October Meeting

Our speaker this month was Alison Bramley whose talk 'Frazzled and Bedazzled' was illustrated with many of the quilts and hangings she has made since completing an Art and Design course at Loughborough in 1990.

Coco the Escaping Elephant



She brought handling samples so that we could examine at close quarters the cut back applique techniques that she uses.

Her impressive sense of colour and design skills were evident in the quilts she had brought with her including 'York 800' created for the exhibition of quilts displayed in many locations in York as part of the celebration of 800 years since the City of York was granted its Royal Charter.



York 800

Events:
Knitting and Stitching tickets can be bought at the November meeting for £9 each.

Yorkshire and the Humber EG Regional AGM is to be held at Scarcroft Village Hall on 11th October 10.00 onwards.Take a packed lunch!

Ryedale Branch meeting on Sat 30th November 2.00pm at Wrelton Village Hall will be a talk by the North Eastern Region on 'Mining a Golden Seam' the exhibition that was shown at last year's Knitting and Stitching Show.

An exhibition of Textile Art by Decora will be held at Otley Courthouse from 4th November to 30th November. 10.00 - 4.00 Monday to Saturday. There will be an accompanying workshop on 24th November (details from the Courthouse) and a Demonstration on 16th November 2.00-4.00pm.

Gina Smith's exhibition 'Journeys with a Needle' continues at the Dales Countryside museum in Hawes until 9th October.

Announcements:
The 'C' word was mentioned - the Christmas meeting is a members' day and we will be making small gift bags based on the Japanese custom of Omiyage. The theme for the Christmas competition is Christmas Pudding.

Josie Storey is running the morning Stitch Club at the moment and is teaching stumpwork techniques. Bring a basic sewing kit to join in. If possible also bring an embroidery hoop and some fabric to work with, though Josie says she will have some available.

Common Threads Exhibition

‘ C o m m o n
T h r e a d s ’
E x h i b i t i o n
Friday 4th October – Friday 15th November Free entry
A textile themed exhibition celebrating the versatility of this wonderful medium
and featuring a diverse selection of regional artists’ work.

Te x t i l e Ma k e r s Ma r k e t
Friday 4th October 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Saturday 5th October 10.00am - 4.30pm
Come and meet the makers and be spoilt for choice
with a wonderful array of unique handmade gifts, all
created by textile artists in our region.

Our gallery, will also be open so come and see
what Rural Arts has to offer!
For more details t: 01845 526536 e: angelaholt@ruralarts.org
or visit www.ruralarts.org
Rural Arts, The Courthouse, 4 Westgate, Thirsk, YO7 1QS

Future Event

Dialogue of Dreams: Talk by Lauren Shanley

Mon 28^th October 2013, 7pm-8pm in Room 37, Skell Building, York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk.

Lauren is a textile artist, designer and maker of high fashion clothes, bags and quilted wallhangings.. Her talk outlines how she has succeeded in establishing herself in a highly competitive business, and her methods of working, illustrated with examples from her collection. Best of all, you will be able to try on some of her couture pieces. A rare opportunity!

 The talk is organised by the British Quilt Study Group in conjunction with the exhibition It’s All in the Making: patchwork and quilting unpicked at the Quilt Museum and Gallery, York, from 6 September to 30 November 2013. Two examples of Lauren’s work will feature in the exhibition.

Quilters’ Guild members and students £7, non-members £9.

For more information and to book a ticket, contact Maxine March on maxinemarch@waitrose.com or 020 8764 8312 or  complete the booking form and send with cheque payable to QGBI-BQSG to Maxine March, 13 Northanger Road, London SW16 5RX

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September Meeting 2013

Don't forget our next meeting which begins with the AGM starts at 1.30 on Saturday September 7th. Please let a member of the Committee know if you have a nomination for the post of Chairman or are willing to be a committee member.
We're looking forward to an interesting talk by Richard Ashworth 'Colour on Cloth' and the raffle colour is silver.

Gawthorpe Hall

Outing To Gawthorpe Hall
Saturday August 10th

We will aim to leave the Folk Hall at 9.15am and pick up the rest of the group at Knaresborough Retail Park as near to 9.45 as we can.
The cafe at Gawthorpe Hall will be open at 11am and the Hall opens at 12 noon.
Each person is responsible for paying their own entrance fee. National Trust members are free.
We will stop at Empress Mills on the return journey for about an hour and leave there at 4 pm.

Message from our April speaker.

Your support for the women and children at Sreepur was very generous and Ruby has sent the following message

“Thank you for the lovely afternoon with your members you all made Ken and I so welcome we raised £638.00 amazing !!! for the women and children at Sreepur.

 May I also thank you for the threads given to me how kind”

The items that Ruby brought were beautiful and carefully produced.

Easter competition

Congratulations to Dorothy Rabjohn, the winner of the Easter competition. Her work based on a design by Angie Lewin of a lino cut titled ‘Agapanthus’ was judged as the best commercial design. 

A Tribute to Angie Lewin “Agapanthus tribute”

Serena Partridge Miniature Gloves Workshop – Saturday May 18^th

Unfortunately this workshop has been cancelled due to lack of participants.

Speaker Saturday May 4^th

Caroline Dunn’s website can be found at  http://carolinedunn.weebly.com/index.html

Dulcie

April Meeting

 

Ruby Porter MBE told us about her work at Sreepur Village, Bangladesh.

The village houses over 500 babies and children and 140 destitute women. They are provided with a loving environment, food, clothing, education and vocational training.

Ruby brought with her a wonderful selection of hand woven and embroidered items to raise money for the village. In the photograph she is holding a scarf hand woven in the village from natural fibres and dyed with natural dyes.

We can help in a small way by donating threads and needles. Please bring what you have to our meeting in May.

There are lovely pictures of Sreepur Village on their website   There is also the opportunity to help by donating money.