Craft fair Lower Holker Village Hall Saturday 26th September 2024

 Yesterday we had a stall at the Craft Fair at Holker Hall. It was a lovely sunny Autumn day and the hall looked very pretty, with all the stalls decorated with sparkly colourful things and Christmas colours in abundance.

Our stall looked lovely thanks to the members who set it up and the members who had made things to sell to boost our finances. 

There was a steady footfall and we hope everyone did well.

Thanks to our members who made items to sell, helped set up and pack away and anyone who came to buy. Thanks to Janet for photo.

Finished pieces of work

 

Mary has just finished this beautiful  baby playmat for one of her granddaughter's bridesmaids. This is the third she has made and puts us all to shame for the amount of work she gets through.

The patchwork is "Flying Geese" made up of triangles and the birds are geese to match the patchwork.

Any baby who is lucky enough to play on this mat will have a wonderful time following the triangles and trying to undo the bows on the necks of the geese.

Thank you Mary for sharing the playmat with us.

Mary has also finished her3D vase in a lovely cooling green with leaves twisting around the vase as if blown by the wind.

The photo above shows the join where Mary has carefully matched up the leaves and stalks.

Mary said she made her vase over a biscuit tin so she was able to use a hot iron to join the two ends. A very good idea because I melted the plastic underneath mine slightly!

Thank you Mary for a delightful atmospheric vase.

Sandra has just finished her 3D vase and the colours she has used make you think of Autumn.

The background was sponge printed with orange, yellow and green.

Herringbone stitch was used to blend the background together and grass, cow parsley and thistle seed heads were embroidered by hand.

Along the bottom small toadstools were embroidered and attached with rosehips embroidered across the top.

The join was made a feature, by cutting along the top and join in a curvy line,  to follow the rose stalks.

Thank you Sandra, the beautiful colours are just what we have been seeing over the past few days.

Own Work -November Meeting 2024

 This month is a chance to finish off an embroidery, work on something of your choice or try out some new stitching.

Sparkling Suicide - Agatha Christie Raffle November Meeting 2024

 

3D Textile Vessel Kay Dennis October Meeting 2024

 This month we welcomed Kay Dennis who had come to show us how to make a  3D vessel using Decovil Light [a light interfacing with a heat-activated glue side].  

She arrived with all sorts of equipment for us to use but best of all were the pretty, light and delicate 3D vases she had made using a range of materials and stitch, with Decovil as the base. Each had a theme and were displayed to inspire us. [See Below.]

Kay also brought two ready painted and embellished flat vessels waiting to be joined into cylinders to make two vases.

We all started with a flat piece of Decovil, glue side uppermost. and then chose a plastic container to wrap it around into a cylinder. We would do most of the work while the vase was flat.

Kay demonstrated how to apply the paint well watered  so that a very light effect would be achieved. The paint could be applied by brush, sponge printed, stencilled or any way members chose.

We were then able to apply anything we wanted to build up texture and a "picture". Members used paper, ribbons, threads, glittery fabric etc. and interesting textures and colours began to appear.

After members were satisfied with their application of textures they were ready to begin their stitching. Some used hand and some machine stitching and some were going to use a combination of the two.

 As the stitching was added the pieces began to integrate into a whole.

One member more or less finished her vase completely and she heated the join to make a cylinder after machine stitching to integrate the piece. A close up of the stitching can be seen in the second picture.

The colour of the vase is beautiful and because of the Decovil it has a light and airy feeling.

 Most of us took our vessels home to finish the stitching and then complete the vase. It was a good day and we all look forward to seeing the finished items.

 A big thank you goes to Kay for inspiring us and bringing a generous amount of equipment for us to work with. Also for supporting us with ideas and techniques.

Thank You Kay.