Part three......... Pictures from an Exhibition...

The final instalment of pictures from our 10th Anniversary exhibition in Keswick. 

Machine Embroidery using dissolvable fabric.......(Stitch Magazine)

Small quilt with three-dimensional daisies

Clever knitted necklace/ scarf

Beaded canvaswork book

Silk box featuring crocheted flower

Lots of techniques here.......the gorgeous coloured backgrounds you can see on some of the pictures are dyed tea-bag paper.

Whitework cloth, and felt bowl

Sales table

More boxes....

Silk Purse

Bookmark

There was much more....... as always, click on the pictures for a better view.

Part two......Pictures from an Exhibition

More pictures of work displayed at the Moot Hall last week...... (click to enlarge)

Silk paper decorations

Drawn thread /Needleweaving

A miscellany of media!

Pictorial Quilt

Beadwork

Cushions

Hand-made felt

Ruskin Lace

Wessex Stitchery in progress

Embellished box

Relaxing/Still working.........

Still more to come, and all of these will be added to the Gallery in due course.

Pictures from an exhibition

And still, it rained! The weather was just getting into its stride when we arrived.   As we sheltered outside the Moot Hall on Friday, waiting with boxes and bags of work  to be let in to set up our exhibition, we couldn't help wondering if the rain would put people off..  Then came the frantic setting-up, ready just in time, as the first visitors came up the stairs!


We needn't have worried; we were visited all day by lots of  lovely and interested people, some local, many on holiday, and maybe even some potential new members. Most had made their way up the Moot Hall steps deliberately to see the embroidery exhibition; one couple were looking for a craft fair they'd seen advertised; they settled for tea and cake, and directions..........................


We are a small group, but everyone had worked really hard, and arrived with an impressive range of textile work.  

Our Rainbow squares

Crewel work

Fabric Collage

  

Hand-made felt and stitch

Hardanger

Character dolls, doll's house furniture, beading......

Click for a closer look!

Goldwork

Plenty to look at!

The all-important tea and cake!

It was a day............

........to admire each other's work, as we don't always get to see what others are doing outside the meetings.
........to enjoy each others' company, as meetings are  so busy we don't always get time to chat.
........to remind people we're here, and maybe recruit some new members.


                        What's next? Roll on September!


 There are lots more pictures to show. Watch this space.

Thank you if you came, sorry if you missed it  .....see you in 2014!

Keswick Embroiderers' Exhibition 2012

Our Exhibition of work is taking place on Friday, 6th July at The Moot Hall, in Keswick. It is ten years since the group started, and some of the original members are still keenly producing lively embroidery, along with others who have joined since.

Click on the pic for details!

We would love to see you there, between 10.30am and 4pm.

Woolfest 2012

Well! What a weekend to hold this year's Woolfest! It was the wettest and windiest couple of days we've had in ages, causing all sorts of mayhem, closing railway routes, turning car parks into quagmires, and raising the spectre of the dreadful floods a few years back. Days for staying at home in the warm and dry!  


So many events were cancelled, but Woolfest did go on. As always, a great variety of wool and textile crafts on show, spinning, weaving, dyeing, knitting, felting, something for everyone, I think.

All kinds of organisations........... 

......of colours.............

.........of crafts.........

........of real-life cuties.......

.......and the quirky 'flock' project.............

......hundreds of pompom sheep ............

......made from wool and card........

.....by groups and schools and clubs, to celebrate and promote British wool.

I invested in scrumptious felt and buttons and lovely threads, as always, and had a great day. (Two days, actually, because I can never resist going back on the Saturday!)

St Bees Priory Embroidery

Just a few more pictures of the work of the Embroidery group at the Priory Church in St Bees. The new embroidery was shown as  part of the Flower and Art festival held in the Priory to mark the Diamond Jubilee.

New cushions, dedicated for the  Jubilee, for a bench in the church.....

Detail of the embroidery.......

Three years' work............

Background to the work of the group..........

Sampling colours and stitches.... an insight into the work that goes on even before stitching starts!

Working on the detail of the Superfrontal dedicated last year.

Click on the pictures to see in more detail.

 These are the most recent pieces of embroidery that have been made by the embroidery group over more than ten years. I only joined this group about four years ago, and am always in awe of the talents of the lady who does the designing, and the preparation for us mere stitchers , puts right our mistakes, and finishes the projects so beautifully!

Jubilee in St Bees

Before the Jubilee celebrations fade into memory, I thought I'd post some images from the Jubilee flower festival and exhibition at The Priory Church of St Mary and St Bega, in St Bees, Cumbria. I've posted pictures before of work there, made by the Priory Embroidery Group.


There were displays from many organisations connected with the church and the village and lovely flower arrangements; I'm just posting the 'stitchy bits'.


First, the display by the St Bees Craft Circle, an informal group who meet in the village to share ideas and skills, and enjoy each others' company.

An assortment of projects 

Cutwork pincushions

Anything but subtle, but, then it was the Jubilee!

The star of our show........ Leonie's knitted Queen, accompanied by her patriotic red, white and blue dogs!

Pictures of work done by the Embroidery group deserve a post of their own! They will get one, next time.


And soon, I hope to be posting pictures of work by Keswick EG members, who, as I speak, are busy getting work ready for our exhibition in July. (You are, aren't you?)