March Meeting

It's great to see what everyone is up to - there's such a variety of stitch projects and so many different techniques. Here is a very small sample of what members have been up to recently - there's a Travelling Book from the last round that was slightly delayed and missed the handover (watch this space for yet another round of Travelling Books - they're addictive!); there's also some interesting individual pieces of work. What a talented bunch!

(Images are the property of Skipton Branch of The Embroiderers' Guild)

Our blackwork piece in progress for the Regional Chair's Challenge. It's a joint effort with various members stitching a square. It should be very effective when completed and it's great to see each square emerge.

Harlequins and Other Ideas

We had a treat today when Joan Murray gave us a talk about her work called 'Harlequins and Other Ideas. Joan is a tutor at Craven College teaching textiles and fashion. What an inspiring teacher she must be judging by this afternoon.
Joan has work in various museums including the V&A and The Whitworth and has exhibited widely. She spoke to us about her love of fine art, sculpture and dance as well as her mission to inspire her students to work with tone, colour and texture in coming up with new and original ideas. We saw some of her student's work as well as her own.

Student work based on the theme of wheels and crosses:

Subtraction cutting!

Joan showed us some of her beautiful woven and knitted pieces inspired by her travels to far flung places such as Peru and Turkmenistan! Inspirations include birds and cups and saucers!

We were even given a poetry recital and shown two short films, which are on her website.
At the end of her talk Joan showed us the dress she made for her daughter's wedding and the harlequin of the title. What a gorgeous dress! Layers of colours representing the seasons - it's a masterpiece and so beautiful.

 Thanks to Joan for a fascinating and inspiring afternoon.

(Photos taken and reproduced with the permission of Joan Murray. Images are the property of Skipton Branch of The Embroiderers' Guild)

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The Beast from the East

What a carry on we've had with the weather recently; it's been pretty snowy and this weekend is turning out to be bitterly cold - a great excuse for staying in the warm and doing some stitching! Here's a selection of photos of snowy/sunny/wintry/spring-like Skipton over the last couple of weeks! The weather really is changeable at the moment, but I've enjoy taking pictures for inspiration for some textile art and embroidery.

(Photos taken and reproduced with the permission of Sally McGonigle. Images are the property of Skipton Branch of The Embroiderers' Guild)


I think most people participating in the 100 Hearts Project will have received their packs from the Guild by now - looking forward to seeing those when they're done.

It's going to be a busy meeting next week: we are starting another round of Travelling Books  because they have proved so popular. I'm really looking forward to seeing how our joint blackwork sampler is coming along for the Chair's Challenge. Those of us who took part in Gail's tapestry weaving workshop will be finishing off their little projects.

We're also running another All Age Workshop with will take place in The Hub at the Town Hall on April 7th - we have some lovely little projects for visitors to have a go at, watch this space for more details shortly. We've chosen to move the workshop into the new Hub at the Town Hall to hopefully catch a few more people who might drop in while passing.