Friday 18th November, 2022

 Almost a full house present today and quite a buzz with everyone busy working away and chatting.  It was good to hear especially as the weather was atrocious.  Ann was doing a short demo for Anne on how to paint bondaweb and the different effects you get with different paints.  This sort of help for people is really good and helps to pass on individuals knowledge and to keep stitch alive. 

Several of us going to the Knitting and Stitching Show this weekend. After running a coach for 25 years I have given up this year.  Can't cope with the new way of ticketing for group bookings.

Some lovely work being done within the group.

A few more finished pieces from the Jessica Grady workshop

Anne has been trying wet felting for the first time and attaching this interesting medieval dog

Karen has made this wonderful rag rug using an image from the Aztecs

Roma's lovely piece from Whitby Abbey using paint and machine embroidery

Friday 21st October

 A good meeting yesterday, several missing with colds and covid but enough of us to make an enjoyable group.  Several members had been to see the Stamford Bridge Tapestry a couple of weeks ago and we all commented on how enjoyable it was. If you can get a group together it is work while because you get a talk about the battle as well as how the tapestry began and was stitched.

Plans are afoot for our Christmas lunch which is always an enjoyable get together.  Increases in the room rental starting in January means that after ten years we now have to increase our subscription to the meeting.

A few people brought in their pieces from the Jessica Grady workshop last month and they really look lovely.  Several members were surprised how much they enjoyed the workshop when they hadn't been too sure about it to start with.

These are Mavis's Four Seasons pieces

Moyra has turned hers into a Christmas theme

Anne has framed hers into a hanging

Remember, all these are made from non recyclable bits and pieces.

Meanwhile......

Ann has made these three medieval reliquaries.

Friday 16th September

 You can tell September is here as the mornings are getting cooler but the days are still sunny. 

Yesterday we had a super workshop with Jessica Grady. We had to use anything that was waste, not recyclable or something we were re-using. We had to start without a plan and just go for it.  It was amazing the number of different pieces of work that was produced, not one even resembled another.  We were all exhausted by the end of the day,

Here are the photos I took as we all displayed our work at the end of the day,

Sorry about this, I still haven't got the nack of uploading photographs from my phone to laptop.  Need to spend some serious time with this.

Saturday 20th August

 Today I went out to see if the brambles were ready and they have already been well picked over.  I managed to get enough to do a couple of crumbles, so that was good.  We had a good meeting and a decision was made to visit the Stamford Bridge Tapestry project in October.  They offer a good deal for groups to visit - refreshments followed by a talk then time to look round the tapestry, all for £5 each.  I will not be running a coach to the Knitting and Stitching Show this year.  I hope to have an operation on my foot around that time so need to keep it free but I was already in doubt as their ticketing options for group bookings seems to be impractical if you are booking a coach and want to sell tickets up to the day before departure. 

Lots of work being done towards the exhibition next year - a date has been set for the 20th and 21st of May 2023.

Apologies for these not been in a proper order but I am grappling with a new computer and how to upload my photographs.

A lovely piece of cyanotype by Susan, these are the reject pieces she has put together to make this lovely panel

This talk looks interesting if anyone would like to go.

Another piece by Susan, this time felting with added beads

Sorry I have forgotten whose this piece is but it is definitely for the Medieval exhibition

Lesley has made this lovely cover for a glass jar that will now hold a candle inside and reflect through the pattern.

Sunday 24th July

 A few people missing this week but we had a lovely day stitching together.  Several of us had been on a weekend summer school recently and brought the work we had done to show and tell everyone.  We had a sales table with lots of goodies on it and donations went to the local community library and the local hospice.  A few more finished pieces from  the workshop last month have come in and they all make quite a good display for the exhibition next year.

Two new medieval pieces

Mavis is working on a knight on horseback

This beautiful piece is being done by Helen

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Ann is working this saint

Diane has switched to this piece of whitework

Friday 17th June

 A lovely sunny day and it was a shame to be inside but we all enjoyed the stitching and everyone got something done.  There were only four finished pieces from Nikki Parmenter's workshop last month although some had forgotten to bring theirs in, but what we had looked really good.

Moyra photographed her's at home, all finished and framed

Christina's, Anne's, Anita's and Liz's pieces. Unicorns are not quite finished yet but soon will be.

This piece by Susan was done on one of the machine embroidery days that some of the members went on

Helen is working on this piece which is probably heading towards our exhibition next year

Moyra was finishing off this felt bag that will be exhibited in a local show.

Sunday 22nd May

 I have just noticed that I didn't do the blog in April, my memory is fading fast.  I will just post the photographs that I took last month.

I can't remember whose this was but I think it was a sample piece of a tree

I know this is Roma's work making a collage interpretation of the picture above.

Ann is using up old threads and canvas.

This month we had a wonderful workshop with Nikki Parmenter.  I had told her that we were working towards a Medieval theme for our next exhibition and she worked out a series of designs for us to do inspired by the pictures in a book of Bestiary. We had a great time working with paint, paper and stitch to create a set of weird and wonderful animals.  Looking forward to maybe doing another workshop with Nikki next year.

This I know is Liz's as I did the same picture. Please excuse my feet.

Not sure who did this one.

A selection on some of the work done.

I know the hedghogs was Roma's as she was the only one doing that design.

Friday 18th March

 Can't believe we are already half way through March but spring is certainly on its way.  Another quiet session this month, everyone who started the Stitch Camp challenge is still working on it and enjoying it.  Just want to say congratulations to the people of Gillamoor and Fadmoor the surrounding area who held a village sale and raised over £3000 for aid to Ukraine.

I managed to remember to take some photographs of peoples work this week so here we are.

This is Roma's piece from a workshop with Gwen Heddley, using an everyday object.

Cath is working on this lovely dyed fabric

Moira is felting this lovely piece of work. There is a fairy to be attached yet and you can see it at Hutton Buscel art exhibition.

Christina has started on her medieval work and this is a character from the Canterbury Tales.

This lovely little quilted piece is by Susan.

Saturday 19th February

 Not a lot to tell you this month.  I have booked Jessica Grady for a workshop in September so we now have two really good classes to look forward to.  Several members are still working on the Stitch Camp pieces they produced from the TextileArtists.org free workshops with Gwen Hedley.  It has produced some stunning work from around the world.  People are starting to think about their medieval pieces and I need to make a start too.

Unfortunately I forgot to take some photographs this week and I am really annoyed because there was some lovely work being done.  Hope to catch up with it next time with the finished pieces.

Sunday 23rd January

 Had a good meeting on Thursday with the majority of members present, everyone keen to get out and keep in touch with their friends.  We didn't have any demonstrations this time as I think everyone had been busy over Christmas and hadn't had time to do any preparation, I know I haven't.  A number of the members had joined the 'Stitch Camp' workshops run by TextileArtists.org which gave five free video sessions run by Gwen Hedley.  I joined and have really enjoyed getting back into just sitting and stitching.

I am attaching a link to a website about a red dress that has travelled 29 countries and been stitched on by 264 people and it looks amazing. The link is reddressembroidery.com and I have put a picture of it below.

If you look on the website you can see some of the embroideries that have been attached in close up.

Some of the groups work now.

Anne has been collecting recycled items and adding them to this piece of furnishing fabric

Diane is adding some bling to this piece

Moyra has been doing the stitch camp and has produced this interesting piece to work on

New member Glynis is stitching aliums in a variety of colours

I too have been doing stitch camp and this is the first area I have started stitching on. Long way to go yet.