November Meeting 2012 Everlasting Landscapes Anne Covell


Our meeting this month was taken by one of our own members Anne Covell who had entered the competition run by Stitch magazine to produce an Everlasting Landscape. Anne's entry was considered good enough to feature in Stitch and can be seen in the pictures of the entries below.

Anne's embroidery is top row, middle
Ann explained how first we needed to produce a design  and she showed us how the measurements needed to be precise for the area in which we were going to work particularly the end points so that they would fit together to make a continuous embroidery.

The colours for the background were chosen so that they would be similar when joined together

We drew and coloured our designs so that we had some idea which colours we would be using and where.


We transferred our design to a back ground fabric and proceeded to applique from the back. A couple of members decided to stitch in needlepoint.
 


Most of us finished our designs and started the applique and stitching which we are going to finish at home. We will then mount the embroideries and bring them back to the December Meeting where they will be our Christmas competition.
Hopefully they will all fit together to make an Everlasting Landscape and all be a good as Anne's!
Thank You Anne for a very interesting day and introducing us to something we had never tried before.


Craft fair 2012 October 27th

Craft Fair at Little Holker Hall, Cark



On Saturday we had a stall as part of the craft fair in Cark.
This year we kept to smaller items some with Christmas in mind.


 
 
 The day was a very beautiful crisp Autumn day and this seemed to bring more people out than last year. The selling was steady throughout the day  and those who helped on the day had an enjoyable time.


Thank you to all members who made items, worked on the stall and/or bought items. All monies raised will go to our funds to help support the cost of workshops.
 

Craft Stall

Thank you to all members who have made items to sell at our stall on Saturday 27th October at the Craft Fair.
I am posting some of the items we have collected so far.
Book Marks

Gift Tags

Brooches

Purses

Key Rings

Bag, Book and Box

Gift Boxes

Tissue Holder and Pin Cushion

Cards and Gift Tags

Christmas Decorations

October Meeting 2012 AGM, Talk by Empress Mills

After our AGM we were treated to avery amusing and interesting talk on threads by Christine Driver of Empress Mills. She told us a little about the history of the family firm and how it had needed to adjust to changing times in order to survive.
An assortment of threads were passed around for us to handle.
The main message was "that you need the right thread to do the right job."


We then had a good time while we looked through all the exciting things Christine had brought and most of us found something we simply possibly had to have!
Christine Driver Of Empress Mills




It was a good way to complete our AGM day and thanks must go to Christine Driver and her two helpers. 


Sandra K. brought her Lutradur piece, started at the last meeting, to show everyone. It was based upon Furness Abbey and Sandra had printed some of her photographs onto Lutradur painted with gesso.
The stonework was then cut out with a soldering iron.


More Illuminated Letters

Margaret has made another illuminated letter and used it on the front of a card.


Anne has just finished hers because she was away for the workshop.
They both look beautiful but very different. Thank you Margaret and Anne.

September Meeting Exploring Lutradur with Anne Burrow

This month we welcomed Anne Burrow who is an old friend of our Branch. Anne talked about the properties of Lutradur and some of the things we could do with it such as;
 changing the colour by painting dyeing etc
 cutting with scissors/soldering iron
 distressing with heatgun. 

 the surface could also be changed with foiling and xpandaprint. Sheets could also be passed through the printer and worked on.


Some of Anne's samples
The samples were passed around for us to look at and gain inspiration!

Most of us were new to Lutradur and so we began exploring its properties and making samples. As usual Anne brought lots of things for us to borrow or use.





Most of the samples above had used the soldering iron and heat gun.
The arches on this piece had been printed on Lutradur from the computer and cut out with a soldering iron.



Some of these pieces had been printed and angelina fibres added.
At the end of the meeting we had a range of samples using a variety of techniques and we could see more possibilities for using Lutradur in the future.
All thanks go to Anne for inspiring us and letting us play!



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