Monday 22nd November

How lovely it was to get back to the Knitting and Stitching Show this weekend.  I took a coach on Friday and then went again on Sunday with my daughter.  Not as many stands as usual but I still seemed to spend plenty of money.  The gallery of exhibitors work was as good as ever but where have all the embroidery thread people gone?  There was hardly any stalls selling thread and it is so difficult to buy online and get the colours right.  

Our meeting last Thursday was buzzing.  With four new members we nearly had a full house and thanks to Lesley, Susan, Roma and Ann who demonstrated deconstructing a piece of work and reassembling it and also how to use tyvek.  Everyone was certainly interested and our new topic of the next exhibition in eighteen months time, Medieval - 1285 to 1485, got people making notes and discussing what to do.

Here is some of the work under way this month.

This was Lesley's painted fabric ready for cutting up

This is some of the work in her sketchbook

This is the picture that she originally brought to show us.  She has cut the work into four sections and reassembled them

Here Lesley has started to cut the painted fabric and is working on the best way of reassembling it 

This is Ann N's work

Roma is doing a collage

Susan has been experimenting with weaving

Sunday 7th November

 Sorry about the delay in posting but I have been really busy these last two weeks.  We had a wonderful exhibition, the Africa topic was really well thought of and we have a number of lovely comments in our book.  The sales table nearly cleared out, people are hungry for new bits and pieces. Having lost a few members due to the breaks over the covid lockdowns, we now have a number of people eager to join us so there will be some new members next week when we meet.

The Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate next week looks promising although there won't be as many stalls as usual and they are reducing the numbers going in so it should be comfortable for everyone.  We have a coach going but I have now closed the bookings as it will be difficult to get the tickets here in time.

Thought you might like to see a few of the photographs I took of the exhibition.  I haven't tidied them up yet so there may be some background that shouldn't be there but I am not a great photographer.

A lovely canvas work map of Africa

Can you spot the lion in Christine's beautiful fabric and stitch collage

Liz used her computerized sewing machine to make these stunning bags

This quilt by Ann was made up of 1172 squares from 72 fabrics

Lis's Red House of Madagascar is lovely, and the background of sequin waste just sets it off.

This is just a few of the pieces that eighteen members submitted and this was only part of the whole show, we also had pieces from workshops, our postcard challenge, our six stitch challenge and other things we had done during lockdown for various charities.