Rachel David got the week-end off to a thought-provoking start with her talk on Friday evening about her life-long passion for recycling, upcycling and reinventing textiles. Increasingly, we are being made aware of the adverse effect of textile waste on… Read More »Textile Anarchism and Ribbon Embroidery
This is a new sample from Liz of one of the earlier challenges – French knot. A couple more samples have been added to the other stitch challenges too. It’s never too late to share your photos, so please don’t… Read More »New stitch challenge samples added
Margherita’s charming eyelet flowers: Lucy has shared her challenge piece, which she is going to combine with those from previous months onto a phone cushion Eyelets There are several variants of eyelets that you can try out. These examples are… Read More »September Stitch Challenge -Eyelets
The Gardens Trust is offering a series of six talks via Zoom, open to anyone who purchases tickets through Eventbrite. Each talk explores a different aspect of how flowers and gardens have inspired textile artists. The series costs £24 for… Read More »The Fabric of Flowers – talks by the The Gardens Trust
Fly Stitch Thank you to Margherita for sharing this sample: Liz has used fly stitch in different sizes, again for trees, that make a wintry scene: Wendy H has provided this lovely example for our August challenge, and explains below… Read More »August Stitch Challenge
We’re always thrilled to share photos of members’ work – do please keep them coming … Liz’s chain stitch piece uses a few variations with twists and raised chain band: Gill completed her sample while watching the gymnastics: Penny’s cute little… Read More »Chain stitch challenge samples
Chain Stitch This month’s stitch challenge comes courtesy of Lucy, who has provided examples of chain stitch as individual stitches, grouped to make flowers and other shapes, and as a continuous line of stitching. As you can see, the type… Read More »July Stitch Challenge
The last-minute change to the programme was disappointing for those members who had hoped to spend the day with Jessie Chorley, but it was made up for with the unexpected chance to sit and stitch informally with fellow members. The… Read More »July Members’ Day
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French knot A French knot is a decorative stitch made by winding the thread one or more times around the needle and drawing the needle back through the material at the point where it came out. You can get away… Read More »June Stitch Challenge