Friday 15 March 2024

March talk by Marian Jazmik

 Really interesting talk with lots of work on display. We were all amazed by the number of different elements Marian used in her pieces, including hair bands, bath scrunches, and almost anything from her husband’s garage. We were in awe at the unusual techniques she described, including an open flame. A very impressive talk.








Monday 4 March 2024

April workshop change to the published programme

 The April workshop is now on 27th April and will be “ Collection of Memories” with Christine Stanford.

You will be able to book for it at the March meeting on 5th March.

It will be held at the United Reformed Church Hall on Brookhouse Road, Alsager, ST7 2PA from 10 - 4


 





 


Monday 26 February 2024

March 5th Beyond the Surface with Marian Jazmik

 Just a reminder about the March meeting on 5th

The talk by Marian Jazmik is entitled “Beyond the Surface” and her work can be seen on marianjazmik.co.uk.

Marian’s work is directly inspired by nature and she can often be found walking the country lanes, moors and round reservoirs with a camera. Her mixed media embroidery creates heavy textural effects with multi layers allowing her to reveal hidden stitches underneath.

Though starting with nature her more recent work has become more abstract.

This looks like being an interesting talk with lots of inspiration to take away with us.





April change of programme

 The talk on the 2nd April has been changed to “A Stitch in Time” by Christine Stanford .

The workshop on 13th April has been cancelled.

On 27th April there will be a workshop “A Collection of Memories”  given be Christine Stanford

More details at the March meeting.

Saturday 10 February 2024

Workshop work

 A super workshop with Suzette Smart today. Some boxes were finished, some are still works in progress but we all had a good time and were inspired to create works of art.












Friday 9 February 2024

Small Treasure Box Workshop by Suzette Smart

 

Saturday 10 January 10-4 at United Reformed Church Hall


Requirements:

Your lunch

£6 for materials and template 

Sewing machine with feed dogs down, freehand or darning foot, and EXTENSION LEAD if you have one.

Machine and hand sewing threads

Lightweight fabric in a neutral colour, two 33x33cms square 

Small amount of bondaweb

Lightweight scraps of fabric and lace for collage

Garden flower inspiration 

Ruler and friction pen

Any other bits you might wish to include


Thursday 8 February 2024

February meeting with Suzette Smart

 A fascinating talk by Suzette with lots of examples of her work on show. I’m looking forward to the workshop on Saturday.