Lavender bottles with Ann Roberts and lavender bags with Jacqui 24th Sept 2022

Please note change of date due to Thomas Garrett availability

Materials needed for 1 lavender bottle

9 flower stems of lavender with as long a stem as possible. CUT THE LAVENDER THE EVENING BEFORE STITCH CLUB. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE STEMS HAVE NOT DRIED OUT

45” of 6mm double faced satin ribbon. 

 Sewing cotton (this is just to hold the lavender together under the ribbon)

Materials needed for 1 lavender bag (image to follow soon)

2 pieces of thin calico (10 by 10cm)

2 pieces of muslin (9 by 9cm)

mauve ribbon (2cm wide x 40cm)

shredded lavender seeds/flowers

mauve sewing cotton

mauve embroidery thread (two shades is nice so swop a bit with your neighbour)

olive green embroidery thread 

also bring scissors and sewing kit (needles, pins etc) for both projects

Smocking with Mary Paulger

 Stitch Club 16th July 2022

Today we met once again at the Thomas Garrett Buildings in Heighington to take on some smocking!  For some of us it was the first time of attempting this, and for others, the first time since leaving school.

Once again a good time was had by all.

Our next stitch club will be on 17th September 2022, subject as yet to be advised, so stay tuned.  In the meantime, have a lovely summer break!

Smocking with Mary Paulger 16th July

Requirements

• Gingham fabric, (best choice has 5mm checks. Poly cotton is fine.) Width, at least 18 in by 6 in for one practice piece. Width of fabric for second project
• Sharp needle and thread, Gutterman sew all type (needs to be quite strong)
• Embroidery needles
• Stranded cotton or cotton Perle No 8 in contrasting colours
• Embroidery scissors.
• Thimble if preferred.

A Couple of Finished Knot Gardens

 Our May meeting saw us doing embroidered knot gardens.  Here are a couple of completed ones that were presented at the June meeting:

June Stitch Club - Three Corners 25th June 2022

 A good day was had by all (8 in total), as we had a go at three different things:

• Making an origami box
• Iris folding to make a card
• Braiding

Here are some of the results....

And these are some of the uses for the braid:

Cords for cushions, straps for bags, fastening scissors to their keeper etc etc.

Why not join us in July when we shall be doing smocking, 16th July at the Thomas Garrett Buildings, Heighington.

June Stitch Club - Saturday 25th

 We have had to change the date of the June stitch club to the 25th June, still at the Thomas Garrett Building in Heighington.

Due to the unavailability of our tutor for the planned day of activities (which will be run next season), it will be run by Judith and Jacqui.  There will be a mixture of things to do:

JUDITH

Pencil Storage Container Requirements List

• Paper needs to be firm (100gsm +)  You can use 6" squre paper or larger.
• Whatever your chosen size, ou will need 6 pieces, plus another 2 for the base.
• 1 piece of card for the base (Cereal box will do)
• PVA glue or a glue gun
• Paper clips to hold the paper whilst the glue sets
• Ruler
• Scissors for cutting paper.

Iris Folded Card

• Wrapping paper - to cut into strips, in four colours that compliment each other
• Judith has gold, silver and bronze colours
• Scissors or guillotine
• Narrow double sided tape
• Piece of card of mat to fasten the design down
• Card mounts (these will be available on the dayu)

JACQUI

Braiding

Will we be trying a variety of different braids using Kumihimo, and beaded jewellery with a form of macrame.  Requirements list:

• Threads of differents kinds and thicknesses, ribbon, goldfingering, stranded cotton, Perle cotton, novelty threads etc.
• Large beads as centre pieces for jewellery
• Jacqui will have some jewellery findings with her and also some very strong glue

If there are any further requirements, this post will be amended so stay tuned and hope to see you next month!!

Embroidered Knot Gardens

 Today, Jacqui took us through creating our own embroidered knot gardens, where we were encouraged to use a wide variety of threads to build up a textured 3-D imitation of a stately home's ornamental garden.

Here are some of the results.  I think a good day was had by all!  And as usual, Jacqui left the group with some homework!!!