Textiles Tell Stories by Rachel Davies

 The next meeting on Tuesday 6th October will be a talk by Rachel Davies entitled “Textiles Tell Stories”. Rachel’s career in Fashion and Textiles began with studying for a degree in the subject at Loughborough University where she specialised in Embroidery. She spent some years working in the textile industry before retraining to become a lecturer in Art and Design, focusing mainly on textile design. She left teaching in 2021 to pursue a career as a self employed artist. She also upcycles garments and teaches stitch and textile workshops.

See racheldaviesstudio.co.uk

Meetings are held in the meeting room at Alsager Library starting promptly at 2pm.

Woollen Florals Workshop 10th October

 Our next workshop will be on Saturday 10th October 10am - 4pm at the United Reformed Church Hall, Brookhouse Road, Alsager, ST7 2PA

Rachel Davies will show us how to upcycle knits that have been washed too hot and have shrunk becoming felted into a dense fabric, and how to turn them into floral pieces. Everything is supplied.

To book on this workshop email me on lynnfsimpson@yahoo.com

To see more of Rachel’s work see www.racheldaviesstudio.co.uk

Memories of Gwennie

 Really interesting talk today by Kathryn Battye who shared with us memories of her mother and several of the rest of her extended family. She brought many examples of the handicrafts her mother had enjoyed all of which were exquisite. She also showed us some of her own prize winning work.

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.