Memories of Gwennie: Treasures from Next Door.

 The meeting on Tuesday 1st September is a talk by Kathryn Battye entitled “Memories of Gwennie: Treasures from Next Door “. 

Kathryn’s mother Gwennie died at the age of 97 and Kathryn was responsible for clearing out her house which was next door to her own. She found many items she had no idea her mother had created and kept, and she is going to share these treasures with us.

 

Meetings take place upstairs in Alsager Library from 2 pm. Visitors welcome.

I will be bringing to the meeting sales table items bequeathed to ACS by Jean Thornton. Any money raised will be paid into the ACS account and will help to keep us solvent for a while longer. I’m not pricing anything and just wish you to donate as much as you feel items are worth to you. I don’t want to be taking much home with me.

AUGUST - NO MEETING

 There will be no meeting in August. We start back on Tuesday 1st September.

Scandinavian Hangings

 Thanks Lyn Rochester for a lovely afternoon, and for providing the templates and instructions.

All change for July 7th meeting

 The July meeting will still be a hands-on event but Lyn thinks we would not have enough time to make boxes. If anyone would still like to make boxes we could arrange a workshop at a later date.

Lyn has kindly offered a Scandinavian hanging for our afternoon session. Please bring 6 inch felt squares and plain fabric squares, embroidery threads and your usual sewing kit. 

July 7th Hands-on

 The next meeting will be on 7th July in the upstairs meeting room at Alsager Library at 2pm.

This will be a hands-on session and Lyn Rochester will be showing us how to make covered boxes in a variety of shapes. Please bring your usual sewing kit with you. If you need anything else I’ll let you know at a later date.

June meeting

 Heather Wilson’s talk was very amusing though not quite what we were expecting. She told us all about the pictures she paints on commission and about how she had been flooded in Hebden Bridge. She did eventually show us her mad hats and the way she named them.

Gail brought to the meeting the quilt she had put together using the log cabin patterned squares we had each made in the period following COVID lockdown. The library has agreed to display it in its meeting room for a time.

Please could you all make sure you have paid your subs that were due on of before the May meeting as otherwise we may have to charge you visitor rates at the next meeting and workshop. We rely on this income to pay our speakers. It is £35  bank code 20-57-44 account 23785971. Thanks

Unfolding Ferneries workshop with Rachael Singleton 13th June

 Our next workshop is on 13th June at the United Reformed Church Hall, Brookhouse Road,Alsager, ST7 2EH, 10am-4pm, £40 for members, £50 for nonmembers.