Membership Reminder

 Just a reminder that subs are due in May. You can bring cash or cheques to the next meeting on 6th May or pay by BACS. 

Amount £30

Code 20-57-44

Account number 23785971

Name Alsager Creative Stitchers 

Catherine Hill - textile artist

 Catherine entertained us with slides of her work, many of which have won prizes, and explained her way of working. She predominately uses red for her lettering because of the red rose of Lancashire, the county she is from. 

She also brought along many of her pieces of work which were much admired with a sense of wonder that anything so small could be so neat.

Textile Meadow Landscapes workshop with Emily Notman

 On Saturday 12th April we have a workshop with Emily Notman. As usual the workshop will be held at the United Reformed Church hall on Brookhouse Road Alsager from 10am to 4pm. Tea and coffee provided but please bring a packed lunch and an apron. You will be using paint.

Emily Notman is a textile artist who runs workshops for all levels of experience and expertise.

Here is a photo of my attempt at her last workshop. Her work is much better, unfortunately I can’t get any photos from her website to download here.  Look at Emily Notman.com. and on the Alsager Creative Stitchers page on Facebook.

She is very generous with her materials and advice so everyone will leave with a beautiful piece of work.

1st April Talk by Catherine Hill “A Way With Words “

 The next meeting is on Tuesday 1st April upstairs in Alsager Library at 2pm.

Catherine Hill will be giving a talk on “A Way With Words”

Catherine is a self taught embroiderer and wordsmith. Her work centres around red hand-embroidered text which she uses to tell a story, share poetry, or convey a shared experience.

Some pieces incorporate her childhood memories growing up in the 1970’s, each hand stitched in vintage Sylko red thread as a nod to the red rose of her home county of Lancashire.

She is a multi-award winning artist who has exhibited across the UK and worldwide.

 

Wrought Linens with Sarah Thursfield 4th March

 A fascinating talk by Sarah based on the clothing itemised in a 1624(?) will of a spinster of means, comfortable off, but not noble or excessively wealthy. She showed us slides picking out the development of outfits from the late sixteenth century into the early seventeenth century. Wrought linens were the underclothes that had been embroidered or “wrought “.

Workshop Saturday 8th March “Natural Collections “ with Liz Cooksey

        Natural Collections   8th March   10-4

Workshops are held at the United Reformed Church Hall, Brookhouse Road, Alsager, ST7 2PA.

The cost for members is £40

Taking observations from nature Liz will explore and experiment with an eclectic mix of media, materials and techniques. Using wrapping and binding with fine hand dyed threads and fabrics, hand stitching for embellishment along with fragments of paper and print she will show you how to combine with wire to give structure, form and shape.

Liz provides a kit with threads , fabrics, prepared wire stems and a print out.

You need to bring small sharp scissors, any thread or fabric you might like to include (only tiny snippets) and your lunch.

Tuesday 4th March - Sarah Thursfield “Wrought Linens”

 The next meeting is a talk by Sarah Thursfield entitled Wrought Linens.

Sarah studies and teaches the cut and construction of clothing from wrapped cloth to fitted pattern and from bone needle to sewing machine.

Her research field is late prehistoric and medieval dress, also the development of linen garments into the nineteenth century.

She is the author of ‘The Medieval Tailor’s Assistant, Common Garments 1100 - 1480’ 

Sarah has been supplying clothing for re-enactment for many years. A professional craftsman and an amateur historian she uses archaeological and historical sources to reconstruct clothing technology from prehistory onwards. She regularly teaches lecturers, heritage professionals and re-enactors, and contributes to costume publications. 

 

We meet regularly on the first Tuesday of the month upstairs in Alsager Library.

We try to arrive at 1.45 so we are ready for a prompt 2pm start. We generally have a sales table and details of the next workshop. Workshops are held on a Saturday in the United Reformed Church Hall, Alsager, 10am to 4pm.