Exhibitions coming up

A couple of exhibitions you might be interested in

THE LIVING THREADS GROUP

'' EXTRAVAGANZA''

INSPIRATIONS IN FABRIC AND THREAD

22-30 April 2011

Venue - Trent College, Derby Road, Long Eaton NG10 4AD
Opening Times:
22 - 28 April 2011 10am - 5.30pm
29 April 2011 closed all day
30 April 2011 10am - 5pm

Admission: £2.50

www.livingthreadstextileartists.com

Stitch & Mix Textile Exhibition

‘High Days and Holidays’

Cromford Mill, Mill Lane, Cromford, DE4 3RQ

Saturday - Thursday 30 April - 5 May

10:00 - 16:30

Entrance Free

www.stitchandmix.co.uk

April Meeting

The meeting on the 29th April will ne going ahead as usual, even though it's a Bank Holiday for the Royal wedding.

It's a practical evening and we'll be making pennants for the 'Quilts 4 London' project

Please bring


Calico – A3 size (12” x 20”)

·        Coloured fabrics of your choice (these will be used to create the background)

·         Sewing thread, needles, scissors

·         Hand embroidery threads

·         Buttons, beads, sequins to embellish

April Stitch Club - Knitted & Beaded Amulet Bags

Mary Paulger is leading this Stitch Club session

These little amulet bags are lovely, very tactile. Mary has made kits with all the materials you need and will have the small knitting needles for sale

Stitch club starts at 10am and finishes at 3pm

February Stitch Club Requirements List

Those of you attending Annette's Stitch Club on Beaded Buttons, please see the requirements list below:

Embroidery Hoop 15-20cm diameter
Background fabric to match button colour [large enough to fit hoop]
Cotton lining fabric
Nymo thread to match bead colour
Machine sewing thread
Tacking thread
Beading needles
Seed beeds
Selection of beads, matt, shiny, any shape, size suitable for button. Bugle beads go well.
Optional large centre bead
29 mm button forms [from Dunhelm or Boyes]
Sharp scissors
Market pen or pencil
£2 coin.

Bev will be bringing her stash of beads for those of you who do not have any, or for those wanting to increase their stash!

See you on the 19th February!

November Workshop - Places Available

We still have a couple of places available for the November Workshop on Saturday 27th November at the Bailgate Methodist Church Hall.

The workshop is being run by Janice Williams and we will be doing a Goldwork Embroidered Butterfly. Cost is £20 for EG members or £25 for non-members. If you are interested in attending please let Jacqui Armitage know. If accepted, you will need to bring a packed lunch. Tea/coffee/biscuits will be available throughout the day.

The workshop starts at 10:00 and goes on until 16:00.

If you have any goldwork supplies, please bring these with you, along with any beads, spangles etc. There will be an opportunity to purchase supplies as well; and remember your sewing kit!

Many thanks

Exhibition at Lincoln Library

On now ... do come along and see our work

There's lots of embroidery to see, including work by the Young Embroiderers. We've also got a sales area - threads, cards, beaded jewellery. Some of the work is for sale too. It's on from 8th to 13th November.

Luttrell Psalter Talk at Harrogate EG

A nice write up from Harrogate

http://pinpointsharrogate.blogspot.com/2010/10/talk-by-janet-taylor.html

Their blog is very similar to ours. Have a browse.

http://pinpointsharrogate.blogspot.com/

It's interesting to see what's happening in other branches