Thursday 27 August 2015

September meeting

The meeting on Tuesday 8th September will be a talk by Hazel Rugman entitled "What's in the Vestry?"

Don't forget to bring your entry for the annual competition which this year is a pincushion.

This will be followed by the AGM. Our Branch Banner will be on display at the meeting. This was made by members.
 












 
 
 
Visitors are welcome to the meeting but will have to leave before the AGM

Tuesday 11 August 2015

Stitch Challenge

The August meeting sent us scurrying to our emergency pack as we had no speaker. Luckily Sheila had prepared for just such an eventuality and we had material, threads, scissors and a challenge all to hand. We were slightly hampered by the lack of needles but Muriel Campbell came to the rescue producing her needle case that she had been using on the train from Scotland. Muriel had come to visit us as a representative of the Embroiderers' Guild, to chat with us and answer any questions we may have had about the running of the Guild. As many of you may know, some of our members are planning not to re-join for the coming year and numbers are getting perilously low. We also need nominations for the committee places that will be vacated at the next meeting. Please attend on 8th September and make your voices heard (and bring a friend).


 
stitch challenge
 
Lots of the square samples that we are going to piece together have been finished. Perhaps if we finish our stitch challenges they can be added too? 



 
 
Good news from Sue Baguley. She has entered some of her work in Nantwich Show and has won again. Well done Sue. Your box is beautiful.

 
 

Monday 10 August 2015

UFO finally finished

Jean Kilford started this Vogue pattern in1981 when her son was a toddler but never completed it. Now she has two granddaughters and enforced time at home she has finally got around to finishing it - just in time for her eldest granddaughter's 2nd birthday at the end of the month!
 

alligator for teaching zips
 

hippo for teaching buttons and buttonholes
 

kangaroo for teaching buckles
 

pelican for teaching hooks and eyes
 

turtle for teaching press studs
 
bear for teaching laces
 
elephant for teaching buttons and loops
 
giraffe for teaching bows
 
lion for teaching plaiting
 
 
If anyone has any work, finished or unfinished, they would like to share please let me have pictures and I will put them on the blog.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday 5 August 2015

11th August meeting

Sorry Folks, But the advertised talk for the next meeting will not be happening. Unfortunately Sue Sercombe is away so instead we will  have a "hands on" event sewing something from the "emergency pack". I am told it will be a stitch challenge along the lines of Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn. Sounds intriguing! Do please still come along and bring your friends.
                               Alsager Library
                      1.45 for a prompt 2pm start
                       Entrance Members £2.50
                                        Visitors £3.50

Another Date for Your Diary

The North Lonsdale Branch
  are holding an Embroidery and Textile exhibition
on
 Saturday 5th September, 10 am to 3 pm
 at
 the Methodist Hall, Kents Bank Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7EY