April Meeting

Almost a full house this week and a welcome to another new member.  Everyone busy finishing off for the exhibition or in some cases, sitting back and doing other things as they have finished!  Jackie spent the day making a banner for us to hang outside to advertise the exhibition which looks great.  Jackie on the sewing machine, Cath ironing and Caroline picking out stitch and tear - made a good team.  Anyone who can, come and see us on either the 13th or 14th May between 10am and 4pm at Ayton Village Hall, YO13 9HY.  We will have tea and cake at the ready and a sales table and raffle as well as a brilliant collection of work.  There is a cafe nearby if you want something more substantial and you can spend the rest of the day by the seaside or in nearby Forge Valley which is a beautiful spot.

A preview of some of the postcards we have all been doing.

This might be Pam's work, certainly someone who has finished their 'Under the Canopy'

Maureen is doing Shashiko work and it looks lovely.

This I think is one of Colleen's many books.

This is Mavis's snail trails.

Working on the banner

This is what the finished banner will look like, and everyone has used up a little piece of fabric from their stash!

Maggie Smith workshop.

Last week we had a wonderful workshop with Maggie Smith.  Get Plastered was the title and we certainly did.  A nice slow, steady workshop working at our own pace made it really enjoyable and we were still all shattered at the end of the day.  Maggie showed us how to apply our plaster and then work into it to get patterns and designs onto it.  Later, we painted the now dry plaster achieving some really nice pieces to display in our exhibition.  Don't forget, Saturday 13th May and Sunday 14th May, at Ayton Village Hall from 10am to 4pm.  I can guarantee you a feast of textile work.

These are some of the pieces hanging out to dry.

 I think these bottles are Liz's work.

More work out to dry and a nice picture of my feet.

It's a shame you can't see the designs clearly in these pictures so you must come to the exhibition to see them properly.