Meetings of the Grassington Embroiderers' Guild are continuing to be virtual and not at the Rugby Club.
If you are not already a member of the Grassington District Embroiderers' Guild Branch and would like to watch our Zoom Speaker Meetings you are now able to do so. For a fee of £10, you will be sent the link to the Talks which take place on the first and third Wednesday of each month. If you are interested contact the secretary:
GrassingtonDistrictSec@embroiderersguild.co.uk
Our next meeting will be on May 5th.
Ann Pocklington will be giving a power point presentation, "From Crinoline Ladies to Soldering Irons - a textile journey". This talk is about the changes in embroidery in the last 50 years, illustrated with her own work.
May 19th Workshop with Angelina fibres
The book, “Between the Sheets With Angelina” by Alysn Midgelow-Marsden is well worth looking at and not expensive.
Below are two shops where you can order the fibre.
Wingham Wool Works, 70 Main St, Wentworth, Rotherham S62 7TN, Ruth and Alan Gough the owners - very helpful.
Colourcraft
(C&A) Ltd 6, Carlisle Court, 555 Carlisle St E, Sheffield S4
8DT
Lots of craft supplies, including Angelina.
April 21st Meeting
This week the group chatted about embellishing with buttons from our button tins! Below are a few samples of decorative button work for you to try, all the work below has been done by our members.
Buttons enhanced with embroidery stitch around the outside are really effective.
Yorkshire buttons embellished onto an abstract seascape.
April 7th
This morning started with a sprinkle of snow on the ground and the loss of electric down the Dale, but nothing was going to prevent me from attending Alison Wake's zoom talk on "Painting with Threads". So it was generator on, and internet back up and running, and I was able to connect with the group for a morning of Textile Art.
Alison is a self taught artist, living in the Peak District National Park. She draws her inspiration from the micro and macro landscapes surrounding her home. Her textile artworks are hand stitched, and she tries to use locally sourced and hand dyed wools. Alison explained that whilst out walking, she takes photographs and sketches and uses these for inspiration for her textile art. She pointed out that she tries to communicate her natural experiences through the colour, texture and imagery of her pictures. We were treated to a wonderful display of her stitched pictures and smaller pendant works. Below is a sample of her work.
Have a look at Alison's website to see her most recent works.
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