For the March stitch club, Kate took up through making a textile collage. I believe everyone had a very enjoyable time. Here are some of the results:
Monday, 17 March 2025
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
March Stitch Club - Textile Collage
Our next stitch club will be on Saturday 15th March when we will be doing Textile Collage with Kate. As usual it runs from 10:00 - 15:00 at the Thomas Garrett Rooms, Heighington.
Kate will bring:
- · a little iron and towel to iron on; water spray
- · lots of fabric pieces and a bag of felt bits
- · some fine felt tip pens
- · staple gun
- · collection of narrow ribbons
You will need
- · Ideas for your image – landscape, decorative abstract or maybe you will be inspired by photos you have taken or images in magazines.
- · Maybe buy a picture frame from a charity shop. This then gives you the size of your image. Alternatively your worked fabric can be attached (with a staple gun or drawing pins) after completion to a canvas over a frame (sold in art departments such as in the Range).
- · Backing fabric, larger than the size of your finished work. Calico is a good strong base to work on.
- · Fabrics of your choice to suit your image
- · Scissors
- · glue – Pritt stick style is OK for thin fabric and uhu type for thicker fabric
- · If you are adding stitch, then bring your embroidery threads and the rest of your kit
- · Beads and ribbons if you like
February Stitch Club
A good day was had by all at the goldwork stitch club in February... here are some of the examples that were done:
Sunday, 26 January 2025
February Stitch Club - Goldwork Embroidery
Our next stitch club will be on Saturday 15th February 2025 at the Thomas Garrett Rooms at Heighington, where Jacqui will be taking us through creating an Easter egg in goldwork in a design of your own choosing.
Requirements List
- Any
goldwork supplies you may have e.g.
- 3-ply twist (can be colours of your choice)
- Smooth purl
- Check purl
- Rough Purl
- Rococco
- Jap
- Whatever else you have
- Silk
material or any other suitable backing for the goldwork 8” square
- Backing
fabric for the silk 8” square
- Seed
beads of your choice of colour, probably size 10 or smaller depending on
size of your design
- Sequins
of your choice of colour
- Beading
thread
- Beeswax
- Matching
coloured thread
- Sewing kit and scissors
- 5" or 6" embroidery hoop
- Sewing needle and beading needle
We’ll be creating embroidered easter eggs that could be used in a card or be a decoration. The actual design is up to the embroiderer so we see a great variety of results.
If anyone doesn’t have any goldwork supplies, please let us know. Jacqui will be bringing her supplies with her, just in case. Please let us know if you are coming as well. Thank you.
Please bring a packed lunch, coffee/tea/biscuits provided. See you there!!!!
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
January Stitch Club
There was a good group of us at the January stitch club where Robyn took us through how to make a needle felt bumble bee and mushroom. Everyone had a great time and the results were impressive:
Our next stitch club will be on Saturday 15th February, when we will be doing goldwork embroidery with Jacqui.
Monday, 6 January 2025
January Stitch Club - Needle Felting
Happy New Year everyone, hope you all had a good Christmas.
Our next stitch club is on Saturday 18th January at the Thomas Garrett Building, Heighington, as usual. Starting at 10:00, going on until 15:00. Bring a packed lunch, tea/coffee and biscuits provided.
For our first stitch club of 2025, Robyne will be getting us to needlefelt either a bee or mushrooms.
Requirements list as follows:
- Wool tops
- Needle felting needles
- a sponge
- wire for the bee
- black beads for eyes
- black wire for legs I will bring some
- Glue
- Scissors
Robyn will bring enough wings for everyone.
A small flower pot or small votive or cup for your
toadstools and/or bee to be displayed in.
We look forward to seeing you on the 18th.
Wednesday, 27 November 2024
November Stitch Club
A good day was held by all at the November stitch club, where we made some textile cards as below:
Our next stitch club will be on January 18th 2025 when we will be doing needle felting with Robyn, making a bee and/or mushroom as illustrated below:
As usual, Robyn will come well equipped. We will put a reminder post up at the beginning of 2025.