Mini Memory Quilt - Rachael Margeson April Meeting 2024

 This month we welcomed Rachael Margeson who had just had an exhibition of her mini quilts at Grizebeck community Hall, Kirkby in Furness that had been visited and enjoyed by some of our members. She brought some of her mini quilts with her for us to see. [see Below]

Rachel advised us to choose two colours of material and place using the rule of thirds to produce a square of approx. 4 ins. The subject matter was up to us but she suggested something personal to us that made us happy. Members set about their squares brimming with ideas and enthusiasm. From the start it could be seen that each member had their own ideas and each quilt would be very individualised.

As soon as the backgrounds were complete members started adding applique shapes and small pictures began to emerge.

Embroidery was added and small amounts of printing with paint to enrich the mini quilt and by the end of the afternoon many of the quilts were finished!

Members went home happily with their finished or nearly finished mini quilt. Hopefully we will see them soon all finished and mounted.

A few members were also pleased to make a triptych and we will be especially pleased to see those.

A big thank you goes to Rachael for inspiring us and providing back up pieces of material, paint and ideas. It was a really good day.

Requirements for Mini Memory Quilt workshop - Rachel April Meeting

 Please note change of workshop

Raffle - Puddles and Rainbows April Meeting

 

Finished pieces of Work

When Maureen heard that we were embroidering doodles she looked through her work and found this delightful piece. The basic shapes are paisley and then she has filled them in and the gaps between with embroidered doodles. It makes a beautiful swirly pattern to the eye.

Thank you Maureen for showing us your embroidery.

Karen has finished her one stitch piece and used it to make a very beautiful book cover. She used fly stitch and I love the subtle colours of mauve and grey.

Thank you Karen for your lovely piece and reminding us that we could use the embroidery to make a book cover.

 The pretty and delicate pieces below are silk paper made with dried flowers between the fibres. I am sorry there is no name but I didn't  know who made them. Thank you to whoever made them.

These leaves were made over real leaves with silk fibres, then peeled off when dry  being careful to get the imprint of the veins. The veins are wonderful on these leaves.

Christina made her silk paper with flowers into an attractive lightshade. When dry she rolled it to make a small cylindrical shade and put a little battery operated light inside to make the paper glow. Thank you Christina for sharing your clever idea with us.

"Lyntangles" - Lynn Wright March Meeting 2024

 Lynn , one of our own members, arrived with paper, fine black pens, cotton material and a pile of books with ideas that we could use as starting points for our tangles.

Most people doodle if they have a pen in their hands but Lynn had taken it one step further by using the tangles as a basis for stitch.

She brought a beautiful sample based on the swirls on an old tree trunk using gold thread..

The second piece Lynn had sampled embroidered lines and the width the number of threads produced.

We started off by playing with tangles drawn with pen on paper inside various shapes. Lovely graphic patterns began to emerge.

After playing with our pens Lynn showed us how to convert our doodles to stitch using a dark colour to get a good contrast with the white background and a graphic quality. She suggested using line stitches e.g., back, split, stem, stitch. A pop of colour could be added if we wanted.

Working our patterns was very calming so there were periods of quiet followed by chatter and catching up on news.

Members took home their "Lynntangles" to finish at home and we will all be pleased to see what they look like when finished.

A big thank you to Lynn for leading the workshop and inspiring us to have a go and just let the needle take us.

It was a good fun day with calming stitching so what more could we need!