Otomi Embroidery hands-on Tuesday 7th May

Ruth and  Sally will be demonstrating how they have updated the Mexican skill of Otomi and showing us how to achieve the same effect.

You will need to bring with you your usual sewing kit and:

Tacking thread

Transfer pen (if available)

6 inch square of fabric (linen, lightweight calico or similar)

Lightweight Vilene or similar to act as a stabiliser (Ruth will bring some with her)

Six strand embroidery thread
 

Tea Rota

 Please have a look at the tea rota and let Sally know if you can fill any of the gaps.( 27th April workshop, 7th May, 4th June, 8th June workshop, 2nd July )

Christine Stanford workshop Saturday 27th April

 Details of the workshop. There are still spaces if you would like to join. If you don’t have everything on the materials list don’t worry as Christine will have everything. You can also use her sewing machine if you don’t have one.  There will be options for hand sewing too.

Christine Stanford

 Lovely meeting today with Christine Stanford giving a talk all about her work and how it developed. She also gave a demonstration of using a wax pot to create a surface on tea-bag paper that she could then work into. This is a technique she will be explaining more fully at her workshop on Saturday 27th April.

April 2nd meeting with Christine Stanford

 A Stitch Back in Time is the title of Christine Stanford talk on Tuesday 2nd April.

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.

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

 

 

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.

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.

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

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.

February meeting

 The February meeting will take place on 6th February at 2pm at Alsager Library. Suzette Smart will be giving her talk ‘ Textile Connections’ and will be bringing loads of examples of her work. 

Work on the library lift is due to start at the end of January so the lift may be out of action. If you find the spiral stairs difficult there is another staircase at the back of the library. Ask for help if you are carrying a heavy or awkward load.

 

Slow Stitched Owl progress

 Images of some of the owls 

Travelling Books

 Gail has purchased the notebooks for our travelling books project and will bring them to the next meeting on 6th February. Start thinking about your topic!

Slow stitched owl

 Many thanks to Gail for providing the material and instructions for the owl. One of us must have been talking more than sewing, or perhaps I was just taking “slow stitching” too literally.

Suzette Smart workshop

 The Suzette Smart workshop list for February 10th filled up very quickly. We are operating a reserve list and if we get enough interest we will ask Suzette to run a second date for us, so please let us know if you are interested.

Those of you who were lucky enough to get a place please pay by BACS

Sort code 20-57-44

ACC 23785971

Alsager Creative Stitchers 

Thanks