October meeting - guest speakers from Altrincham Branch

At our meeting on 25 October we were very pleased to welcome speakers from Altrincham branch, who came along to talk to us about their work.  The first speaker was Sandra McFarlane who talked to us about her beautiful Japanese embroidery.  She displayed several pieces of exquisite work which showed great skill, and huge amounts of patience, and was very much admired.

The second speaker - Beryl Waterfield - described her journey through embroidery which showed a wide range of experience including quilting and passementerie.

Here is Beryl's wonderful quilt, the design of which, she told us, was based on a sheet of gift wrapping paper (you can just see it, rolled up on the table in front of Beryl).  We were then shown this distinctive, colourful box and a beautifully embroidered fan.

Finally, Jenny Legge began by telling us that after she completed her City & Guilds she wished to start making dolls.  But we really didn't expect to see the amazing work which emerged from her boxes!

Jenny showed a range of dolls inspired by the characters which appear in the paintings of Mr L S Lowry, the celebrated local artist:-

                 (apologies for the background photographs of cricketers, which were sadly unavoidable)

 
 I think this chap's name is Alphonse

All members of the audience were left feeling very privileged and inspired by seeing such a range of fabulous work - thank you so much, Altrincham!