September '08

Our September meeting was held last Saturday with all of us in attendance. During the day we were all busy stitching pieces for our special combined project, as well participating in show & tell, chatting over cups of tea & catching up with each other. Below is just some of our "show & tell" for the day.

Cathy had made this tree as part of an ATASDA charm swap. The tree is made from 50mm copper service cable, which had been untwisted & formed into the tree shape. The orange beads on the ends of the branches stopped the charms from falling off, while the other beads are just for decoration. The charms were made by Cathy and other members of ATASDA.

Cathy had also been knitting this cardigan using the variagated Italian 100% wool "Bizarre". We were all offering opinions as to how many buttons to use and in which colour order.

Sheila was back from a 3 month trip to Canada, where, as well as visiting family, she participated in a bookmaking course at Red Deer College with Michael Jacobs. Attending the course with two of her sisters, they were handed a challenge at the beginning of the course to create a "family" book. Below are pages 2 & 3 of Sheila's book about her sisters, using foam core bases, acetate windows, wire bending & paper.

I had been working on a wrap to wear to a family wedding. It has been made by withdrawing threads from a piece of raw silk, stitched with 4 sided & hem stitch, then fancy knitting threads have been woven back into some of the spaces.

This is just a closer view, and my experiments for this piece can be seen here.

Robyn was beginning to choose blue beads for her next beaded stone.

This one will be the third in a series, while the first of the series is this wave.

Donna had been making quilts for the "Exhibition Corridor" of St Vincent's Hospital, following the theme of "Arabesque". These two pieces have been inspired by Islamic/ Moorish tile patterns, and feature her own hand dyed fabrics with machine quilting. More can be read here.