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.