Printing on Fabric

On Tuesday 10th February the textile artist James Sharp will be giving us a talk on printing on fabric.  He uses rubber stamps he has based on his own drawings and acrylic paint to create a fabric that can then be sewn into a textile collage.

 

Meetings are held at Alsager Library on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1.45pm for a 2pm start

Members £2.50           Visitors welcome £3.50

2015 programme

New Programme 2014/2015

Just a reminder of the new programme. Thanks to Jean Thornton for an interesting and varied selection of meetings for the coming year.

Please support our meetings and workshops, and bring all your friends.

Making a colour wheel

Today Jean Kilford instructed us all in the art of making a colour wheel. The colourful material was provided and all we had to do was stick, label, hole punch and fasten together. She then explained to us how to use the wheel to find out which colours go together and the combinations we can use. I was especially interested in the proportions to use depending on whether you are using 2,3,4 or more colours. Although we all thought we knew about colour Jean had us all enthralled with her systematic and knowledgeable approach.

Colourwise

The meeting on 13th January will be a hands on event. Jean Kilford will be explaining colour matching with the aid of an interactive colour wheel.

                              

 Make your own colour wheel at the meeting.

You will need to bring:

12 x pieces of WHITE thin card each 4" x 2"

Hole punch

Glue stick or glue pen

Pen for writing on the card

Meeting to be held at Alsager Library on 13th January at 2pm.
 Members £2.50.   Visitors welcome £3.50.

The World in my Wardrobe

For the December meeting Judith Coyne gave us a very interesting tour of the world with items of clothing she had purchased in various countries. Her love of colour became apparent as she displayed each item, and the fantastic materials, some for everyday wear and some for best, some hand embroidered and others machined or woven, created a wonderful display.

 

 After the talk we were able to examine the pieces in detail, including a "for best" headdress of the Pa-Oh tribe from Burma made from a velour towel.

 Judith then gave members an opportunity to try on the outfits and several of us took advantage, to much general amusement.

 

The Christmas cake added to the usual refreshments was declared delicious.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Canary Island Trees

If anyone has any photos or information they would like to share with other Guild members you can email them to me on alsageranddistrictembroiderers@gmail.com.

I know it has nothing to do with The Embroiderers' Guild but I saw these trees on holiday in the Canary Islands.

Abracadabra with Val Hughes

Members attending the November meeting had a magical time as Val Hughes exhibited here collection based on fairies. The outfits were made by deconstructing (cutting up, much to her mother's horror) previous costumes which had already been exhibited and that she had grown tired of. The reassembled pieces were stunning and photos don't really do them justice, though I have tried.