Masquerade Kit Williams - Raffle January Meeting 2025

 

Make something from a Jam Jar of fabrics and bits and pieces. January Meeting 2025

 

On arrival in January, each member will have a

raffle ticket and the corresponding number will be attached to a Jam Jar filled with small pieces of

fabric, perhaps ribbon, threads, buttons etc etc. The challenge will be to create ‘something’ using

some or most of the contents. However, you may wish to bring bits from your own stash eg a piece

of backing fabric, wadding and of course your usual sewing kit. There is a small supply of fabric,

wadding and threads in the cupboard upstairs in the Hall which can be used.

Finished pieces of Work

Sandra has added a tub to her tree and joined the Suffolk puffs together to produce an almost " Scottish inspired tree". The individual puffs look like a Scottish Tammy.

Thanks Sandra, it will look very festive hung on your tree.

 

 Mary has just finished this enormous table runner that is 8ft. in length. 

It is made up of patchwork diamonds in wonderful Christmas colours and would grace anyone's Christmas table.

Thank you Mary for this magnificent piece of work.

Janet has completed her very Christmassy tree decoration which she has embellished with little Christmas " pictures". It will look very pretty either hanging from a tree or a window. 

I love the "mint humbug" style tub.

Thank you Janet for sharing your tree with us.

Christmas Meeting Decoration- Pam Crow, Jacob's Join, Secret Santa, - December 2024

 

As we arrived this month we were welcomed by a Christmas tree to help set the mood for our December Meeting. We were laden down with offerings for the Jacob's Join, Secret Santa and our sewing things ready to make a decoration.

One of our own members Pam Crow led the workshop on making a decoration and she showed us the bright, cheerful and Christmassy ones she had made from plastic milk bottle tops. [See Below]

Pam showed us how to make a Suffolk puff over the plastic top and then decorate it. 

She had brought a whole array of things for us to use including material, tops, glittery decorations and templates.

Members set about making their Suffolk puffs in every kind of Christmas material.

Some of the puffs were decorated at once while others waited until they were all made.

We had the choice of making a tree, wreath or a flat tree and as Suffolk puffs mounted up members began to organise them into their chosen decoration.

Most of us took our decorations to finish at home but two members had worked extra fast and the first tree below was nearly finished while the second tree was finished.

Thank you to Pam for showing us how to make the decoration and being so generous with her time and materials. It was a fun session and we look forward to everyone's finished decoration.

Thank you once again to Pam.

At 12 :15 we began to set up for our Jacobs Join and members had been as generous as usual and there was a wide spread of savoury and sweet dishes.

It was nice to take a little longer over our delicious lunch and catch up with peoples news.

After our lunch it was time for Secret Santa and Wendy Barrington had arranged a little game for us.

 One of the above presents was put in front of each member and then Wendy read a short Christmas story and when she read "LEFT" we passed the present to the left and when she read "RIGHT" we passed to the right. Concentration was needed to make sure we passed it the right way and you could hear lots of chuckles as it was nearly passed the wrong way.

When the story ended your present was the one in front of you.

It was a good fun way of sorting the presents and thanks to Wendy for organising it.

At the end of the meeting Happy Christmas was wished to everyone and we would start the New Year with some more sewing.

Happy Christmas to Everyone and thanks to the committee for organising everything.

Finished Pieces of Work

Wendy has finished her vase in the flat but is not sure if she will turn it into a vase or possibly a book cover.

The fronds have been printed and green "hairy" wool applied to give the lovely texture of ferns across the middle.

The silver gives a lovely sheen that catches the light.

Whatever she decides to do it will look beautiful with the texture, embroidery and colours.

Thank you Wendy, we are waiting to see what you will do with it.

 Christina has finished  her delicate 3D pale green and blue vase. She has added interest with hand embroidery  and added a pop of colour  with orange beads.

She has made the join a feature and curved the top for interest.

It is a lovely vase to look at and a big thank you goes to Christina for sharing it with us.

Christmas Meeting - December 2024

 Christmas Activity

Christmas Tree or Wreath hanging

Requirements List

Please remember:

- your food  offering for the  Jacob's Join and your plates and cutlery.

-your present for Secret Santa..

Members Work Day - November Meeting 2024

 This month we were able to bring embroideries to finish, new projects we had started, sampling for new ideas and anything else we were working on.

The room was filled with a whole array of design, crafts and embroidery with members chatting in between concentrating on their work which can be viewed below.

A range of embroidery techniques.

Design

Knitting

Weaving

Felt Work

Wool Work

Voting was carried out for the Chair's Challenge of embroidered items to fit in a box and the winner was Christina whose work had been selected from a whole range of entries.

Congratulations to Christina on her beautiful entry and she was presented with the glass bell to hold for one year.

It was an enjoyable day and members were able to chat to each other about what they were working on and get more ideas for their own work.