Monday, 19 March 2012

March 2012

Our meeting this month brought seven members & one guest, with a  number of us working on our exhibition pieces (for later in the year) throughout the day. There were magazines & books for swapping, with  lots of chat over copious cups of tea/coffee.

Show & tell as always brought lots of discussion & "oos & arhs". Below is just a selection from our day together.

Robyn was playing with art dolls & had made this one using water soluble crayons & surface stitching.




This is her new one that was being worked on during the day.

Then there was this fabulous sampler of Ukrainian Work also by Robyn. The finished project will eventually be a needle book cover.




Jenny had been making scarves. Firstly, this one knitted from a very fine wool in a simple pattern. The yarn was very old & had come from a deceased estate without a label. 



This scarf, also by Jenny, was an experiment to crochet a different shape other than a square, & then join rows of them together. It has been made in two different cheap acrylic 8ply yarns, but now the pattern has been played with, a finer yarn in a better quality is calling.




During the day Jenny experimented with a black work pattern.




Donna was crocheting herself a wrap with this beautiful Tencel fiber, & plans to try dying it at a future dying day.


This is part of Donna's quilt "Mountain Trails", for an exhibition in July.





Sheila  had made this quilt from scrap fabric using a 'quilt-as-you-go" method.




There was also two pieces of this yummy eco-dyed silk that Sheila had dyed using cosmos flowers for colour.

Well, that was part of our day together this month. I wonder what April will bring.