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Embroiderers Guild newsletter- NEW! Betty's Book of Stitches - NEW!
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VeronicaClick on the individual thumbnails to see a larger photo.
The Embrioderers Guild suggested in the last issue of Contact that members may like to make a postacrd and donate to the guild for sale. I have got the bug and here are some of what I have sent them. They are fun to do, don't take a long time and a feeling of satisfaction when finished. Why not have a go, and the Guild will benefit! I love working in variegated threads and this was one way to use up some of my threads - doing Hardanger, another discipline I love! I am new to this and apparently you need to post them 'naked' so that everyone sees the body and admires it as well as giving lots of joy and pleasure to all those who see them as they make their way ot the recipent!
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does a member of North Kent Embroiderers Guild do when it is snowing hard
outside? She Recycles, Reinvents and Recreates. I had been saving the
bags to make something else, but changed my mind and made this bag during
the recent bad weather out of coffee bags which were Fairtrade. The stitching
is not perfect and it was certainly fun to make!
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is the Beaded Fish that I learnt how to make at the recent Day School
by Ann Mockford. The one on the left is the complete fish whereas the
one on the right is a close up of the fish. Again great fun to do and
this was the first time I have tackled anything like this!
These are two pictures of a quilt I made at classes at a local quilting shop. I have always admired other people's quilts and never thought I would be able to make one myself but I have! I could have machine quilted it, but I decided to hand quilt it - a never ending, but fulfilling task! What makes it a 'quillow' is that you sew a pocket on the reverse of the quilt, then fold the quilt and push it into the pocket - making a 'pillow' hence quillow - quilt and pillow!
Small slash bag - I bought the pattern for this bag in America, originally for my grand daughter. I made hers, and then adapted for myself. It is larger than an evening bag, so that you can place your phone, hairbrush etc. in the inner pockets as well. Plus, of course, lots of people want to know where you bought it!!!
Encrusted Calico Sampler - These are photographs of a project the 97 Group did recently. It is Encrusted Calico and for me, it was an excellent project because I learnt lots of new stitches. People tend to think that members of the Embroiderers Guild know everything about embroidery, and that is not right. In this piece of work, I learnt how to do – Bullion Knots; Woven Wheel; Back Stitch Wheel; Cup Stitch and Woven Picot. Other stitches used were Seeding Stitch; Buttonhole Stitch and French Knots. Various threads used included Silks, Perle and Flower threads. I ‘trapped’ washers, curtain rings and wadding in-between muslin and calico before I began stitching to achieve this effect! It was a really fun way of learning new stitches and achieving a good finished piece of work!
The 'R' stands for Rochester Diocese, the grapes and bread for Holy Communion, and the sheep because Christ is our shepherd. The design is machine stitched on to the silk with hand embellishments.
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