July 2013

The July meeting of our group brought six of us in attendance and 3 apologies. Show and Tell was the order of the day.

Susan had finished "Summer After Summer". It is her  interpretation of time passing, and the change over the seasons, years, colours and textures of summer. The riotous colour at the height of summer, drought and the aftermath, bushfires and the new growth in a new summer. The piece is worked totally in stem stitch in a variety of threads. Above is the finished piece while below is a small close-up view.

 Annette had started a sampler of reticella in a class with Margaret Stephens earlier this month. A wonderful class , great learning experience, and with more to do.

Jenny had attended a fabulous workshop with Alison Snepp - "Hussif Using Linen Stitches" . The finished piece is supposed to be a hussif, but Jenny is going to make hers into a needlecase.

The Embroidered letter project is gaining momentum with Sheila stitching up these mini quilts .

 

 

 

 Annette had stitched her letters on the train. A good way to make the journey go faster as well as helping in the Guild Project.

Gerri had been playing with buttons and beads to form her letters.

Mararenelle returned for another day and had also taken on the letter challenge. Each letter had been used as an opportunity to experiment with different fabric and threads to see how they work together.

May 2010

A great turnout for our meeting this month, with only one of our members being absent. The morning was spent discussing our up-coming exhibition, and some great headway was made into the planning. For anyone interested, this will be held at Guild HQ from 29^th July to 26^th August . We also had a visit from a prospective new member.

The travelers had all returned with great show & tell, some of which can be seen below.

Susan had been working on this piece, "Memory Of Trees - Eudlo 2009". Inspired by the quiet of the rainforest while staying with friends in the hinterland of Queensland's Sunshine Coast, the piece features herringbone stitch worked onto pure wool felt.

This bag was Susan having fun with embroidery, & features 1970's Laura Ashley fabrics pieced together. The stitched pieces are a inspired from a combination of much loved sources, and all come together into this great functional bag.



Cathy had made these beads as part of a Kim Tittichai workshop. They were made with strips of hand painted Tyvek & pre-dyed lutrodur, with a wrapping of wire.


Sheila had been playing with rust dyed fabrics & practicing her life drawing skills. The snippets below show how the two skills come together, and are combined with surface stitching.
Sheila's rusted fabric with couching.

A small section of Sheila's latest quilt. The whole quilt can be seen at the quilt show in Darling Harbour later this year.

Donna had made this necklace, consisting of hand felted beads of wool that she bought on holiday in New Zealand. The necklace is sitting on a seascape background of calico, hand painted with acrylic paints , then stitched with a combination of both hand & machine stitches.
Enjoy.