Next Meeting: July 3rd, Stitch Morning followed in the afternoon with a talk from Catherine Hill at 1:30 pm.

 

During the morning there will be an opportunity to exchange our "emerald green, idealistic and natural pieces" and select the next month's colour and prompt cards for us to work on and exchange on Wednesday 7th August. 

Catherine Hill will be our guest speaker in the afternoon. Hand embroidered text forms the foundation of all Catherine’s work. Using cotton cloth, vintage Sylko threads and traditional embroidery techniques she documents memories and Lancashire's social history. Catherine composes the narratives then stitches them. With each stitch she recreates the rhythm of her own handwriting. In this talk, Catherine shares her journey into textiles and explains the stories behind her artwork.

Next Meeting: June 5th, Stitch Morning followed in the afternoon with a talk from Angharad Thomas the author of "A Knitter's Guide to Gloves"

The day starts with a stitch morning and then at 1:30, a talk by our guest speaker Angharad Thomas, author of "A Knitter's Guide to Gloves", looking at Dales gloves: what makes them distinctive, where they were knitted and by whom, and how to go about knitting them now, illustrated from the Dales Countryside Museum and Angharad's collection.

 What a fabulous three days of "Stitching in the Dales" with tutors Kirstie Williams and Amanda Clayton.

Here is some of the work we produced with Kirstie Williams. Our first day was an introduction to natural dyeing, followed by screen printing with mordant pastes on day two, and cyanotypes on our final day.

Below is the work produced by the students of Amanda Clayton who spent their three day workshop exploring hand stitch using the simplicity of leaves as inspiration.Their work included inlay, applique, trailing, layering, cutwork, and needle darning on a base of silk organza to emphasise transparency