LOOKING FORWARD TO PYTHON GALLERY EXHIBITION

As part of our preparations for our exhibition in the Python Gallery, Royal Middlehaven House, Gosford Street, Middlesbrough. TS2 1BB we have embroidered a copy of Van Gogh's Sunflowers.

A panel of the sunflowers was cut into 24 pieces and branch members had a lucky dip as to which piece they embroidered.   On Saturday at the branch meeting they were all on display for the first time.    They looked lovely and there were so many different techniques to admire.  Well done everyone.

The exhibition runs from 16th January to 26 March.

Meeting Saturday

Happy New Year to everyone. Our speaker on Saturday is Beryl Frank who many of you will know. Her talk is 'Sew Colourful' and will be a sample of her work.
The colour for the raffle is white/frosty so bring some bits and pieces.
See you there.

WEDNESDAY 28TH NOVEMBER

We took our red, white and blue decorations to St. Nicholas church to decorate our tree as part of the
Christmas Tree festival. The colours were chosen as part of the 100 years since the end of the First World War.
About 28 oranisations from Guisborough took part.  The church looked lovely when they were all set up.

SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER

We had our Christmas party on Saturday 1st December.   It was a lovely afternoon with plenty of time for everyone to catch up and have a good chat. 

As usual we had a beautiful spread for our afternoon tea with lots of delicious homemade food.

Each year we try to have a small "craft" to make for those who want to join in.  This year we were making felt birds very kindly prepared for us by Jane G.;  they are to hang on the tree as part of our exhibition at the Python Gallery from the 16th Jan 2019.









Gorgeous brooch made by Lynda J.

SUNDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2018 PALACE ARTS GALLERY, REDCAR

I went to Helen Winthorpe-Kendricks exhibition at the Palace Art Gallery this afternoon.  There are some lovely, detailed and interesting pieces on display.
Some nice ideas for using old quilted pieces, cutting them up and stitching on them to create an entirely new piece.

SUNDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2018 SUNFLOWERS

We are having a branch exhibition in the Python Gallery from 15th January to the end of March.  Part of the exhibition will be a collaboration of 24 members to reproduce in stitch this picture of Van Gogh's Sunflowers.

The large poster has been cut into 24 squares and we had a lucky dip to see which piece you got to stitch.
The idea is that you reproduce your piece to look like the painting but in any stitch technique you choose.  All the pieces will then be reassembled and put on show with the original picture alongside.
I think it will look amazing.  

SATURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2018 THREAD ROCKS

Our speaker today was Helen Winthorpe-Kendrick.
Helen is a freelance textile artist who enjoys the challenge of incorporating a story into her pieces.

Helen gave us a really surprising talk on geology and how she interprets the different rocks into stitch.  It was an insight into how lava flows, plasma, tectonic plates and all rock formations could be interpreted into stitch.