I have made the decision to drop the word Covid 19 from the title of our monthly blog. Whilst this horrid disease is still very much with us, it is time to think of other things and to look forward.
Message from Clare
Work in progress – The Vale of Pewsey
Nearly finished – very Cas Holmes!
Message from Christine H
These are felt pieces, partly made with the embellisher then stitched into, beaded and foiled. Great fun to make but now I have to think of how to use them apart from hat decorations! Suggestions please!
Ros: I seem to remember doing a workshop many years ago making something similar. My suggestion to Christine would be to put a pin on the back and make them into brooches – very acceptable Christmas present!
Message from Ros
I have just returned from two very relaxing weeks based in Totnes in South Devon. It was great to get away to have time to dabble with my intense pencils in my sketchbook and to continue with the next chapter of my Sue Stone Course.
If you have ever visited Totnes you may have found the Fashion Museum in the High Street. Unfortunately it is currently closed but they have put some images from their planned exhibition on their website. Take a look – http://www.totftm.org!
In this chapter of Stitch your Story we were asked to chose a subject but only use three colours or tones. With all these exercises it is difficult to know when to stop so I uploaded it to our private course Facebook page and asked others if I should stop at this point or continue to add more stitching for the hair. The unanimous decision, including a comment from Sue Stone, was to stop. So useful to ask others.
Can you guess who I have chosen for my subject?
Savernake Embroidery
Hopefully everyone has seen the webpages dedicated to the Savernake Embroidery project on the website, if not take a look! https://textilesandstitch.co.uk/savernake-embroidery-2/
In addition to this record on our website we have also created a book. One copy has been presented to Margaret Heath (left on her doorstep actually!) and the second copy is going to be available for Branch Members to look at and to be displayed at future exhibitions. Here is a taste of some of the images.
Message from Lindsay – work in progress
Message from Annie J
Also been doing some Gelli plate printing and printing with wood blocks
One of the Textile artist challenges was a journey in textiles but I did a journey in houses instead! I’ve left space for the next house!
Thank you to all members who contributed to this month’s blog. It’s continued success relies totally on “you” so please email photos of your work to me by the end on October.
Don’t worry I will put a reminder on our Facebook page 😉
Ros