Our March meeting brought seven members attending with Susan joining us via Zoom. Show and tell as usual is always a treat.
Annette had finally finished her CWA handicraft day group project. Individuals
worked on their version of a Sue Spargo sewing roll featured in an Inspirations
magazine. Annette decided to use up some of her stash and changed how it was
made. Of the 12 started there are 7 completed after 12 months.
Above is a canvas work
cushion cover by Susan. The cover has all been worked in a rice stitch variation, using up to 6 different
threads for each part of the stitch. Susan played around with pattern by varying
the colours used each time, using up various Appletons wools she has leftover
from many other, earlier projects. So easy and quick to do, another has been started.
Sheila
has been working on a major embroidery destined to be shown in the Bainz
Gallery during the Stitched Up Festival. The festival is held every two
years in the city of Wangaratta Victoria. For information about the
festival visit: https://stitchedupfestival.com/
Sheila's
work is now completed and mounted onto a stretched canvas. The work has
been stitched solidly covering an area of 50 cm by 50 cm. Raised chain
stitch has been used throughout the work. The work is not for public
viewing until the opening of the exhibition but Sheila can show the back of the
work which can be seen above.
New member Merina is undertaking the Creative Correspondence Course and has completed a design for her first project . The theme was leaves and the stitch was running stitch.
Marina had also used stitcheries that she had completed to make a bag to carry her projects .
This Mountmellick bag is by Annette and features a typical floral design. Stitches include stem,
cable chain, mountmellick stitch, coral knot and bullions. The stitches have been worked with
various thicknesses of broder cotton, and the bag has a traditional knitted fringe worked
with no 4 knitting cotton.
Above is Donna's 'An Unkindness at Uranquinty'. A group of ravens can be either an unkindness or a conspiracy. Donna stitched on a furnishing fabric
sample with a lovely weave that reminded her of clouds. The piece is mounted on
a black felt covered canvas. The scene is loosely based on views from the
car when driving. Uranquinty is a small town/area on the way to
Wagga Wagga from Albury.
'Process' is Donna's word for the year. Her personal challenge is to explore what
process means to her, and her practice. A small painted canvas with
small scraps of fabric, painted paper and tyvec stitched onto it, a face
which she cast in polymer clay, bibs and bobs and the definition of process
cut from an old dictionary.
Above is a small cross-stitch project by Lesley - one
piece of homework for the Counted Thread Module of the Introduction to
Embroidery Course she is doing. Her inspiration for this piece is Van Gogh's Fishing Boats on
the Beach at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Robyn's train doodle, including painting, collageing and Zentangling. This piece has been created on the train as she travels to and from work.
Sheila maintains a daily art practice outside of her stitching activities. The activity for the practice is changed monthly and may be used to extend and enhance her textile works. The activity for February was paper collage placed onto pages in a pictorial diary.
Sheila's
practice for March is to work in a mixed media journal. Anything goes in this
journal.
Annette's shawl is finished and blocked ready to be given to the expectant Mum
and Dad. Washed and blocked it measures 105 x 105 cms. The outer edge is finished with
a crochet-off edge. 2 knitting stitches from the left needle were placed on
the crochet hook and the supply yarn pulled through. 5 chain stitches were
worked and 2 more stitches were taken from the knitting needle and caught with
a single crochet stitch. Not as quick as it sounds but a very pretty edge.
Jenny had started herself another cardigan while away on holiday. Using a basic cardigan pattern from the Paton's 'Classic Knits for Women - Book 1245', and a lace pattern from 'The Harmony Guide To knitting Stitches' , Jenny has created a border pattern to decorate her new cardigan. It is being worked in 8ply cotton from Bendigo Woollen Mills .
Gerri had finished this quilted banner with hidden running stitch around the flowers.
This cushion cover is also by Gerri.
Above are just two of the Twelve Apostles's that Gerri is sketching, tracing, and embroidering to her own design. She is using single strand DMC thread over laid chain stitch for the raised areas, and completed with long and short stitch.
The above are some placemats that Gerri has put together using prairie points for the first time. The hexagonal ones are an experiment using a triangle template.
A basket that Lesley has
crocheted, made
from window sash cord and some leftover charcoal grey knitting wool. It is very
soft and quite organic in shape. It will be used to store magazines, cards, and other
resource material that Lesley will use "one day" for collage work.
Annette
conducted our monthly activity giving us a stitch to learn. Known as
zigzag chain or Spanish knotted feather, the stitch required a bit of practice
to develop a rhythm. Some stitchers required lots of help while other
stitchers were able to quickly work a satisfying rhythm. We were then
given the opportunity to attempt cable plait or braid stitch which is used in
Mountmellick work. Annette gave us a challenging stitch and bravely used
her teaching skills to keep some of us stitching.
As you can all see, our little group is growing, and we all continue to play with needle, thread, fiber, and anything else that takes our fancy. As our monthly activities are continuing to spur us along, so please come back next month to see what we get up to, Until then, happy stitching.
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