Silk Museum, Macclesfield

Macclesfield Museum                                         New textile art exhibition by Threadmill at The Silk Museum The Silk Route: A Never-Ending Journey  16 September - 10 November 2017  This autumn, The Silk Museum will be bursting at the seams with stunning stitchwork by North West textile artists, Threadmill.  Founded in 1995, Threadmill have been working tirelessly to promote stitch and textiles through displays and workshops.  For this exhibition, the group has taken inspiration from the museum’s collections to create a journey through the countries of the Silk Road.   For more information on Threadmill and its members, visit www.threadmill.org.uk  The Silk Museum, Park Lane, Macclesfield SK11 6TJ Open Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm  www.macclesfieldmuseums.co.uk  Admission to The Silk Museum, including special exhibition: £4.50/£4 concessions/children free. Special exhibition only: £2. Combine your visit with a Tour of Paradise Mill: £8/£7 concessions/children free. For further details, email Vicky Griffiths events@silkmacclesfield.org.uk

Next meeting

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 3 rd October 2017 at Alsager Library, Alsager.
We meet at 1-45 for 2-00 pm.

Members and visitors are welcome.

Hands- on session.
Silk painting.


Some materials will be provided but please bring.

A small fine paintbrush
Water pot e.g. a yogurt pot
Paint palette or similar
Carrier bag/ or a piece of polythene to work on.

It will good to meet up for a hands-on and a chat.


Also we shall be collecting your money for the trip to the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester on 11 th of October 2017. Details below in a previous blog.

Suzette Smart Workshop

Some people have signed up for the Suzette Smart workshop. Below are the requirements for the day course.

Details for workshop with Suzette Smart

at Two Doors Studio, 100 Crewe Road, Alsager

on Tuesday 14 November 2017 from 10.00am till 4.00pm

Mixed Media Textile Books (free motion machining or hand sewing)

Using your own inspiration, you will create a concertina textile book using painted bondaweb, fabric collage and free machine embroidery (or hand embroidery)

Requirements List

Sewing machine with feed dogs down and freehand foot (if machine sewing)

Variety of threads (machine or hand, depending on which you are doing)

Small variety of lightweight fabrics

Firm calico 1/2 metre is plenty

Bondaweb

Usual sewing equipment

Apron (for painting)

(acrylic paints and brushes for painting the bondaweb will be supplied)

Drinks will be provided but bring your own lunch

Nantwich Museum

“Asian Serendipity” at Nantwich Museum

Asian Serendipity, an exhibition by Aneta Talbot in the Your Space Gallery at Nantwich Museum, features a myriad of selected images taken during recent travel across Asia focused on Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, India and Sri Lanka. The exhibition runs until Saturday 21 October.

Photographer Aneta Talbot, who now lives in Nantwich, spent nearly 20 years living in Singapore. During that time she travelled extensively across Asia exploring her passion for photographing the daily lives and rich variety of cultures of the region. This exhibition presents some of the best of her photographs.

Aside from gaining numerous photographic qualifications Aneta graduated from the Palin School of Arts and Design in Singapore with a Diploma plus distinction if Graphics and Design all of which culminated in the setting up of a successful events photography business. She was also involved in charity work in Cambodia with Tabitha, a non-profit organisation working to alleviate poverty in Cambodia.

Aneta’s photographs are all for sale, and a variety of prints are also available to browse in the museum shop. More on Aneta’s pictures can be seen on her website www.nessietalbotphotography.org or her Facebook page: Nessie Talbot Photography.

For further information contact: Nantwich Museum on enquiries@nantwichmuseum.org.uk or telephone 01270 627104

Visit to the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester

Pinfold Textile group who meet at the Machine Knitting Centre in Nantwich are visiting the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester on 11 th October 2017.

As some of us belong to this group it has been decided the visit will be open to members and friends from Alsager Creative Stitchers too.

Here are the details.

The first pick-up will be at Asda in Alsager at 8-15 am. Please arrive at least 10 minutes early so we can leave on time.

The second pick- up will be at the Pinfold Machine knitting Centre at 9 am .Also arrive about 10 minutes before the coach arrives.

The coach will cost £11-50.

The gallery has free admission.

We will leave Manchester at approximately 3-30 pm.

The gallery has a very good good cafe / restaurant.

There is disabled access and lifts .

During the afternoon we hope to be able to have a look at some of the special textile collections .

Please bring the money for the coach to our October meeting. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. 

www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

Exhibition ,Newcastle-under-Lyme

World Textiles Day, Frodsham

World Textile Day North

23 September 2017 - Frodsham, Cheshire

FREE admission to our exhibition of woven, printed and embroidered textiles from around the world. 10 am - 4.30 pm.

FAIR TRADE MARKET - From makers, workshops and villages around the world.

Plus:

• 11 am presentation. Magie Relph - quilter, collector, textile trader and author of 'African Wax Print: A Textile Journey. Colours of Africa.
• 2 pm Show & Tell. Bring and discuss your own world textile with one of our world textile experts. Plus: a short talk.
• £3 per session or £5 for both, tickets at the door.
• Throughout the day: demonstration by the Braid Society.

With these specialist world textile traders:

• Textile Traders - Jim and Diane Gaffney
• The African Fabric Shop - Magie Relph and Bob Irwin
• Tukuru South American Textiles - Meri Hunneyball
• Khayamiya Egyptian Appliqué - Joan and John Fisher
• Tanya Byrne Indian Textiles
• Karen Haggis Nepalese Textiles
• Suzy Rowe Indian Silk

Delicious refreshments provided by our hosts Frodsham Patchwork Group. Disabled access. Free parking. Station - Frodsham.

Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane - B5439, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 7QN

View/print: World Textile Day North leaflet [PDF]

Venue info: http://frodcomm.org.uk/cc/

Image: Robert Irwin