Latest News and Announcements from our Branch "Scintillating Stitches” Lutterworth Stitchers
(formally Lutterworth Embroiderers Guild) will be holding their annual
exhibition (An exhibition of creative textiles )
on Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th August at the Wycliffe Memorial
Methodist Church, Bitteswell Road, LE17 4EZ (opposite Morrison’s
Supermarket.) Open daily from 10am to 4pm with a late night viewing on
Friday 17th - 6pm till 9pm. Come along
and enjoy our member’s newly created work, see demonstrations, spoil
yourself with homemade cakes and make time for a little retail therapy
from our Sales Table. More info contact Tracey Jacklin 07957 595549
Summer school takes place on 19th-21st July, and has been booked up for a while.
Unexpectedly two places have become available with Jessica Grady and Jane Drummond. today 9/7/2019
If anyone is interested,please contact Marianne 01476 861534 mygemz@hotmail.com
These places could be residential or Day visit - open to discussion to suit.
please forward to branch members/friends
Embroidery Exhibition Geology and Fossilsposted 21 hours ago by Deborah PhillpottThe first exhibition of the Geology and Fossils Exhibition is now up at The Ten 2 Gallery in Hinckley until 31st July. There
are a small number of 3D items that couldn't fit into the cabinet but
they are not forgotten they will be at our next venue.  New Book: 'Threads of Life' by Clare Hunterposted 13 hours ago by Deborah PhillpottThreads of Life – a book about why people sew and goes on to inform us that 'Threads of
Life' takes us from the anonymous needlewomen of the Bayeux Tapestry to
Mary, Queen of Scots’ politically messaged embroidery, from the
therapeutic stitching of World War One’s shell-shocked soldiers to
nineteenth century tailors whose pictorial patchwork campaigned for
reform, from the grieving mothers in 1970s Argentina who sewed the names
of their disappeared children onto headscarves to the subversive
stitchery of feminists in 1980s America. The book tells us why people
have sewed through time and across cultures to tell their stories and
make their voices heard. Clare Hunters book 'Threads of Life' is to be published by Sceptre of Hodder & Stoughton on 7th February and has been chosen as Radio 4’s Book of the Week that same month 4th - 8th February. She says ‘Sewing is a way to mark our existence on cloth: patterning our place in the world, voicing our identity, sharing something of ourselves with others and leaving the indelible evidence of our presence in stitches held fast by our touch.’ ‘Threads of Life is a beautifully considered book that reminds us of how much sewing plays a crucial part in expressing the many facets of our lives. Clare Hunter has managed to mix the personal with the political with moving results.’ Tracey Chevalier ‘It seemed to me that we had lost sight of the potency of needlework, the tactile residue of its makers’ touch; the meaning of its symbolic patterns and motifs, its ability to conserve community traditions. I wanted to restore that knowledge, to remind readers of needlework’s emotional, social and textural qualities and, by doing so, revive an appreciation of its value.’ Clare Hunter ‘Threads of Life is a compelling and beautifully written account of how marginalised peoples throughout history have used the language of sewing, embroidery and textiles to tell their neglected stories.’ The Bookseller, Nov. 2018 | |||||||||
What's New
Thank you all!
