Mad Hats and Other Lovely Things 2nd June

 Our talk on Tuesday 2nd June is by Heather Wilson is called “Mad Hats and Other Lovely Things “

Heather Wilson is a maker of mad and beautiful things. She specialises in creating unique, highly detailed “mad hats”, fascinators and feathery headbands. Many of her designs lean into Burlesque or vintage aesthetics featuring embellishments like peacock feathers and intricate textures.

Meetings start at 2pm and are held upstairs in the meeting room of Alsager library. 

Refreshment's included

Visitors welcome 

You can park for free in the Asda section of the car park for 2 hours.

May meeting

 Sorry I couldn’t get to the May meeting but I just want to thank Ruth Turner for what a hear was a very clear and useful session learning to cover beads. Unfortunately I have no photos so I’m going to post one of the picture I sewed using the components I made at the Julia Wright workshop.

Alsager Creative Stitchers

 Our financial year runs from May to April which means subscriptions are due once again by the 5th May meeting. We would kindly ask all members and people wishing to join to pay by BACS. I will not be at the May meeting.

Amount £35

Bank sort code  20 57 44

Account number 23785971

Ref subs and your name

Thanks

Lynn

May 5th meeting

 The meeting on May 5th will be a hands-on event.  Ruth Turner was asked how she did her embroidered beads and so has consented to show us all how it’s done. Please bring with you your usual sewing kit (scissors, needles and 6 stranded threads) Ruth will provide the beads.

Julia Wright Workshop

 We had a really interesting, fun and busy workshop today. Julia showed us how she makes the individual components for her landscapes and then shared how she puts them together in various shapes and combinations.

April 7th talk by Julia Wright “An Exploration of my Ideas & Techniques & my Inspiration “

 The next meeting will be on April 7th at 2pm in Alsager Library meeting room. The speaker is Julia Wright and her topic is “An exploration of my Ideas & Techniques & my Inspiration”. Have a quick look at her website on juliawright.co.uk to get a flavour of her work.

Julia Wright “Landscape Surfaces” workshop 11th April 26

 The list has now opened for the workshop on 11th April. The workshop is held at the United Reformed Church Hall, Brookhouse Road, Alsager, ST7 2PA from 10am - 4pm, £40 for members, £50 for visitors.

Sorry if this is a bit hard to read but have a look on www.juliawright.co.uk