Friday 11th-Sunday13th 2016.

Just a reminder that you can come and see us at the above show.Lots of other exhibitors and plenty of retail therapy on offer.

Black ,white and shades of grey.

Jane's eldest daughter has left for university.

and guess what this is?A lovingly made quilt for her room.

Whenever Debby goes shopping she manages to turn up some lovely things.This apron is no exception,sorry but my memory fails who it was made it.

it is hand dyed fabric which has been printed all over with thermofax screens.It is just lovely and a great idea,but who would want to wear it to get covered in paint? it's one of those drool over items we all covet.

Indigo and Jane Callender.

Liz spent many ,many hours organising a workshop with Jane Callender in August. She had been eagerly anticipating it for a while but then found that she 

was too ill to attend both days.The above are some of the results created ,Debby attended too.They were given lots of techniques to try out,Jane has written book that has now been published.Indigo is so magical.

Collections.

Sally has an eye for objects.She had been drawing from some in her possession.We loved this page in her sketchbook.

We thought the objects would make lovely  piece of work mounted together.The colours and textures are so wonderful.

If you haven't been to the RWA Autumn exhibition then do go along as you will see a piece by Sally,one of her scrolls.It is so exciting for them to finally be recognising textile art ! 

Flourish

This is a photo heavy post showing how we created order out of chaos.

It took quite a number of hours and you can see by the time we were done it was dark outside.

Apologies for the light in some of the photos.

We have been open for three days now and have had some lovely visitors and very good feedback.We hope to welcome lots more of you soon.

Feedback.

One of the joys of belonging to GTA  is being able to depend on their support We all have times when we are unsure of which direction to take with our work.In the meetings we can usually find lots of opinions and advice ,whether we follow it or not.

Carol had been working on her coral piece and brought it along for some feedback on whether she should proceed and try to get it completed for Flourish.We thought she was doing well but it seemed a pity to rush what is going to be another thought provoking piece.

Her challenge piece has been done and explores corals in crochet.She has so many skills and excels at them all.

Another reason GTA is so good ,there is such a variety of experience and skill set to be found in the members.

 Jane also needed our thoughts on her pieces.She had worked backwards constructing the background hanging first.She had used her Celtic designs to stitch largish motifs.She wanted to use the negative shapes to tumble down the piece.

Her dilemma ,were the shapes too bold without stitching over them to knock them back?Opinions varied,some liked the boldness,others thought the directional stitching created distortion especially as it gave the fabric a 'Nap' effect .No doubt Jane will go away and experiment, cogitate and come up with another winner!

Exhibition preparation, and other things.

With 'FLOURISH 'almost upon us this month's meeting mainly centred around last minute preparations and loose ends.

Marilyn has been busy making more neckpieces using her expertise with understanding how to pleat on the loom

She brought this piece,we were surprised at the paleness of the colour as her work is always so vibrant.

These are more the kind of colours we associate with Marilyn.She always dyes her own yarns.These were samples done on a recent workshop exploring REPP weave.The 'holes' were fascinating,seems they caused a lot of excitement with the course participants too !