2016-17 Programme OUT NOW

20th July: Chloe Hamilton- Textile Artist
What an inspiring talk to finish off our 2015/16 season! Whilst Chloe had an art background following a BA in Embroidery at Manchester School of Art & a Scholarship to do an MA, her work in the charity/ refugee sector provided an inspiration & a mechanism for translating her passion whilst sharing stories & learning skills from different countries. Chloe told us of her commercial successes but her use of the 'bird' as a symbol for women's stories was fantastic. We would have all bought one of her bags on the night if they had been available ( you made the bag, & it had special cut outs of birds which could be made in to a separate item as a symbol- I know I am not telling this well!). Great evening.

18th May: Bev Elliot
Bev provided us with an informative talk & the journey she took to reach her textile ambitions via various careers. We were really fascinated by her flowers using wire, plastic & Japanese paper.

Exhibition Winners 2016

The award winning work by Sandra who won the public vote for best exhibit 'Owl & Pussycat' with Jean winning the designated title ' Pathways' competition 

 

Annual Exhibition 21st May 2016

Congratulations to all the exhibitors, helpers, tea makers & stall holders who made our exhibition a success. Well done to Sandra & Jean for their winning exhibits. Here is a selection of photographs for the work on show as well as some of our workshop pieces.

 

20th April: Pauline Barnes: 'Designing for Stitch'
Pauline's passion is as a patchworker & she encouraged us to be brave and try lots of new techniques to develop in our work. Look at shapes & colours, cut them up & try again!Think about balance, space etc. From her inspiration of Myan cities in central america, to the rainforest , her love of Venice to even 'doodling' on the telephone can lead to all sorts of  intriguing shapes for stitch.

16 March Armelle Hatch- 'Small Things'
Armelle used her french upbringing & style as inspiration for her work as well as nature. She developed an abstract pleat to lovely effect & we really liked her 'bobbin'. Her display culminated with her array of hat pins many of which she developed and combined to good effect with her french family history. Armelle is also a member of Textile 21.