Vivienne Morpeth and nuno felted scarf workshop 27th April 2013

Monika laying out her design

Robyn rubbing her scarf edge after rolling in bubble wrap

Suzie showing her scarf after fulling (throwing it about)

Julia with her finished piece

three finished scarves

Monika making a felted flower as an additional extra

Vivienne Morpeth - Felt talk 26th April 2013

Nuno felt is good for tailored garments because wool shrinks in the direction in which it is laid, so jackets can be wide across the shoulders and small at the waist; Vivienne put on the most beautiful shaped jacket in grey merging into black edging.  

Coarse wool takes longer to felt but has more character as has this beautiful wall-hanging 

Vivienne is keen on needle felting birds.

Vivienne showed us a piece of nuno felt she was currently working on, inspired by Rene MacIntosh’s roses. 

Scissor Case: Stitch Club with Shirley Rowley 20th April 2013

A delightful Saturday working with Shirley.

Sacred stitched: Ecclesiastical Textiles in the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor

Any one who's planning visits and trips for the summer may be interested to know about this exhibition at Waddesdon Manor that started on 27th March and goes through until 27th October 2013.  There is more information on the website here:  Sacred Stitches Exhibition but it will contain textiles dating from c1400 to the late1700s.  The manor is just outside Aylesbury just off the A41.

Zoe Zegula in Lincoln - Friday 22nd March 2013

We were shown a huge variety of techniques and ideas including ribbon fabric, contour quilting, textured surface with internal cording, crackle with wax and indigo dye, layering up, stitching and cutting back with a chenille cutter using fabric paint on Perspex – pulling fabric away to achieve irregular patterns, inking up and printing with leaves, creating crinkle touch petals, layering sheer to create shadow, using frayed edges for grasses, machining fabric with images and creating coastal landscapes with horizontal strips of lace, scrim and hessian in a portrait frame. 

Hardanger with Jacqui Armitage; Stitch Club 16th March 2013

Young Embroiderers, Saturday March 16th

We had an excellent day with Robyn producing these lovely felted gadget bags. In the morning the children made two pieces of felt. Robyn had brought in her Wool carder so the children could have a go at mixing the coloured wool fibres.

After lunch we stitched the dried felt pieces, embellishing them with top stitching and making a felt bead for the fastener.

                                                                                            Michele Maloney