April 2015

Our April meeting brought only a few of us in the morning  as other members were in attendance at another meeting. The morning was spent quietly stitching and chatting, then at lunch, visiting members joined us and there was much chatter. Show & tell came after lunch when our other members returned.

Jenny had been making owls. There were six of them in all, and all six were double sided. Using applique, and machine embroidery, the owls were layered together with padding between, stitched together, trimmed then satin stitched around the edge. The owls will eventually form part of a mobile.

Annette had been knitting a lace pattered baby shawl. Using 3ply natural superfine wool, a knitted edge surrounds the main body of the shawl

Above are two more pages from Sheila's "Drawing a Day" challenge.

Donna has had an enjoyable month reading and working through "A method of Creating Design" by Adolfo Best Maugard. Adolfo suggest that we can create designs using seven motifs, - a spiral, a circle, a half circle, two half circles in a "S" shape, a wavy line, zig zags, and a straight line. When combined they create an endelss number of patterns. Above is Donna's play with this suggestion.

We hope you all enjoy this small show and tell for this month, and come back for another vist in My to see what we have got up to.