Getting up to date.   December 2012

  Sandra has asked me to take over from her to add to our blog.It will take some of the pressure off her busy schedule. It is a bit hit and miss at the moment until I get more used to it, so please excuse any mistakes or ommissions.

Just so that you know who I am, here is a picture of me with the three mice that I made for our exhibition  at the Knutsford HeritageCentre.

   Trill Sutherland kindly showed us how to make them at a Stitch and Chat.

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                          Knutsford Heritage Centre  

                                                                                
                             Below are some of the items made by members for sale at the exhibition  

         

                         

                                           

Below are a few of the exhibits.Unfortunately these are the only ones for which I have a picture

                                                     

                                                                                

                                                                                   

                                                                                 

                                                                         

We were asked by Hobbycraft if we would like to spend the day demonstrating our needlework 

skills in their new store in Broadheath.So on September 22nd and 23rd Diana, Patricia(Jones) and I passed the time very pleasantly. Our work was very much admired, and I think we were good ambassadors for the Guild,as well as helping to several members of the of the public with various queries.

                            

                                                  

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.

Programme for 2012

January 11^th 2012 - Patricia Jones

Smocking

February 8^th 2012 - Rosemary Watson

Retirement? – No a new career (my own work

March 14^th 2012 - Liz Almond

(www.blackworkjourney.co.uk/)

Blackwork Journey – New Beginnings

April 11^th 2012 - Jenny Head

(http://www.jennyheadembroidery.co.uk)

Wearable Art

May 9^th 2012 - Outing

tba

June 13^th 2012 - Empress Mills

(www.empressmills.co.uk)

“Evolution of Thread” plus Sales Tables

July 11^th 2012 - Norma Hopkins

Inspiration for Embroidery

September 12^th 2012 - Kate Cawley

Learning by your mistakes

October 10^th 2012 - A.G.M.

November 14^th 2012 - Chandra Law

Student Days in Malaya – Batik Printing

December 12^th 2012 - Ruby Porter

www.sreepurvillage.org/

Embroidery in Bangladesh

Meetings 2011

12 January

“So you’re a stitcher?” by Pam Duxbury

9 February

The History and Techniques of Japanese Embroidery by Jane Smith.

9 March.

Embroidery for Fashion by Jenny Head

April 13.

Introduction to the Banners and Conservation at the Peoples’ History Museum by Vivian Lochhead

11 May

OUTING to Hebden Bridge and Bankfield Museum, Halifax.

8 June

Why go Digital? Taking some of the mystery out of using digital technology

by Teresa Jones, of Connect-2

13 July

Sumptuous Silk by Margo Singer

14 September

Indian Embroidery A PowerPoint Presentation by Beryl Waterfield.

12 October 12.

AGM.

9 November

Introduction to Japanese Kimono and Fabrics by Helen Smith, of Clothaholics

14 December

Snippets and Stories from the Thirties by June Corner