Experimental Stitching on Papers - Sue Tyldesley April Meeting 2025

 Sue who is a member of our group set up a beautiful and varied display of embroidered work using a range of papers [ See Below]. As soon as we saw them we wanted to have a go at experimenting with ideas and then having a go at making a piece.

Sue talked to us about textile artists who used papers in their textile art and showed us some of their work.

She told us that first we were going to modify a range of papers using a variety of techniques and most members had also brought papers from their home stash.

She had set up work stations for painting, inking with walnut ink, stamping, waxing and she had a pile of papers that we could further modify.

We could modify the papers flat or  crease and screw up to produce a ruffled soft surface.

Members set to work with gusto modifying papers trying to remember to stick to a colour scheme as advised by Sue.

Once the papers started to dry we were able to start to build our "pictures" by overlapping, cutting and tearing, trying out colours and thinking about stitches we might use.

By the end of the afternoon most members had reached the point where they were ready to stitch. They took home their paper piece to machine and hand stitch and we wait until next month to see a variety of landscapes, bags and abstract pictures.

A big thank you to Sue for giving us lots of ideas for what to do with modified papers and inspiring us with her own work.

Thanks Sue!