Monthly Archives: August 2014

SECOND VISIT TO THE LUTTERWORTH EXHIBITION

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I took more photos on my second visit so I am sharing them here.

Our new Tablecloth had it’s first outing this time.

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Next we have the young embroiderers’ display. Very mixed ages, haven’t they done well?

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I apologise for the reflections of the church windows in some of the exhibits, rather difficult to avoid them!

I loved the elegant boots and the Mary Poppins especially in the first collage. The beading was part of a workshop we had with Eliza MacClelland. In the second collage we have free machine embroidery Reflections and Frosty Morning.

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I enjoyed this rather splendid piece embellished with gold work too.

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Several different techniques in the first image but the tiger image in the second is a lovely piece of mixed machine and hand embroidery .

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Finally some dolls. Miss Buttercup on her special chair and Bobbie, a beautiful old porcelain doll in his newly knitted clothes. He was quite tiny… no more than 6″ high I think.

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Next a couple of tarts for you! Just look at HER with her nose in the air! 🙂

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All in all a very successful exhibition showing the wide variety of talent we have in the Branch.

 

 

 

EXHIBITION AT LUTTERWORTH EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD

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We held a very successful exhibition last week. Lutterworth was celebrating Feast Week and also holding various events as it’s memorial of WW1.  The Guild had an exhibition of work made in honour of those who served in WW1 as part of the overall exhibition. Here I am showing you selected works and will upload some others tomorrow.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO SEE A LARGER VIEW.

The first two are from the WW1 exhibit. In the first collage the top two images of poppies are remembering the men of Ibstock. The bottom left image was very beautiful but hard to focus on as it consisted of several layers. Bottom right was in hand made felt with appliqué additions.

The second collage of the boots was all free machine embroidery, very skillfully done. I have included a close-up.

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The next image shows some of the entries for the Chairman’s Challenge this year. The top one is the winner and is a very  lovely hand stitched box. I have also included a close-up. The other two images are my own selection of the rest of the entries.

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There was a workshop on Permanganate and batik printing and some indigo dyeing, which are shown in the next images

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The lovely teddies below are made from old embroidered tablecloths.

I love the bright clear colours in the patchworks below too.

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I also like this little velvet picture with it’s beading.

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more images later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GARDEN WALK ON 1st AUGUST

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After spotting a butterfly I hadn’t seen in the garden before, I went out to see what it was up to !

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It was a brimstone and was investigating mainly the marigolds, which although colourful are the bane of my life as they have spread all over everywhere.

While I was out there I did my usual walk around the garden to see what else was out. There isn’t much there now as most of my flowers have gone over. I really need to do something about the gap in the seasons here.  I NEED autumn colour.

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The Cosmos are still gorgeous. And of course the gardians of the garden are always there looking very affable… but cross them at your peril!

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