Finished Pieces of Work

 Julia has  finished her  bright and cheerful mini  hanging of a Spring day complete with a bowl of flowers. The more you look the more you see as there are flowers, grasses in the background and a colourful caterpillar in the foreground.

The stitching has been done loosely to produce a painterly effect.

Thank you Julia for a delightful embroidery.

Sandra has just finished her brightly coloured green woodpecker. She drew and coloured the woodpecker with inktense and then embroidered over the top using straight stitch, feather stitch and French knots for the eye and spots. The log has been embroidered with couching stitch.

She has used several strands of varying shades together to try and add shape to the bird.

Thank You Sandra for a beautifully coloured bird.

Requirements List for Chicken Applique - Lizzie Wall

 

A Rose Garden - Raffle June 2024

 

Finished pieces of work

 Mary has finished her pretty velvet piece with machine  stitched collaged flowers. The centres of the flowers have been handstitched with French knots drawing the eye to the flowers.

Thank you Mary for a delightful piece.

Wendy B has made three wonderful mini quilts with a linked theme. She has then added hand stitch for interest. In amongst the fibres and material you can find little interesting objects that Wendy has found on walks and likes to add to her stitching.

 I love the way you have used the frayed edges and unravelled fibres for the vegetation adding texture and interest.

Thank you Wendy for your wonderful pieces.

Christina has completed another two mini quilts making five in all and she should be applauded for that number alone.

They are both set on a beach and the first one has a groyne which brings back memories of beach holidays with less than perfect weather all huddled with our backs to the groyne.  Well done for making the perspective of the groyne disappear into the water.

I like the gulls and I have a feeling that in a few seconds they are going to start squabbling over the food!

The second one has a row of beach huts with a wonderful crab in the foreground.

Thank you Christina, they are both tremendous.

Ann has also been very busy and finished a beautiful triptych and a single mini quilt.

I love the way she has used a limited palette and echoed shapes in all three embroideries thus linking them together.

The forth piece has muted colours and makes you think of a lovely warm spring day.

Thank you Ann for your beautiful and interesting work. 

Bird Portraits - Helen Walsh May Meeting 2024

Helen arrived with a wonderful array of embroidered birds, [ see above]  that she had embroidered and brought to inspire us. She loves birds and spends a lot of time watching them and you could see from her embroideries that each one has a character of its own from her close observations.

Most of our members had already chosen the bird they wanted to embroider and had brought a picture. For those who wanted to change their mind or choose a different picture Helen has a wide choice of birds as templates.

After choosing our background material Helen demonstrated how to transfer the bird outline and a few salient lines onto the material. We could draw by hand, use the lightbox or trace through the material.

We then coloured in by using crayons for fabric. This would provide colour under our stitches and provide colour where we wanted to do light stitching.

Once the bird had been coloured we were ready to add stitch and Helen suggested a few stitches but said it was up to us but she would offer suggestions if needed.  So we chose our coloured threads and began to embroider.  Feather stitch, straight stitch and blanket stitch were some of the favourites.

Helen suggested we built up layers of stitch to provide depth, colour and texture on our birds. As stitching progressed beautifully coloured birds began to appear.

We took our birds home to finish and we are looking forward to seeing them when complete.

Photograph courtesy of Helen Walsh

It was a good fun-filled day and we had great enjoyment as our birds started to appear. Our thanks go to Helen for inspiring us, sharing her knowledge and encouraging us to have fun with our stitching.

Thank You Helen for a good day.