Take One Stitch - Wendy Barrington January Meeting 2024

 Wendy arrived laden down with a colourful array of threads of varying thickness, neatly packed together in plaited skeins.

Wendy explained that we were going to choose one stitch and we would be working it in a variety of ways, thinking about the following:

-different sizes of stitch

-different thickness of threads

-as a line stitch

-as a single stitch

-varying colour

-over stitching

Wendy had completed a pretty flower embroidery in fly stitch to demonstrate how by varying the stitch a whole picture can be built up with the individual items looking completely different.

Members began embroidering with enthusiasm "playing" with their chosen stitch.

Wendy explained that she had printed pictures for us to choose and then embroider them with just one stitch but varying it to fit the subject.

After "playing" members chose the picture  they wished to embroider.

They chose the stitch and began to build up their picture using their stitch in a variety of ways. Slowly very interesting stitching began to emerge.

At the end of the session we brought our embroideries together so that we could look at what other members has done.

After an enjoyable session we took the embroideries home to finish and hopefully bring them back next month completed.

A big thank you to Wendy for inspiring us and putting all the items we would need in place to support us through our stitching.

Thank you Wendy.