Saturday 16th October Beyond Boundaries - Elise Stewart

This workshop was to create a modern day sampler either by machine or hand OR a combination of both.

These are 2 images of Elise's work that she used to promote the day.

    

These are Elise's words about the day.

'The photos show stitching down threads by machine and hand, trying out machine patterned stitches, adding fabric, beads and other embellishments, then adding "filler" stitches. Jan's table stand was much admired and there was quite a debate about equipment.   I thought it was lovely that people put their own spin on it - I gave them an outline of each stage and then they went with what they liked. As you can see from the final picture they were all quite different but all very lovely and I am looking forward to seeing them when finished. '

Thank you Elise

 Saturday 2nd October - My journey to stitch - Saskia Poller

Saskia's talk described how over the years her work has developed via feltmaking, bookarts and resin into stitched textile collages. It included her love of recording history using little treasures that are often kept safe in a box where they cannot be seen or are torn, damaged or broken and would otherwise be thrown away.

Her work is heavily influenced by her faith and the recording of history using ephemeral objects. She explained that she takes items that are often torn, damaged or disfigured and turn them into pieces of art 

                                                                     

                                                     

                                                        

Saskia will be offering us a workshop on  her textile collage techniques on November 6th.

Thank you Saskia