Embroidery Bangladesh

 

The next meeting is on Tuesday 12th August when we will hear from Rubina Porter MBE, and the title of her talk is "Embroidery Bangladesh". We hope to find out about Sreepur Orphans Village and Womens' Refuge where embroidery is used as therapy.

 

 

Sue Baguley at the Nantwich and South Cheshire Show

Once again one of our members has triumphed at the Nantwich Show. Sue Baguley came 1st in 4 competitions, 2nd in one and 3rd in three. This meant that she won "Best in Show" for her overall points total. Well done Sue!

 

 

 

National Celebration of Stitch Day

National Celebration of Stitch Day is on Saturday 2nd August and we will be inviting everyone to "put a stitch in our garden" in the Reference section of Alsager Library from 9.30 until 13.00. please come along and join in.

July Meeting

Sorry I missed the July meeting on The Evolution of Thread by Christine Driver of Empress Mills. If anyone has any photos or comments will they please post them or let me have them  so I can post them.

The Great Tapestry of Scotland

Members visiting Scotland this summer might like to visit The Great Tapestry of Scotland.  It will be on display at the Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh from 1st July to 13th September 2014 (closed Sundays). It will also be at the New Lanark World Heritage Site from 20th October until 22nd November 2014.  It is the world's longest tapestry at 143 metres (469 feet) long, but don't expect all the panels to be joined together!

 

 

Patchwork Workshop with Jean Kiford

The next workshop is "Patchwork" with Jean Kilford on Tuesday 24th June when participants will be able to make a useful case, some examples of which are shown in the pictures.

 

an example of Jean's quilts

Crewel work "hands on"

The meeting on Tuesday 10th June was a "hands on" event led by Sue Baguley. We all tried to produce crewel work to a design provided by Sue, with great success on the most part. There was lots of chatter and helpful advice and a thoroughly good time was had by members and visitors.

Sue also brought some of her fabulous work for us to see