Friday 27 September 2019

2019 Rose Bowl competition

The theme for this year's Rose Bowl entries was to incorporate lace into your embroidery.  We had lots of original entries - very accomplished and very beautiful:-






Unfortunately by the time photographs could be taken several of the works had been removed, so many thanks to Pat Babbage for the use of her photographs.

The entry which received the most members' votes was Serene Swan (by Judi Brown) which incorporates antique lace and real swan feathers:-


Judi would like to thank all those who voted for this work and would like to assure you that no swans were harmed in its making!

Thursday 26 September 2019

September meeting - From Image to Stitch

After the AGM we enjoyed an interesting talk by Allison James as she took us on a journey through her life in stitching.  Like many of us, when she was young Allison enjoyed lots of crafts and stitching and when she was older she attained a City & Guilds Certificate and Diploma, where she also learned the importance of design.

Allison went on to tell us how her husband's photographs inform her work and have led to inspirational collaborations resulting in several bodies of work.

The 'Leaves' quilt (on the right) was designed by Allison from the atmospheric photographs on the left:

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This beautiful quilt - Nature's Necklace - was inspired by the photograph of raindrops suspended in a cobweb.  The raindrops were expressed on the quilt by lines of French knots:



This composite photograph was used to design the quilt below, called 'The disintegration of a dandelion' :



A photograph of trees in autumn was one of the sources for this quilt, using improvisational piecing techniques :

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And, finally, a wonderful quilt on the theme of 'In the bleak mid winter':

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Allison's talk was very much enjoyed by everyone and was a marvellous start to our 2019-20 programme.

Exhibition at Glossop Railway Station

Our exhibition has been mounted in Glossop Railway station's waiting room.  Most of the embroideries were exhibited at Chatsworth earlier this year.  Here they are:-





The exhibition will be open until the end of October so there is plenty of time to pop along when you are in Glossop.