A Trio of Textiles

We enjoyed amazingly sunny weather for our annual day out on 3rd May, when we travelled to Dumfries for the Trio of Textiles Exhibition . Held every three years at Gracefield Arts Centre, it is a celebration of work by three guilds, The Solway Quilters, Dumfries and District Embroiderers Guild and The Dumfries and Galloway Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers.
We travelled in members' cars, along with ladies from Cumbria Patchworkers, and met for coffee at the centre, before launching into the exhibitions. 
There was something for everyone, here, from beautiful quilts  to skilled weaving, luscious dyed fibres, to embroidery spanning techniques and ideas from traditional to contemporary, work on a large, and impressively small scale, and quirky exhibits like the 'Chicken Run' to make us smile.
Half way through, we indulged in a lovely lunch, (some of us unable to resist the meringues) before making sure we hadn't missed anything.  On the way home, we regrouped at Houghton Hall Garden centre for tea..............
The exhibition continues until12th May, and is well worth a visit.




Here are some of the images I brought back of the day......... 

Crewel work

Contemporary machine embroidery

Traditional canvas-work with a modern twist

Evocative images of Mull, created using an embellisher, silk and wool fibres, and embroidered.

Art Nouveau panel, chocolates good enough to eat, and panel embroidered on  treated papers.

More images soon.....................