April 2010

Another quiet meeting this month with some of our members being busy with other activities, including attending workshops at Orange, in Central Western NSW. As usual, there was much chat, (including reports on the meeting in Wagga Wagga), along with checking out of new books & magazines that some of had aquired over the last month. There was also much discussion about possible future challenges & the use of computers for creative purposes.

Show & tell included the following:-

"Watermark" by Donna was inspired by her need to "play", as well as ripples on a beach. Acrylic painted calico was then free machined in variegated thread & hand stitched using perle threads.

Susan had been to Wagga Wagga & had produced a concertina style book to illustrate her time away. Made using maps, carry bags, phamplets, postcards, decorative papers & her own notes, a wonderful memory of her trip between Young & Wagga Wagga in the Riverina District of NSW. Above is the cover, and below are just two of the pages inside.

Robyn had finished the second last shape on her bag & it includes paint, carved lino block printing, & surface stitching.


There was also this play with stitches on a Pfaff sewing machine by Robyn, which had been turned into a small bag.
Just a snippet of Jenny's creative piece of Drawn Thread on her own hand dyed linen. Where is the drawn thread you all ask? Well you will all have to come back for another visit to see that!

Enjoy!