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.

Telling Stories

 Robyn Smith and Carly Gilliatt have an exhibition of paintings and felt-work telling stories of time spent in places real or imagined.

The exhibition runs from 29th October 2024 - 10th November 2024 and is being held in the Indigo Crow Gallery, 57 Burton Road, Lincoln LN1 3JY.

Robyn will be on site on Thursday and both Carly and herself will in attending on both Fridays.  They look forward to seeing you there.

October 2024 Stitch Club - Textile Cards

 For our next stitch club which will be on Saturday 16th November, Jill will provide us with the opportunity to make 3 different textile cards.

1.  Simple appliqué tree scene

2.  Foundation pieced tree

3.  Mindful stitched robin

Please bring along -

- your sewing kit

- selection of threads

- any fabrics you might want to use, including Xmas prints, cream/white fabrics & lace etc

- any suitable embellishments

Jill will provide fabrics from her workroom, bondaweb for appliqué, foundation layouts, card stock, glue

We will have plenty of time to make multiple cards.

Hopefully Kate will be brining an iron for us to use, along with some baking paper to protect it from the Bondaweb.

As always please bring a packed lunch.  Tea/coffee/biscuits will be provided.

Cost: £5.00 for members, £7.50 for non-members

Location: Thomas Garrett Building, Heighington

Time: 10:00 - 15:00

As usual, please notify Judith if you are planning on attending.  We look forward to seeing you there.

Our October Stitch Club

 There were seven of us for the October stitch club, where Kathy led us in making folk embroidered birds.  Good results from everyone and we all enjoyed ourselves very much.

Our next stitch club will be on Saturday 16th November as usual at the Thomas Garrett rooms in Heighington, from 10:00 - 15:00 when Jill will be showing us how to create Christmas cards using various techniques.

Members £5.00, non-members £7.50.  If interested in attending please let either Judith or Jacqui know as soon as possible.

October 2024 Stitch Club - Folk Embroidered Birds

Our next stitch club will be on Saturday 19th October from 10:00 - 15:00 at the Thomas Garrett Rooms, Heighington.

Kathy will be leading us in making folk embroidered birds:

Requirements List

• Felt if you have some (if not, don't buy any as Vanda has a large supply that she will be bringing.  A lot of it is white, but if mixed with red, will give a Scandinavian look)
• Embroidery threads
• Thin ribbon
• Basic sewing kit

Kathy will be providing the stuffing.

The birds can be on loops to hang as decorations or on gift bags.  Or they can be a garland with a long length of ribbon running through several of them.

Jacqui will be sending out an email to members shortly.  Please reply and let her know if you are coming or not.

As per usual, tea/coffee/biscuits will be provided.  Please bring a packed lunch.

We look forward to seeing you!

September's Christmas Bauble Stitch Club

 An enjoyable day was had by all at the September stitch club where we used polystyrene balls to create Christmas baubles.  Here's how we got on:

Our next stitch club will be on Saturday 20th October at the Thomas Garrett Building in Heighington, details to follow shortly along with the dates for 2024/2025.

September Stitch Club: Christmas Bauble - 14th September 2024

 Our next stitch club will be on Saturday 14th September - please note the date, we had to bring it forward by one week due to double booking.

Judith will be showing how to make Christmas baubles like the ones below.  Requirements list is below the photos.

Requirements List

• Polystyrene ball
• Pencil
• Tape measure
• Craft Knife
• Blunt tool/knife to push fabric into slots
• Christmas cotton fabric - possibly 2 designs or more
• Gold cord or bobbles (gold, silver or white) to cover edges of the fabric
• Fabric glue
• Fabric scissors
• 1/4" ribbon to coordinate with fabric, to decorate top and make a loop to hang the bauble
• Glass headed pins, maybe useful for attaching sequins and small beads or other decorations to the top and bottom of bauble
• Sequins and small beads could be used at the top and bottom of the bauble, or you can get filigree caps to cover the ends of ribbon etc.

As usual, please bring a packed lunch.  Tea, coffee, biscuits will be provided.  To be held at the Thomas Garrett Building, Heighington between 10:00 and 15:00.

Please let Judith know if you are planning to come.  In the meantime, have a lovely summer!