand stitch
bring
embroidery threads & needles
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Paper
& fabric scissors/water pot/
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Embellishments
eg beads/sequins etc*
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Apron/
gloves if you do not want to get paint on your hands.
· Water colour paints & brushes (optional)
NB Joy will bring table coverings, watercolour paper, paints & brushes.She will also bring 2 sewing machines.
*Sue will also bring table coverings/extension leads/beads, sequins & embellishments.
Contact Sue to book - douglasvalleycs@gmail.com
We will develop our printed pieces of work from the April meeting, by adding stitch and embellishments.
For those that have already done this at home I will bring examples on construction.
NB There will be an opportunity for those who missed the April printing Meeting to make some more bases using Kunin Felt etc.
Please bring your bases made at the April meeting, along with a sewing kit and threads etc
Sue will bring all other materials including beads, sequins etc.
If you want to do some more base fabrics I would suggest you bring an apron. as it can get very mucky.
The colour raffle is Neutral- please bring your donations
We will try out for one more time the additional hour, so please try to attend from 12.45pm as if numbers are low we will have to cease the extra hour.
We will also be holding our sales table.
The exhibition looks brilliant and we have had some really great feedback. One being this is art! a very rare comment that someone who is a painter recognises that textile pieces are in fact ART and not craft alone.
We have had quite a few visitors and the children have enjoyed the making table- cross stitch book marks, printed fabric and so on- in fact so did the adults!!
Below are some photos taken just after it was installed.
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Our numbers attending were low but the members really enjoyed making our fans.
Below are some photos taken on the day.
Examples of Nikki's work
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Members at work
The meeting was brilliant and Janet was a hoot. The members really enjoyed having a go at spinning using a drop spindle or potato & knitting needle!!!
You can see by the photos below what a laugh we had.
Hi our meeting tomorrow will be all about connecting with our Celtic theme.
I will be demonstrating mixed media techniques and how these can be used to make unique bases for vessels, book covers etc.
I will be supplying the materials, so you do not need to bring any stuff.
You may however wish to bring an apron & gloves.
I have plenty of table covers and I will set up stations for you to experiment on.
If you don't fancy playing with mucky stuff- I will be bringing my lightbox and Celtic design books and you will have the opportunity to trace designs off onto cream cotton fabric which I will supply. In that case you may wish to bring a selection of threads, a 6-8" hoop, beads etc
Margaret is not attending the meeting as still recovering from her recent hip operation, but she has sent me some pre traced fabric for you to use.
We will be holding our additional stitch hour, so please bring anything you are working on and your sewing kit.
The hall will be open from 12.30pm and I would appreciate some help in setting up.
The colour raffle is purple so please bring your donations.
We will also be holding our sales table, so please bring plenty of cash.
I will also be taking bookings for Nikki Parmenter workshop which will be held on Sat 18th May, you can pay by BACS and I have printed off the details on how to pay.
For those exhibiting their Time & Tide pieces of work, please bring them to the meeting and pass them to me.
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...
