Alsager and District Embroiderers' Guild: July 2015

Monday, 27 July 2015

Making Waves... ... in Stitch

United Reform Church, Colwyn Avenue, Rhos on Sea, LL28 4RA

Friday 30th October 10.30 am - 5 pm

Saturday 31st October 10.30 am - 4 pm

Entrance Adults £2 Under 18 £0.50

If you are travelling to the South Coast this summer try to find time to visit The Overlord Embroidery on display at the D-Day Museum, Portsmouth. Made up of 34 stunning panels the embroidery is displayed continuously round a purpose built room that allows you to see the overall effect as well as marvel at the workmanship close up.

Thursday, 23 July 2015

Message from Rubina Porter MBE

May I invite you to Liverpool Town Hall, High St, Liverpool L2 3SW to visit this magnificent grade 1 listed building. It is beautiful.

Free entry and your family and friends are all welcome. The children will enjoy all the treasures it has to offer.

Threading Dreams Exhibition

Exhibition of textiles and embroidery from The Sreepur Village Bangladesh and also from the rural areas. All this beautiful work is created in adverse poverty by amazing women

Monday 17th August - Thursday 20th August (4 days)

Monday 24th August – 28th August (5 days)

Friday 11th September and Saturday 12th September (2 days)

There will be hand made cards, silk scarves and other gifts for sale. All proceeds will go to the 600 children and 150 destitute mothers who live at Sreepur plus the Street Children project we run on the railway, the river banks and at Dhaka airport. Millions of street children live literally on the streets in Bangladesh.

Ruby Porter MBE
Trustee The Sreepur Village Bangladesh
www.thesreepurvillage.org
www.megonline.co.uk - Sreepur news

Thank you Ruby
Rubina M Porter

Saturday, 18 July 2015

Embroiders' Guild House Workshop

Book now for the next workshop at

Embroiderers’ Guild House

Wynken, Blynken and Nod

Saturday 5^th September 2015

This well-loved children's poem written by Eugene Field in 1889 makes a wonderful subject for stumpwork embroidery

For more information contact Annie Franz: afranz@embroiderersguild.com

Magna Carta (An Embroidery)

Subject: Re: Magna Carta (An Embroidery) - Advance Notice

Dear All

We are delighted to let you know that the Magna Carta (An Embroidery) will be coming to The Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester from the 8th August 2015 for two months.

Magna Carta (An Embroidery) was commissioned by the Ruskin School of Art at the University of Oxford in partnership with the British Library and in association with the Embroiderers’ Guild, Fine Cell Work, Hand & Lock and the Royal School of Needlework.

Please check The Whitworth website for more details about the exhibition which will be added in the next 7 to 10 days

www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

The Whitworth

The University of Manchester

Oxford Road

Manchester

M15 6ER

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Book It

All those who attended yesterday's meeting had a treat as Veronica Wells brought a selection of her small books to show us.

just a few

She has always had a love of or "obsession with" small notebooks. She then went on a course to learn about altered books and made one for her husband's 60th birthday. She has made many more since.

She is keen on travel and has produced journals containing mementos of memorable trips.

and a love of nature is obvious.

Making covered notebooks from collages printed on to fabrics

led to personalised notebooks and canvas bags printed and then embellished

Veronica has never been afraid of trying new techniques and showed us some pages with apertures that are not yet finished.

One book contained a section of a photo interpreted in paper collage and in fabric & stitch.

Veronica has moved on to postcards and folded books and we look forward to seeing lots more of her finished articles as well as UFOs.

We all marvelled at the amount of work as well as the very high standard. I am sure we all left greatly inspired to produce some notebooks of our own.

Thank You Veronica