Coming up in March

Jessica Grady will be giving a workshop on "Decorative Embroidery and Embellishment with Recycled Materials" to the Grassington Embroiderers' Guild.

Requirements List for the above workshop:
Basic sewing kit, assorted needles, scissors, 8-10inch hoop. Everything else will be provided but please feel free to bring any special embellishments you would like to use.

For those not attending the workshop, we will be having a Stitch Day so bring your own work to continue.

There is a Fairisle colour work knitting workshop with Jaki Bogg at the Rendezvous Hotel in Skipton on Sunday 1st March. Contact the hotel for details if you are interested.

Rokeby Park has a rare collection of 18th century needlework pictures on display. Contact Sally Davies the Curator for further details.

Harlow Carr library has a needlework exhibition at the moment and is well worth a visit.

February's Meeting

This month began with a Stitch Morning and the start of a series of mini workshops. Using our newly acquired branch embellishing machine and encouraging members to bring their embellishers, we produced a patchwork sample incorporating various methods of felting. Please remember to start collecting ribbons, thick threads and a variety of base fabrics for the next mini workshop on April 1st.

Unfortunately Stella Adams Schofield could not be with us for the afternoon talk and Jacqueline Martin agreed to come and give a talk at very short notice.
A very big thank you  Jacqueline, for coming to share your passion of textiles with us here at the Grassington Embroiderers' Guild and bringing a wealth of samples of work to illustrate your impressive talents!

I was led to believe that it was to be a talk on quilting, but Jacqueline is a master of so many techniques and provided us with a wonderful commentary for each piece she displayed. I have included so many photos this month to illustrate the diversity of the highest calibre of stitch, but these were only a few of the samples that were shared with us during the afternoon. Piece after piece of stunning colourful stitching just left me breathless.

It was awe-inspiring to hear Jacqueline explain, that despite the hours of labour involved with each piece and especially the quilts, she does not consider them precious and they are all used on the beds.

A truly remarkable lady and a heroine of needlework.