Finished Pieces of Work

Sandra has finished her bright and cheerful mini  quilt where she has used the colours of Spring. We are always pleased to see the cherry blossom and the Spring flowers especially after a long grey Winter.

She has mixed mathematical shapes in spring green to add an extra focus.

The quilt has been attached to a frame and decorated in drawn plants and fruit. Thank you Sandra for your piece.

Shelagh chose to embroider her mini memory quilt with items relating to her love of walking. I particularly love the hiking boots, with the footprints and the muddy puddles. Very appropriately she has called it "Spring in my Step".

The shrubs, daffodils and signpost help to produce a lovely atmospheric piece where we can all remember stamping through muddy puddles.

Thank you Shelagh for a lovely piece.

I have received this beautifully doodle-stitched embroidery by Wendy Barrington inspired by a rock pool on Rousay, Orkney. The pool contained different kinds of seaweeds and the rocks were diamond shaped.

Thank you Wendy for a beautiful piece of embroidery and the rock pool must have been very colourful contrasting with the interesting shapes and colours of the rocks.

Christina has finished her "Lynntangle" where she has embroidered into geometrical shapes producing delightful patterns reminiscent of Medieval patterns. It is lovely to look at and the little pops of gold make some areas stand out.

 Thank you Christina, it is delightful.

Anne has been extra busy and produced two beautiful  "Lynntangles"

that look like stained glass windows. Some of the stitched patterns have been coloured in and they come to the front of the embroidery almost making it look 3D.

I love the two perky birds. Thank you Ann for your beautiful pieces.

Sandra based her "Lynntangle" on her own doodles which she draws when thinking. The blue flower in the centre gives a nice pop of colour and draws the eye.

Thank you Sandra.

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.