Young Embroiderers' Group Millefleurs Hanging

 The Young Embroiderers' Group meet on Tuesday for a printing session. One of the activities we did was to use leaves to print on felt to add to our hanging.

 We painted the leaves with green acrylic paint and them used a roller to press the leaf onto the cream felt fabric.

 The results were so really delicate effects.

 When they were dry we cut the shape of the leaf out and carefully painted the edges with green paint.

 We then added them to the hanging and the effect is stunning, The felt leaves look like porcelain and have really broken up the the mass of coloured flowers on the hanging which have been made over several sessions from felt, suffolk puffs etc

And we even have a little pig...........

October 2011 Judith Lovatt

NOTICES and MINUTES of the MEETING of CHELFORD EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD

held on OCT. 19th 2011

NOTICES

WORKSHOPS Places are available on the Pricilla Jones workshop on NOV 5th

Book with Jane.

OUTING TO BARTON GRANGE to see the Embroiderers’ Guild Collection

Cost £5 Details from Angela.

(It was asked if a coach could go via Altrincham area sometimes instead of Handforth. The committee will look into this but if you have any suggestions please let us know)

OUTING to KNITTING and STITCHING HARROGATE  NOV 26th

Open now to visitors Cost £ 23 for members and £26 for visitors inc. entrance

Details from Rose.

EMBRACE  GAMES Knutsford Leisure Centre Wed 26th Oct. 11am 4pm

This is a family fun day to publicise local groups and will be run by Maria  

NOVEMBER MEETING speaker  SUZANNA RENE “My Textile Journey”

Please bring Ecuador Postcards and work from the last workshop, finished or unfinished and,samples.

14th  DECEMBER MEETING   PARTY TIME

Please bring a handmade Christmas card to exchange and a Christmas Decoration for the Competition, if you can, but don’t let this stop you coming and joining the fun evening though.

24th March EXHIBITION the competition is “REFLECTIONS”

REGIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 20th to 22nd JULY

Shelia Smith, Katie Pirson and Janet Brown. Details later.

AGM REPORT

This will be available on the Noticeboard.

WORK BOX MAGAZINE has closed down

PAT  was presented with a plant and with thanks for all her work as Secretary last

year.

LIBRARY

Jenny Rydell with the help of Sibylla Rickards and Jill brown have taken charge of the library. There is a sale of unrequired books and magazines and ideas for new books is required.

DIARY DATES

Textile 21 Exhibition at Joblings Solicitors Gallery Macclesfield until Nov  4th

Preston Threads retrospective until 30th Oct.

Great Northern Craft Fair, Spinningfields, Manchester until Sunday. 23rd Oct.

SPEAKER AND WORKSHOP

Judith Lovatt an Art teacher in a former life, gave a very helpful and encouraging talk to  members suggesting ways of starting, colouring and developing work from a picture, pattern or idea to the finished stitching.  On the following workshop she helped us to use a wide variety of colouring media and to develop a piece of work using hand stitching.