2017-18 Members’ Work

July 31, 2018Members' WorkEYES

: Completed work from April’s Workshop; Layered Landscapes; Above and below May’s stage display.

Articles using fabric from sales table. Denim£1 bought last month. Checked blouse made for daughter (now 36).

Dabble day crazy patchwork square put to good purpose as a cusin cover.

Layered landscape completed.

!st attempt at felting, a kit made personal with the addition of the shepherd and his dog.

A work in progress.

An experiment inspired by April’s speaker’s work.

Stage Display April 2018

Stage display March 2018

Dorothy Bell

Hugette’s Cat quilt

Hugette putting her stash to good use

Wet felting workshop. Knit 1 Stitch 1 with Louise Walker

Paula ‘sales table’ using bargain fabrics.

Fabric from our sales table.

Val Baxter tapestry hassock

Stage display February 2018

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Jacky Ward-Lomax Mola work

This is a type of work done by the Kuna Indians of Panama and is mostly reverse applique with a small amount of simple embroidery and minimal applique. I am from a northern climate so my images reflect that – ‘Norse Runes and Yggdrasil’ (the world tree) rather than images of jungle and South American mythology which is typical of their creations.

jackys quilt 2 — ‘reverse applique with simple embroidery’

Phillipa Naylor Workshop

3rd February 2018

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Monthly display of members work

November 2017 Stage Display

This month’s display had many completed items from the October Day School.

In line with November’s speaker Susan Brett brought along two embroidered pieces, the Tray Cloth and The Tree of Life, completed by her Aunt, Ethel Taylor, before WWII . Dr Kay-Williams of the RSN said that the Tree of Life was , and still is, a common theme in crewel work.

Anne Dunnington nov 17 Anne Pye nov 17 Boy Quilt Nov 17 bunting Nov 17 Cat Quilt nov 17 Dorothy Bell nov 17

Hilary Goldsmith nov 17 — Hilary Goldsmith

Jill Steel Nov 17 Maggie Tomlinson Nov 17 Paula Bell nov 17 Quilt nov 17 Susan Brett detail 1

Susan Brett detail 3 — Detail from Tree of Life 1

Susan Brett detail 4 — Detail tree of Life 2

Susan Brett Detail 5 — Detail tray cloth

Susan Brett detail2 — Detail tree of life 3

Susan Brett's Aunt Picture Nov 17 — Tree of life

Susan Mower nov 17 Val nov 17 Wendy Barrett Nov 17

October 2017 Display

Susan was stitching this piece when she discovered EYES in 1984.

Autumn, Winter and Spring featured in ‘Stitch’ magazine.

A special piece by Paula for the Coral anniversary.

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Button Pictures made by the members of EYELETS February 15th 2018

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Woven fabric cushions, made in the November workshop.

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Recent work by the youngsters of Eyelets.

The self portraits , Fishing Game and Bunny Face bags are examples of 2017 work completed by the youngsters of Eyelets.

Self Portrait, fabric collage and applique.

Fishing Game. Fabric painting and embroidery.

Bunny Bags and Easter Cards. Felt work and stitchery.

Members work June 2018

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Here are a couple of examples of the many quilts which were displayed and talked about by our speaker, Greta Fitchett her imagination using reflections in glass buildings around the world, with the ability to put that imagination into her sewing was a delight to see and more latterly her husbands artistic skills in creating designs and selecting materials for Greta to convert into quilts was very interesting. We were certainly entertained by her talk.

Some examples of work brought to the June meeting. There was an incredible variety of work this month showing the skills of our members from small dolls outfits knit on size 19 needles using crochet cotton, a large doll knit in 4 ply wool and a selection of projects emphasising the incredible variety of needlework. Also a sample of the scarecrows that were made by our young Eyelets.

Dabble Day 24th March

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Dabble Day Saturday 24th March

This was a day of fun where some of the members generous with their knowledge and willing to pass their skills on to other people in the society gave their time and efforts to others. We had four skills being demonstrated:

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Smocking by hand, but we were also introduced to the wonders of a smocking machine which was definitely something to see at work.

The decoration of initials which was far more time consuming than was expected, but let your imagination run wild producing some very different results but for something that can be used in all sorts of decorative and useful ways

Walnut purses, this was very intricate with some spectacular results from everyone concerned.

Pictures in fabric – another area where the imagination was significant and something that can be used in all things, pictures for wall hangings, book covers.

All in all this was a fun day enjoyed by all of those who attended and definitely something that has opened up our minds as to what else we can do.

Many thanks to all of those who made this day successful for the organisation the skill sharing and also tea/coffee and biscuits.

Dr Susan Kay- Williams November 2017: Royal School of Needlework

November 16, 2017MeetingsEYES

On Saturday 11th December we were treated to an interesting and informative talk by Dr Susan Kay-Williams Chief Executive of the Royal School of Needlework. Dr Kay-Williams explained that the RSN was originally set up in order to continue and preserve the great tradition of hand embroidery. She showed us slides of students using a ‘slate frame’ , a traditional tool which dates back to at least the 18th century. The ‘slate frame’ requires the fabric to be stretched as taut as a slate to be worked on, hence the name.

Whilst having a base in tradition the RSN continues to challenge it’s students to interpret their ideas. One such challenge was to stitch a self portrait and we were shown images with embroidery worked on handkerchiefs and even a kitchen sieve.

Susan’s talk covered a whole gamut of work from traditional crewel work, through to white work, black work, black work in red, stump work and a myriad of designs and interpretations of past and present students work.

My personal favourite, and judging by the gasp that went up as Susan showed the slide, many others too, was The Coronation Robe of Queen Elizabeth II from 1953. Susan showed a sample of the Gold Work undertaken by the RSN for the cloak.

Bringing us right up to date Susan talked about the hand embroidery on the cloak worn by Benedict Cumberbatch in the film Dr Strange. A great source of pride for the RSN is that, although many people may work on a particular design or project, all the work is identical. The cloak was a central character in the film and in order to withstand the rigours of filming 12 cloaks were made, each one having to be indistinguishable from the other.

Altogether a most enjoyable and educational afternoon.

Below. Dr Kay-Williams brought many samples of the work done by the RSN

RSN Display

2016 Residential Weekend

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A weekend with Gail Lawther.

May 2016

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The Society has had a wonderful few months with some fantastic speakers, great workshops and our members have given us an amazing display of their work and works in progress. I hope you will enjoy browsing through these photographs. And don’t forget to have a look at the Workshop photographs, workshops are always great fun.