Wednesday 7 April 2021

April

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.

Try sewing the buttons onto a fabric with different colours and different stitches.

Shades of the same colour, but all shapes and sizes of button.


Incorporating buttons into a stitched design.


Embellishing machine stitching and hand embroidered motif.

 

Memory buttons! Each one has a special significance. I love this idea. I have made memory quilts, but I had not thought of creating a memory button piece. This will be next on my list! I have already started sorting through my button tins and recalling garments long gone, but the buttons remain. I will also start a holiday collection of buttons! When Covid allows more freedom, I shall be collecting buttons from wherever I visit!


Dorset buttons and Yorkshire buttons


Yorkshire buttons embellished onto an abstract seascape.


Home made Fimo clay buttons, using a pasta maker and pastry cutters!

Button frog fastners, useful and decorative.









 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.





Alison is presently exhibiting at the Gallery in the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton and is a member of the High Peaks Artists Group.

Have a look at Alison's website to see her most recent works.


Programme

April 21st          Buttons
May 5th             Talk: Ann Pocklington - "From Crinoline Ladies to Soldering Irons- A Textile Journey"
May 19th           Workshop with Angelina fibres
June 2nd            Workshop: Ann Pocklington - Pillow Loom Weaving, making a bag with no seams to                               sew up. I will send a requirement list the week before.

June 16th            Continuing the Textile Book
July 7th              Anne Barron work packs
July 21st             Patchwork
Sept 1st              AGM
                           Chrisie Freeth: "Traditional textile crafts and exploring them as a contemporary art                                                              form"
Sept 15th            Working on own projects
Oct 6th               Catherine Millie
Oct 20th             Own Project work and Embellisher workshop
Nov 3rd              Jane Walkley
Nov 17th            Own Project work and Embellisher workshop
Dec 1st               Laura Edgar

Dec 15th             Christmas workshop















March

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

March 3rd

We welcomed Jennifer Collier, this morning, a graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University, and winner of several awards including the BCTF Award for Excellence and "Best in Show" at the London Craft Fair. 

Jennifer gave an excellent illustrated zoom talk on "The Art of Paper and Stitch". Her work  certainly encompasses a new dimension of Textile Art. Jennifer creates stunning sculptures from vintage recycled materials. She explained to the group how she liked to give new life to things that would otherwise be thrown away. Using the techniques of bonding, waxing, trapping, and stitching, she produced unusual paper "fabrics" which were used to breathe new life into old household objects.

Visit Jennifer's web site to see her spectacular recycling sculptures.

March 17th

An Embroidered Suffolk Puff workshop was today's activity with the group. Below are a few samples of work produced by members after the morning workshop.







Grassington Embroiderers' Guild Programme:


April 7th            Alison Wake: "Painting with thread and yarn" 
April 21st          Buttons
May 5th             TBA
June 2nd             Helen Robson - "Sustainably creating, mending and repurposing"
June 16th            Continuing the Textile Book
July 7th              Anne Barron work packs
July 21st             Patchwork
Sept 1st              AGM
                           Chrisie Freeth: "Traditional textile crafts and exploring them as a contemporary art                                                              form"
Sept 15th            Working on own projects
Oct 6th               Catherine Millie
Oct 20th             Own Project work and Embellisher workshop
Nov 3rd              Jane Walkley
Nov 17th            Own Project work and Embellisher workshop
Dec 1st               Laura Edgar
Dec 15th             Christmas workshop