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!!!!

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.

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.

Robyn will also bring all the materials with me as usual but in case anyone has some wool or other bits they want to use.

We look forward to seeing you on the 18th.

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.