Tulips - Member's Workshop

 Una's work inspired us from the start. Stuffed tulips in abundance, tulip vases and lino printed cards

 The aim was for us each to make 3 tulips today

 Una demonstrated and made more tulips

 Elaine ironing the petals. The choice of fabric for the petals was very important

 We all got to work very quickly, full of enthusiasm

 Dina choosing the fabric for her leaves.

 Loving the 'pink' sewing machine Dina

''The quiet table''

 Great to see Janet on a sewing machine

 Debbie making a 'chicken' tulip

 Ruth with a very large tulip - must have been a very large seam allowance!

 Tulips started to appear...

 ...in a variety of hand dyed fabrics. Stuffed and gathered ready for the next stage

 "Cake time"

 Janet's tulip in organza. They will be part of Janet's entry for regional day

Una demonstrated the preparation for attaching the stem

The position of the leaf can be anywhere you prefer on the stem

The leaves were machine quilted and wrapped around the stem 

Hand embroidery attached the leaves

 This stage of the tulip, where the stems were fitted into the flower and then hand stitched caused a lot of laughter as you can see

 This tricky procedure was done as demonstrated by Ruth; resting the flower like so, to enable hand stitching around the petals onto the stem

 

 The 'naughty' table continued to have fun

 Janet's two tulips

 Just a minute...Ruth's on the left...Elaine's on the right...Little and Large?

 Maggie's delicate yellow tulip

 Dina's textured tulip

 Jude's leaves and stem in a furnishing fabric which proved to be ideal

 Ruth wearing her larger than life finished tulip

 Yvonne used the same fabric for stem and flower with stunning effect

 Jude's tulip was made using a gelli printed fabric

 Ruth's suggestion for displaying her tulips

 After a lot of hard work the tulips were finished

...and made a wonderful display of colour and texture

 

     
                                                      

    

We were thrilled with the results and cannot wait to see them on display in our forthcoming exhibition later in the year

Thank you Una for all your help and hard work today. It has been a lovely way to spend a day with friends



Lecture - Anne Menary- The fabric of the Universe

Today we were treated to a very entertaining lecture by Anne Menary.



Anne had studied textiles at Birmingham Polytechnic and has gone on to teach hand embroidery and design in Adult Education in Derbyshire.

She undertakes lots of commissions but really enjoys taking a subject and then doing a series of pieces of work.

Her Fabric of the Universe comes from her interest in science and 'what is out there'.

Much of Anne's work contains quotes, or humorous messages that Anne has created herself.

These are two of a series that Anne has done based on 'Postcards from a Time Traveller'

She has also done smaller postcards

 

All of Anne's work starts as a paper collage

 drawn from her interests in a particular subject or from her wonderful sketchbooks.

 

 

 

 

 

These two pieces are taken from her interest in the universe and  about seeing the earth from other planets

 

... and this is one of a series displaying the constellations. It also includes pieces of 'given' or 'found fabrics from her fabric stash. She even uses Crimplene to give an interesting surface to her planets!!

 

All of Anne's work is hand embroidered using traditional stitches and often incorporates recycled samples or old work! She also adds recycled vintage embroidery.

 

 

Anne displays a great sense of humour and certainly made us smile! Thank you.