B.E.G.Stitchers: March 2017

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

March newsletter

Embroiderers’ Guild – Bolton Branch

March 2017

The Rose Bowl competition at Regional Day is on the theme of Entrances - Doorways, gateways, windows, etc. Debbie has e-mailed entry forms to you for this and also for the Aurifil competition if you wish to enter a piece of work.

Exhibitions and Events

Our workshop this Saturday at Bank Top United Reform Church is “Stitched Paper Collage” led by Marion Jazmik. Our next meeting is on April 25^th (4^th Tuesday because of Easter) when Dionne Swift will talk about being a textile artist. There is also an appeal from Janet - our sales table is in need of some new stock. If you have anything suitable, please give to Janet.

The NW regional day this year is in Lancaster on April 22^nd and the National AGM is in Edinburgh on 1 April. Details on the EG website and in Contact magazine.

Bolton Quilters are having an exhibition on 10^th June at St Helen’s Rd Methodist Church and have invited us to join them and display our work. Please think about what you could include in the display. We will also need members to steward from 10am to 4pm.

Calm during the Storm – a poignant exhibition of EG items from World Wars 1 and 2 that portrays the role of needlework, especially embroidery, as a calming influence in troubled times and links it to personal experience. 18 April – 30 June at the Central Art Gallery, Old St, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7SG. Open Tues, Wed, Fri and Saturday mornings.

The Capability Brown Festival continues at Tatton Park: 25 March – 30 July, work inspired by the landscapes and gardens of Tatton. Further details: www.events.tattonpark.org.uk. There is also a CB festival display at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, 1 February – 10 May.

Blackpool EG branch 35^th Anniversary exhibition at the Central Library, Queen St, Blackpool FY1 1PX from 20 – 22 April.

An exhibition of New Quilting supported by Arts Council England at the Rheged Centre, Penrith 3 March – 23 April.

Ann needs handmade cards for sending to members. Any you make and can donate, please pass them on.

Raffle prizes are always welcome. Please see Judith. If there are any library books you think would be suitable for us, please tell Jenny. (An ISBN would be helpful)

If you hear of any exhibitions or events that you think may be of interest to us, please let Sheelagh know and details can go on the newsletter or noticeboard. smtmadden@talktalk.net

The Northwest blog address is www.info@nwregionembroiderers.org

Our blog: begstitchers.blogspot.com

We now have Facebook pages for Bolton and NW Region. Please ‘like us’ to help publicise the Guild and our activities.

Guild website: www.embroiderersguild.com

Thursday, March 23, 2017

March meeting by Brenda

At our meeting during Show and Tell Eileen Pepper brought a beautiful lace tablecloth which was embroidered by her mother many moons ago which is going to be used as an alter cloth in a local church. Eileen also tole us about an appeal to knit very small dresses ,caps and blankets to be used to dress babies who doe at birth, in order to present them to their parents in normal clothing. A ggod cause which I hope we will support.

Marion Jazmik also brought some of her recent pieces of work including 2 vessels based on tree bark and some beautiful collages to inspire us for the workshop she is doing with us this Saturday –can’t wait! Sorry couldn’t get near enough to take photos and then I forgot.

Also we brought some of our rust printing from our playday in February, for others to see. Hopefully we will do something creative with them. Pam Wright actually made a nice embellishment for her black felt hat.

Nikki Parmenter came to give us a talk about her “Experimental Textiles”. We were all quite amazed by the sheer dazzling quality she gave each piece by adding lots of “bling”, her favourite saying is “more is more”. Her work is mainly on a grand scale, ranging from large quilted hangings to 3D pieces. Her ideas are often taken from legends from different cultures mixed up with references to fine art images of faces and figures. She paints the figures/faces/animals onto fabric then sets about embellishing them with a myriad of beads and glitzy trimmings. Essential to her work are her sewing machine, car spray paint, funky foam, glue gun, lace and any trimmings she can find.

Can you spot the frog?

This stag will have antlers before completion

Two pages of her notebook.

Some drawings from her sketchbook.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Feb Meeting.

Our speaker was Mary Taylor, a textile artist who lives in the Lake District and works from a studio in Farfield Mill in Sedburgh. She specialises in embroidered landscapes of the beautiful scenery around her home and studio. Scotland, especially the west coast around Ardnamurchan is also a source of inspiration for her.

She gave a fascinating slide presentation showing how she constructs her landscapes in stitch. Working from a photo, she sketches her design onto Vilene. Next she layers strips of velvet in many subtle colours onto the Vilene to suggest land, sea, sky, etc followed by a layer of organza strips, again in many shades, all pinned to the base. Dense machine embroidery is then applied to create the fields, trees, rocks and other features of the land or seascape. Heat is also applied to reveal some of the velvet layer. She brought with her examples of the finished landscapes, alive with colour and texture.

Embroiderers’ Guild – Bolton Branch

February 2017

Competitions

The Members Challenge theme for 2016/17 is “Imprisoned Splendour”. Details on the EG website together with some ideas to inspire you. Entries must be received by 27^th February 2017.

Exhibitions and Events

The NW regional day this year is in Lancaster on Saturday, April 22^nd at the University of Cumbria, Lancaster Campus, Bowerham Rd, Lancaster LA1 3JD. Tickets are £25 each to include lunch. If you are interested in going, please give your names to Sheelagh. The Rose Bowl competition at Regional Day is on the theme of Entrances - Doorways, gateways, windows, etc.

The National AGM 2017 is in Edinburgh on 1 April. Details and the programme are on the EG website.

EG members from Manchester and Cheshire will be displaying work at Tatton Park 25 March – 30 July, inspired by the landscapes and gardens of Tatton, as part of the Capability Brown Festival. Further details: www.events.tattonpark.org.uk. There is also a CB festival display at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, 1 February – 10 May.

An exhibition of New Quilting supported by Arts Council England will be held at the Rheged Centre, Penrith 3 March – 23 April.

Ruby Porter has organized a sale and exhibition of textiles from Sreepur village in Bangladesh at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral 17 – 26 February, 11am – 4pm. Ruby will talk about her work with the Sreepur community each day.

Preston branch exhibition from 24 – 26 February, 10am – 4pm at Barton Grange Garden Centre. See noticeboard for details.

The EG nationally has set up an appeal inviting members, branches, regions and the wider stitch community to contribute to the fee for the services looking after the Collection being provided by Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury. For the first two years, the appeal is for £45,000. We have details of how to contribute if you so wish.

Ann needs handmade birthday cards for sending to members. Any you make and can donate, please pass them on.

Raffle prizes are always welcome. Please see Judith. If there are any library books you think would be suitable for us, please tell Jenny. (An ISBN would be helpful)

If you hear of any interesting exhibitions or events that you think may be of interest to us, please let Sheelagh know and details can go on the newsletter or noticeboard. smtmadden@talktalk.net