Next Meeting

 The next meeting will be on 6th September, 1.45pm for a 2.00pm start.

The speaker will be Lis Binns with her talk on “Tips, Tricks and Tools”. She is bringing her projector so there should be plenty of interesting work to admire.

 The Red Dress from the Royal School of Needlework exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum.

Royal School of Needlework

 If anyone is visiting London before 5th September you might like to look in on the exhibition at the Museum of Fashion and Textiles, entitled “150 Years of The Royal School of Needlework: Crown to Catwalk” . Should be fascinating.

Book marks

 

Judith has shared the book marks she made at the July meeting.

If anyone else wants to share send me your pictures and I’ll add them to the blog.

No August meeting

 Just a reminder that there is no meeting in August.

Members hands on

 The next meeting on 5th July will be a members hands on.  Gail will provide the felt and instructions for making a corner bookmark. Please bring some threads and your normal sewing equipment. Thanks 

Lacemaking Pilgrim

 The Revd Jayne Shepherd, a bobbin lacemaker, gave us a very entertaining talk about a sabbatical year she took to find out about the history of lacemaking.

Stopping with friends, in basic hotels and retreats she traced collections of old handmade lace, visited museums, admired altar cloths trimmed with lace, bought samples and tried her hand at different patterns and braids.

After the presentation Jayne demonstrated how to use a lace pillow and bobbins to make a bookmark and some of our members had a go.