Exhibition of Work


Don't forget our exhibition of work on Saturday 30th June 10:00 - 4:00 at the Supper Room Cartmel Village Hall, Cartmel.

Illuminated Letter

Dorothy has finished her letter by embroidering the small squares and adding beads. The rich colours look absolutely beautiful and I love the way you get additional patterns from the cross stitches next to each other. Thank you Dorothy!



Illuminated Letters June Meeting 2012

Our June Meeting was led by Sandra Kendall one of our own members who showed us how to make and embroider Illuminated Letters. Sandra brought some letters with her that she had made after seeing an article in Stitch where the members of the Lincoln Branch had been inspired by the 14C Luttrell Psalter.

Sample letters
The letters were painted and stitched in rich colours.
Sandra had produced a pack for each member containing a computer print of an Illuminated letter on abaca tissue, heat n bond and a computer print out to work out the colour scheme.
There was silence in the room as members painted their letters carefully after choosing their colours.
Members all hard at work painting their letters














Painted letters




After members had painted their letters they screwed up their tissue and then attached it to the heat n bond to give an aged look.
 One of our members had time to start to machine around her letter. 
Machine stitching the outlines of the letters


Members then took the partly finished letters home to complete with embroidery and beads.
Thank you Sandra for a good day.

Scissor Keeper and Needlecase May Meeting 2012



Scissor Keeper
This month we welcomed Val Osborn who showed us how to make a Scissor keeper and Needlecase in canvas work. We started on the Scissor Keeper and Val demonstrated Norfolk stitch and informed us how many pattern repeats we needed.

We were then shown how to finish off the Scissor Keeper by folding it and joining the edges and stuffing slightly. A cord and a tassel were added to complete the embroidery.

Val demonstrated Double Gobelin Stitch to make the cover for the Needlecase.

We were then shown how to finish the Needlecase by lining it and adding ties.
A very enjoyable session and not much to finish at home!



Wallhanging

4 x 4 wallhanging
Dorothy put her squares in patterns of four and then hung those as a group of four. She used writing and metallic paint to colour the original papers before cutting them and then rejoining them several times. Well done Dorothy!

April Meeting 2012 Wall Hanging

Our meeting this month was taken by one of our own members Elizabeth Shorrock who showed us how to make a wall hanging by using papers that had been coloured and printed in various ways.She brought a book of samples, various hangings and pictures with her for us to look at and which you can see in the photographs.







We started off with 4 A4 sheets of tissuetex which we had coloured and printed in our own choice of colours. We then cut and reassembled the papers several times to produce a different pattern each time.


























The new paper was then attached to interfacing with bondaweb using the iron.









































































When the new papers had been reassembled a couple of times we then cut out squares ready to assemble into a wall hanging, once they had been stitched and backed.



Most of us got as far as the stitching and we took all the pieces home to complete.





At the next meeting I am sure there will be lots of completed wall hangings!


We all had a good day and a lot of other ideas came out of making the papers. Thank you Elizabeth.





















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March Meeting 2012 Brooches

This month saw the return of Ann Christy, a favourite of our members, to run a workshop on brooches. Ann brought with her a selection of her hand made brooches which were jewel like in colour, design and embellishment and everyone unique. The pictures below show just a few samples.









































































Ann showed us how to make a background material on ordinary plastic and then cut out small interesting shapes from this material to use as a basis for our brooch. To help with timing Ann had already cut out a few for us to use and members rummaged through looking for their favourite colours!

We had the option of making a machine / hand embroidered or felt brooch and most members had already chosen which they were going to make with coloured embellishments already to hand.



























































Our members set to immediately embroidering the edge and then stitching on wire and beads to embellish the front.Slowly brooches began to develop amid great concentration and occasional giggling!
















































































Our first member to complete her brooch had made a coordinating felt brooch with her blue coat and here she is strutting her stuff!













































Another member completed this one . The resy of us mostly managed to complete the front but took it home to attach the backing and pin. A most enjoyable day all thanks to Ann and her ingenuity.

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