Circular Landscape Weaving stitch club, Kate Steane Saturday 23rd April 2022

 

Requirements

Metal ring (provided by Kate)

Large blunt-ended tapestry needle

Strong yarn for warping up the circular frame

Specific yarns for tree "leaves" canopy and Tree trunks and fences and sheep; mixture of various textured wools for grass, rocks, flowers, fields, fences, walls

Picture/Photo/Postcard for landscape ideas. Any season can be used, gardens, outdoor scenes, woodland, hills and so on

I will be bringing lots of rings of various sizes (bought on line as lampshade rings), a few needles, some strong yarn and a whole load of wools as well as a few images.

Vanessa has noted that Magpie Fabrics in Saxilby has reduced all fabrics to clear

 

Chicken scratch with Judith Snaith 19th March 2022

 

Sadly Anne Goodall has died

Anne has been suffering from pneumonia for several months but died in hospital of a heart attack on Monday 14^th March (information from Mary Paulger).

Anne has been coming to stitch clubs for longer than I have – over 15 years. She was foremost a scientist and had created a environmental business which wrote reports about animals, plants and geology on land going through a change of use. Her business was financially successful, but it was hard for her to let go and I know she was still editing reports, even last year.

 Anne lived next to Chambers Wood where she voluntarily kept an eye on several animals including bats and dormice. She was a mother with a grown up son and hoped to move nearer to him in the south of England in the next year or so.

She had been working on a family tree embroidery which she brought to many stitch clubs. She enjoyed using her scientific method at workshops – I remember one where she made samples with disperse dyes – various fabrics and various dye mixes.

Anne appreciated other people’s art and bought some of my mother’s work and one of mine. She was very keen on the idea of photo/fabric montage and I think she was having a go herself at home last year. She felt that this might be the answer for all her unfinished embroidery pieces – they could be absorbed into a collage or several collages together with photos of her favourite places.

Email Kate if you want to add more

Chicken Scratch Embroidery Stitch Club with Judith Snaith 19th March 2022; we are back in Thomas Garrett Heritage Rooms

 

Chicken scratch embroidery is also known as Broiderie Suisse, Australian Cross Stitch and Depression Lace.

Materials needed for this project:-

Gingham fabric  - amount needed depends on what you want to make (see below).

Interfacing  - to back your design, to hold fabric firm while stitching.

Perle cotton or 6 stranded embroidery cotton thread (only using 3 strands) colour of thread depends on your fabric colour - whether you want it matching  but a darker shade than your fabric  or contrasting. Usually you will need a colour to match fabric and white. 

Sewing Equipment

• Fabric scissors
• Small scissors
• Sewing and embroidery needles
• Pins 
• Sewing thread to match fabric to complete article.
• Pencil  or pen to plan design

Projects

The project I thought you might like to do as an introduction is a “Scissor Saver”. 

If you want to make the scissor saver as illustrated you will need a piece of fabric at  least 13 squares by 13 square.

You will also need a piece of fabric the same size for the back.

A piece of iron on interfacing the same size.

Stuffing.

I can supply all this, but you will need cord or ribbon to finish off the article as well as embroidery thread and sewing thread. 

{ Fabric for small articles - pale blue, royal blue, navy blue, red, pink, black, yellow and a small piece of green and purple }

I will bring some squared paper for you to plan your design. Here are some bigger projects.

 

If you have access to the internet you can find ideas on PINTEREST. Look for Chicken Scratch embroidery ideas - these will maybe give you design ideas. Here are two different effects.

 

26th Feb 2022 photo/fabric collage project with Kate at Joan's house

We met in Joan's house; she has a lovely kitchen diner extension which turns beautifully into a workshop for the few of us. It was a wonderful day of chat and absorbed silence.

There were three who took on the challenge  and they all had their own ideas and just got on with them. Jacqui used a magazine picture to enhance with detailed embroidery; Joan had seabird images which she put together into a bird dense shore; Anne created a semi abstract mix of beach images with printed fabric, lace and ribbon. So I just carried on with my sample piece. I think the pieces themselves are self explanatory and if you want to see more, then look below the requirements to see others I have made this year.

No stitch club on 19th Feb, but it may be on 26th Feb - watch this space

 

Janet Wain (chair of the Heritage Rooms committee) has let us know that there is a major leak at the Heritage Rooms and the water has had to be turned off so there is no water to any taps or to the toilet. Apparently work is unlikely to be completed by this Saturday. Other venues are vastly more expensive, so Judith suggested we go for a later Saturday.

 

Jean Copsey (in charge of the diary) has pencilled us in for the following one, Saturday 26th February which is the only free Saturday until our next stitch club on 19th March. Janet Wain thinks that things might not be sorted even by then. Jean has said she will keep in touch as soon as they get any updates and I will put these on the blog. 

 

No stitch club on 19^th Feb but it may be on 26^th Feb – watch this space