UPDATE: The May meeting has also been cancelled.
Perhaps not unexpectedly, we have made the decision to cancel our April meeting and social. We will be in touch about the May meeting at a later date.
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Friday, 13 March 2020
March meeting - Tori Riley
Our speaker this month was Tori Riley, her talk was on traditional and Indonesian batik.
Tori grew up in Jakarta, and later studied at the Batik institute, so she was able to speak very knowledgeably about the different styles and techniques of batik.
She also brought a delightful collection of different fabrics to show the variations in style and type of fabric used. These included pattern books made from copper stamps, and the corresponding fabric.
This sample has a raised gold design added after the dyeing has been completed.
Her collection even included wooden masks which had been decorated using the same wax resist techniques, to produce highly intricate pieces.
This was a very interesting talk, and having the opportunity to handle all the samples of different types of batik and ask questions, made for a very informative and sociable afternoon.
In other things . . .
The travelling book has gone missing. It was last seen in a hessian bag. If anyone knows of its whereabouts, please let one of the committee members know.
Regional day is on the 6th June. Further details in the Regional Handbook.
The library now gets Embroidery magazine - available to borrow. We also have a book missing. Embroidered Landscapes by Judy Wilford. Please return it if you have it.
The trip to the Castle Museum with a behind the scenes session with the curator will be on Monday 6th July at 2:00pm. Please sign up if you would like to go.
Please Note the April meeting has now been cancelled.At the April meeting, the competition theme is 'Best Commercial design' which means any piece worked to a commercial design. (And it doesn't have to have been completed in the past year!)
Sue would like help with designing the banner which is being made to hang in the Folk Hall.
Sign up for Elizabeth Almond's Kogin darning workshop in June, will open at the April meeting.
Stitch club in April will continue with stumpwork with Shirley (requirements as for last month) and Josie will be working with paper moulds.
To take part with Josie, you need:
Toilet paper
Water
Spray Starch
Shapes to press the paper in to - Rubber stamps, Print blocks, heavy lace etc
Gesso
Fabric - canvas etc to fix to
Cards
Paints - rub on and spray paint
And importantly, something to take the things home on!
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| Batik fabric |
Tori grew up in Jakarta, and later studied at the Batik institute, so she was able to speak very knowledgeably about the different styles and techniques of batik.
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| Batik fabric and stamp |
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| Embellished fabric |
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| Mask |
This was a very interesting talk, and having the opportunity to handle all the samples of different types of batik and ask questions, made for a very informative and sociable afternoon.
In other things . . .
The travelling book has gone missing. It was last seen in a hessian bag. If anyone knows of its whereabouts, please let one of the committee members know.
Regional day is on the 6th June. Further details in the Regional Handbook.
The library now gets Embroidery magazine - available to borrow. We also have a book missing. Embroidered Landscapes by Judy Wilford. Please return it if you have it.
The trip to the Castle Museum with a behind the scenes session with the curator will be on Monday 6th July at 2:00pm. Please sign up if you would like to go.
Please Note the April meeting has now been cancelled.
Sue would like help with designing the banner which is being made to hang in the Folk Hall.
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Stitch club requirements
Update . . . The stumpwork session will not be taking place tomorrow (Saturday March 7th).
Carol's Initial design will be going ahead as planned, and the sit and sew group will also go ahead as normal.
If you're coming to the morning session this Saturday 7th March, and want to take part in Stitch Club with Carol where the theme is Initial Designs, this is what you need to bring . . .
Several square pieces of paper 8” – 12”
Paper scissors
Craft knife and cutting mat (if you have them)
Pencil
Freezer paper (if you have it)
Back-up supplies of requirements will be available
If you wish to try out your design on fabric to make a small quilted sample, bring some fabric and backing and batting (wadding) together with sewing/embroidery supplies.
Paints will be available if you wish to use them to apply your design as a painted stencil transfer onto fabric.
If you're doing stumpwork with Shirley, the session is not going ahead on March 7th.
Usual sewing kit with 9/10 size needles
6" embroidery ring
Calico
Fine water soluble pen or pencil
Small piece of brown / tan/ beige felt
Stranded cotton in selection of greens and Browns, ALSO berry colours or reds and purples
Paper covered cake wires if you have them- I will have some if not.
Stitch Club starts at 10:00.
And if you're staying for the afternoon talk, the speaker is Victoria Riley, talking about traditional and Indonesian batik. See the programme page for more details.
And don't forget, we put information out on our facebook page throughout the month.
Carol's Initial design will be going ahead as planned, and the sit and sew group will also go ahead as normal.
If you're coming to the morning session this Saturday 7th March, and want to take part in Stitch Club with Carol where the theme is Initial Designs, this is what you need to bring . . .
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| Carol Coleman - Initial Designs |
Paper scissors
Craft knife and cutting mat (if you have them)
Pencil
Freezer paper (if you have it)
Back-up supplies of requirements will be available
If you wish to try out your design on fabric to make a small quilted sample, bring some fabric and backing and batting (wadding) together with sewing/embroidery supplies.
Paints will be available if you wish to use them to apply your design as a painted stencil transfer onto fabric.
If you're doing stumpwork with Shirley, the session is not going ahead on March 7th.
Stitch Club starts at 10:00.
And if you're staying for the afternoon talk, the speaker is Victoria Riley, talking about traditional and Indonesian batik. See the programme page for more details.
And don't forget, we put information out on our facebook page throughout the month.
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