Silly things.......not !

Carol showed us these little fridge magnets she had made saying they're just some 'silly 'makes/They are delightful and her skill in making hides the time and effort they take to make.In addition she had made a tree ornament for her granddaughter , no pic , these are set to become a yearly addition .She had also been looking at some workshops on Stitch Club, a subscription for twice monthly workshops. TextileArtist.org She says she cannot do all of them but keeps a notebook detailing each technique.

She was also in the middle of creating this appliqué picture , auditioning threads to use for adding stitch details.

Apologies for the out of focus pictures but they had to be included .These will be exhibited in May at the Bristol Guild so you can visit and see  them .These are a series of fungus which form part of the underground network with trees .These two are usually related to Oak and Beech trees ,a symbiotic relationship.

 

Bowls and stitch.

Unusually for Debby she just brought one item.This little bowl created using dissolvable fabric with silk and soya tops.It had only been hand stitched before being moulded around a foil wrapped orange.

At our January Zoom meeting she showed us what she had been buying and working with .She had purchased some Deli paper from www.handprinted.co.uk and was using it with other papers to create pages of marks for collage.

She had also discovered some bamboo reusable kitchen roll available in a local

shop, which gave largish sheets which can be put to other use.

At her Stoke Lodge group they had been exploring more Sashiko.

Debby likes to have her original work printed by PRINFAB .She had ordered some samples of velvet which are good value at 3 for2 for 20cm size, and a larger piece of her recent print produced in Sue Brown's workshop.We look forward to seeing how she works with them.

 

On the agenda..........framing !

Viv was thinking about framing some pieces.This one has already been done.A piece she did in Lockdown utilising repurposed pieces of lace , there may be more.

This series of work done on printable canvas and just using straight stitch are  next on the list .You may get to see them in the Guild coming in May 2202.

She had been sorting out her workroom and had uncovered some long buried patchwork which Viv is going to revisit.

 

Red and redder.......

Deryll had worked into her madder piece so that the stitching now stood out on the plant.She was turning her attention to how it could be backed for exhibition.Kirsten thought something like bump interlining might be sufficiently heavyweight to help keep the fabric flat.A recent update has Deryll suffering for her art as the stitching by hand is rather arduous and she can only spend about 20-30 minutes doing it at a time.

While clearing upper workspace Deryll thought it might be a good activity to create something from nothing .So she has stitched together lots of odds and ends of fabric in one colour way .

Then the surface has been embellished with stitching 

ready for use in something.

 

Doors and windows.

Sally prefaced her contribution with 'no fabric coming' but she had been working very industriously in her new concertina sketchbook.

She had taken her many collected images of windows and doors to create pages packed with a collage of colours ,textures and detail.One side of the book had been filled completely .

In another sketchbook she had begun to create small vignettes in

 watercolour ,picking out interesting areas of shapes and colour .

We  are sure this will , at some point ,lead to the introduction of fabric and stitch .

 During our January Zoom meet Sally showed us how she had begun to transfer some of theses images to fabric to explore with stitch.
 

Patchwork and weaving.

Jane had been using her skills to create some quilts for Project Linus.They take handmade quilts and give them to children in hospital.

She had also been making one for a Christmas present .......lucky recipient!

Then true to herself she had tried out a new idea, looks like more patchwork

but you'd be wrong .This is woven from 21/2 inch bias strips.It is so accurate it just sits together....only the edge has any stitch!

In our recent Zoom meeting for January Jane told of a weaving workshop she is going to attend with Angieparkertextiles.com.We wonder what new skills will she add to repertoire.