More pictures!

It's hard to believe that it's February tomorrow! Our next informal meeting will take place at Pat's house in Threlkeld on Thursday 4th Feb, and we are invited to take along any sewing related bits and pieces that we'd like to exchange, sell, or gift to someone else. Time for a bit of a clear out.

Melanie has passed on more pictures of our felting day, which I am posting here. It would be lovely to see pictures of any work completed at home after the workshop.

January Meeting

Thanks to Pat's hospitality, we were able to enjoy a lovely day of felt-making with Marilyn. It was very brave to accommodate so many of us, working. We seemed to take over quite a lot of the house.

Marilyn, as always, gave us plenty of clever ideas for jewellery and small items, both wet-felted, and needle-felted, and with ideas for beading and embroidery to finish the pieces. I am posting some pictures, mostly of Marilyn's work, but hope to include some examples from other members soon.

Some advance dates.....

Northwest Region Area 1  are holding a  members' workshop in Sedbergh on March 20th 2010. It will focus on hand embroidery.The tutor is Liliane Taylor, (who has a website http://www.lilianetaylor.com/ ) and the cost is £16, which covers tuition, materials, and tea and coffee. For further details, and to book, contact Kathryn Thompson.  kathrynlthompson30@hotmail.com or 01253 882121.

The Regional day , 17th April, Manchester Conference Centre.
Rosebowl Competition, title "Buildings and Architecture"

N.E.C. Fashion and Embroidery   (25th-28th March 2010)
Message from Fibrefusion;

"Fibrefusion have once again been invited to exhibit a new and extensive body of work representing their individual creative  response to the theme of 'Affinity'. We invite you to come and view our work and to meet the artists.Additionally you will be encouraged to 'look,touch and feel' identified work that has been created specifically for this purpose in our bright and zingy 'touchy/feely' display."


And a reminder from Val about the Sampler!

                                   

Not the weather this time!

Tomorrow's felt-making workshop will go ahead as planned, but the venue has had to be changed because of an unavoidable hitch with Threlkeld Village Hall. It will take place at Pat's house, in Threlkeld. You will still need to bring your lunch!
See you there!

January meeting

Well, fingers crossed that we'll all be able to get to Threlkeld Village Hall on Thursday for Marilyn's felt-making workshop. It does seem an age since we all met up. Take a look back at previous posts if you need a reminder of what we'll be doing, and what you need to bring. Don't forget your lunch!
 I'm hoping to be able to post lots of pictures of industrious embroiderers and their work after the meeting.For now, a picture of the view from my sewing room window of the last (hopefully) flurry of snow this year in St Bees. Not much, compared to some!

Weather again!

Well, the weather managed to rule out our informal at Pat's yesterday! With so many of us scattered all over Cumbria, it was inevitable, I suppose.  St Bees,  today, is beautiful , bright and sunny, and we are one of those little pockets where there has been relatively little snow, just a sprinkling. However, the roads have been icy and treacherous, and it is bitterly cold, as elsewhere. We don't have to go very far before we see the snow everyone else has had.

 Not the weather for venturing far , but for staying in and catching up with some sewing!( I have discovered more unfinished bits than I would like to admit.) And for wandering through the links to other textile blogs.

Let's hope the weather will allow us to get together for the next meeting, at Threlkeld Village Hall, for the felting workshop.