Fumi had nothing to show but was wearing a lovely Vietnamese jacket ,the sleeve was edged in red, white and blue and the cuff embroidered.There was also a panel on the back of the jacket. It was handmade and bought from' Tamay and Me' who trade at Frome market.
However ,we did make suggestions for her to present and display her exquisitely small weavings.These were all packed up ready for our exhibition in Prior in Cabot Circus from 6-10 th November . You'll have to visit to see them.
Debby had been teaching some workshops at Stoke Lodge .The first was flower pounding ,using a hanmer or mallet to pound a flower so that the colour transfers . She had sent the group outside so the noise being made didn't disturb the other classes too much. They had had then begun to add some stitch to enhance the images left by the pounding.
Next was using watery silk paint to create loose areas of colour and then adding stitch.She found an ingenious new tool to create the regular dots you see........a frixion pen and a fly swat!
She has joined Westbury Park Quilters and took the Chair's challenge of 'Flower Power ' She used fabric from a dress homemade by her Mum in the 70s.She enlarged the pattern then used the motif to create flowers adding detail with Inktense pencils and using fabric medium and water to make permanent.
Like others in the group she had visited World Textile Day and spent some time rootling out some delicious fabrics.A Japaneseselection from either Susan Briscoe or Janice Gunner ,
and Kantha pieces and zipped pouches from Running Stitches.We thought they were lovely but wondered if we might use them or just look, admire and put to one side. Debby will show us what she uses them for .
The robin panel we saw last time has been turned into a cushion ,and very handsome it looks too.
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