2025 Programme

 

Thimble keepers

 More thimble, ring, earrings, sweetie keepers from the last meeting.

November meeting

 The November meeting will be on Tuesday 5th. As usual we will be in the meeting room at Alsager Library from 1.45 for a prompt 2pm start. Visitors welcome.

Ruth is kindly showing us how to make her Folded Flowers, assisted by Yvonne.

You will need:

Frixion pen (or a pencil will do)

Embroidery threads

Sewing kit, including pins/quilt clips

Bone folder, if you have one

October hands-on

 We had lots of members and guests attending today. Thanks Lyn for an inspirational meeting.

If you would like to join us next month we meet on the first Tuesday of the month (except August ) at 2pm in the meeting room at Alsager Library. 

October meeting

 The next meeting in the library will be on 1st October and will be a hands on so please bring your usual sewing kit. Lyn R will be showing us how to make Christmas tree dangles and a thimble keeper / small gift pod. You will need:

Christmas or fancy satin type fabric , 4x8 inches, card ( from cereal packet or similar), 8 inch piece of thin ribbon, tassel or beads, and for the thimble keeper felt, 4 x 8 inches. 

Lyn will supply a template for a kit for £1.

We meet in the upstairs of Alsager library at 1.45 for a prompt 2 pm start. Visitors welcome.

Jennifer O’Leary workshop

 Great workshop yesterday with Jenny. Some of you have missed a treat. We painted fabric with pale ink colours, waxed the parts we wanted to keep pale (with a soya wax which does not smell), inked in medium tones, waxed, then put in darker tones. With all the drying involved we did not get to ironing out the wax so that is a job for today. We will then have some fabulous fabrics to embroider on and perhaps turn into books. Thanks Sally for the delicious refreshments.

Jenny O’Leary workshop 14th September

 Jenny says that on the day it is unlikely that we will begin to make the batiks into a folded book because of drying time and removing the wax. She will have examples to show you and we can talk about how that will happen. We will make two long landscapes that we can then construct and stitch at our leisure. You’ll see on her photographs some have been hand or machine stitched just to show a range of examples, and some are just A4 or A3 landscapes but give an idea of the possibilities.