November Meeting

We had to park in the next street this month as the men were tarmacing the road outside the hall main entrance and we had to use the back door.  This meant a walk across the wet playing field so we were limited to the amount of bags we could bring this time.  However, most people made it and managed to still do quite a bit of work.  Several brought their Artists Trading Cards from the workshop earlier this month with Pauline Twyman and some had done some more at home.

As you can see, some of us decided to try moving into coloured cards.

We have chosen our next stitch to work on and Couching was drawn from the hat so several people started work straight away while others did their own work.

These are lovely sheep that I think belonged to Mavis

Susan is working on some bags using Japanese fabrics that she had left from making quilts.

Barbara is working this lovely sea piece.  The fishes are trapped behind organza and she is stitching through the layers.

Workshop with Pauline Twyman

We had a lovely day on Saturday with Pauline doing Artists Trading Cards.  What was special about these was that they are done only in neutral colours - no turquoise!  It can be difficult to restrict yourself to such a tight palette, especially if like me, you use a lot of colour.  Everybody made at least two cards and most did three, even those who did hand sewing.  At the end we chose one of our cards to leave on the table and took away one belonging to someone else so that we had done a trade.  Pauline had made a lovely book to hold hers in and I am tempted to make one myself.

Here is our show and tell table at the end of the day:

At the end of the day I went home and finished my 4th card and did a couple more (one of which isn't neutral but grey and cream).

October Meeting

A quiet meeting this month as several people had to leave early and we were just doing our sewing.  One or two have already started on their Africa project and some were finishing off their landscapes they did with Kate Slaughter.  Otherwise a quiet day but some nice work being done.  Looking forward to our workshop with Pauline Twyman.

Some fabric manipulation going on here

This beadwork will become a christmas decoration. (Spellbound pattern if you would like to know)

This design is destined for the side of a bag.