March Meeting Show and Tell

 Shelagh has completed the little book to go in her box by drawing and painting these beautifully coloured birds. It makes a wonderful keepsake.

Thank you Shelagh.

Anne has also finished her book by drawing individual little pictures that each fit in a pocket. The more you look the more detail you see with little messages, bits that open and extra details.

The graphic detail is fantastic and you have made graphic detail your own.

Thank you Ann.

Sandra has finished her woodland diorama with the addition of model making moss and leaves used in scenes for model trains. It looks great fun with animals to look for.

Thank you Sandra

Sandra has also finished her piece on papyrus in Ancient Egypt.

A papyrus plant was embroidered and then surrounded by geese, hieroglyphs, a young woman holding papyrus, a scribe and a column based on papyrus. These pieces were embroidered on fake papyrus made with silk fibres and strips of silk rods. The pieces were made separately and then added together to make one large embroidered picture. The scrolls and beads were bought from the British Museum.

Thank you Sandra for an interesting piece.

March Meeting 2026

 This months workshop was cancelled at the last minute due to an unforeseen car breakdown.

Some members decided to stay and work on pieces they had in their bags.

This is a delightful knitted blanket made from Sean the Sheep squares interspersed with patterned squares.

This embroidery has a lovely graphic quality to it.

Another crab is in its infancy and ready to join the wonderful crab already completed.

Another woodland piece in the making which will be frosted when finished. The result could be a masterpiece or a disaster!

This beautiful embroidery with hints of Indian embroidery is well on its way to completion. The background will be kantha stitched to complete the piece.

A very pretty checked pattern is emerging from this weaving frame by combining the colours together different colour combinations are forming.

One member decided to go ahead with her version of goldwork and sparkly circles began to appear inside of her heart shape.

Requirements List Gold work Brooch - Jane Walton March Meeting 2026

 

February Meeting Show and Tell

 Shelagh has finished her forest floor piece displaying it beautifully on a slice of wood. She has built up wonderful textures using her stitches in blocks. By varying the height of her stitches she has created other areas of interest together with the natural twig.

Thank you Shelagh it is delightful.

Wendy B. has used her stitches playfully gradually building up areas of texture and interest to create a very pretty embroidery. The more the embroidery is looked at the more different stitches and techniques appear adding interest to the piece.

Thank you Wendy for such a fun piece.

The beautiful circles above have also been embroidered by Wendy B and they look wonderful on their own or could be used to add interest to books or bags.

Thank you Wendy. 

Book in a Box and Diorama - Rachael Margeson February meeting 2026

 Rachael, one of our own members, brought some delightful samples [see below]  to inspire us into having a go at making a book in a box followed by a diorama.

Rachael started by demonstrating how to make the box. She demonstrated the folding of a sheet of paper 22 cms square encouraging us to be as accurate with the folds as possible so that it would fold together neatly on completion.

First we folded the white square for the bottom and then folded the coloured paper for the top.

After a little jiggling of the folding delightful little boxes began to appear.

Rachael then showed us how to fold a sheet of A4 paper, making a cut about 3/4 up the centre of the sheet. This allowed a little concertina book complete with pockets to fit in the box.

Some members became addicted to making little boxes and made more than one or started thinking about making boxes of different sizes.

Rachael then talked us through making a diorama and the possibility of using different containers.

It was an enjoyable day and members took home their little books to finish at home and also make a diorama if they wanted to.

A big thank you to Rachael for inspiring us, talking us through the folding, which can seem very complex, sharing her ideas with us and making it a fun day.

Requirements list Diorama - Rachael Margeson February meeting 2026

 

Finished Pieces of work

 Wendy has just finished her Forest Floor which she has stitched intensely building up the surface texture. She has varied the stitches and colour used therefore building up visual interest as well as textural.

The texture makes you want to touch it to get the feel of the stitching.

Thank you Wendy for sharing your lovely textural piece with us.