A huge thank you to all members who found treasures to take home from Liz Welch's stands at Regional Day - an amazing nearly £900 will be donated to Breast Cancer Now and only a few small boxes are left which will be found good homes. This has been a monumental task which though extremely sad at times has been lovely to find so many people who knew Liz, had seen her at a workshop or a show or on TV and have given generously for 'stuff they didn't know they needed'. I would encourage all of you to use all the 'special treasures' you have acquired instead of waiting for the ' ideal project' and try to find the time to learn the new skills you have bought all the bits for and always wanted to do. It has been quite a challenge to find the right people and places who know about all the different crafts and interests she had - think ahead before it is too late - Liz simply ran out of time. Very nearly £5000 raised so far from craft items and still lots more to come in - see with grateful thanks, Erica |
Sewing Machine Sale Quorn Country Crafts
Courses at All things creative. Starting this week
All things Creative Email: allthingscreative5@outlook.com http://www.naomiwagstaff.co.uk/courses/ 5 St.Bartholomews Court, Nottingham, NG3 3EH Deirdre Robbins for Pattern Cutting 07732 728116 10 week courses starting this week. MONDAY 25th March - Upholstery with Celia Barsby 07783 109972 1.45pm - 4.45pm or 6pm - 9pm £170 for 10 weeks Pattern cutting/Tailoring with Deirdre Robbins 07732 728116 1pm - 4pm £170 for 10 weeks. TUESDAY 26th March Soft Furnishings with Jo Tidy 07817 114554 6pm - 9pm £175 for 10 weeks WEDNESDAY 27th March Upholstery with Naomi Wagstaff 07734 791608 9.45am - 12.45pm or 6pm - 9pm £170 for 10 weeks Pattern Cutting / Tailoring with Deirdre Robbins 07732 728116 9.45am - 12.45pm or 1pm - 3pm £170 for 10 weeks THURSDAY 28th March Upholstery with Naomi Wagstaff 07734 791608 9.45am - 12.45pm 9 week course £153 or 6pm - 9pm for 10 weeks £170 SATURDAY 23rd March and 27th April Sewing Bee with Dee 07732 728116 - 10am - 3pm one day workshop £35 Paint Effect Techniques with Paula Tomlinson 07891 727609 One day workshop 10am - 1pm £55 . Dates on request. All things Creative Email: allthingscreative5@outlook.com http://www.naomiwagstaff.co.uk/courses/ 5 St.Bartholomews Court, Nottingham, NG3 3EH Deirdre Robbins for Pattern Cutting 07732 728116 |
Book of the Week Radio 4
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle 9.45 Mon 4th Feb-8th Feb Textile artist Clare Hunter travels through the centuries uncovering the lives of those who have used sewing and embroidery to tell their stories. Read by Siobhan Redmond. |
EMREG Summer School 2019
EMREG Summer School 2019 Bookings now open with 4 tutors this year Contact Marianne Young if you want a booking form. mygemz@hotmail.com Summer School information for 2019 Date - Friday 19th July to Sunday 21st July 2019 Venue - The Olde Barn Hotel Toll Bar Road Marston nr Grantham Lincolnshire NG32 2HT Contact - Marianne Young, Summer School organiser, East Midlands Region mygemz@hotmail.com 01476 861534 The Hotel is located away from the A1, on the southbound carriageway before Boundary Mill/Downtown, an excellent location with easy access for the East Midlands Region Cost - £310 for Single Occupancy for 2 nights accommodation, full board and access to leisure facilities - £270 per person, room sharing (two people and as above) - £170 non residential (please contact organiser to discuss availability and options) http://www.emreg.org.uk/events/summer-school-2019 Tutors for 2019 are: Kathleen Laurel Sage - Embroidered, soldered and heat zapped surfaces (free machine embroidery) Kathleen will demonstrate several techniques that involve layered organza, Lutradur, to enable you to design and create your own masterpiece, either smaller pieces to form unique jewellery or small panels or tiles. No image as of yet. Moira Neal - Creating colourful characters in applique and free machine embroidery This course is about having fun with free machine embroidery and using colourful applique to create some characters. Moira will provide templates and lots of ideas for producing your own panel. |
Models needed for African wear on Regional Day
We need volunteersto be a model for Magie Relph at Regional Day on
Sunday May 19th, 2019. Linda LLoyd Willis and Suella Postles have volunteered so far. Magie Relph only needs 3 models. Pam Keeling ondered if there was anyone else
in West Bridgford Branch who might join in the fun?
The Regional Day committee have a meeting on 6th February, 2019 and it would be good to know by then Contact Pam Keeling pamkeeling@clara.co.uk
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Kickstart Workshop Geology & Fossils Jan 18th 2019
Jo Leatherland is to take another Kickstart Workshop based on Geology
and Fossils on 18th January, 2019 - 10am - 4pm. At Bradmore Methodist
Church Hall, Bradmore, Notts. |
HOME: the Guild Member Project for 2019
ANNOUNCING the Guild Member Project for 2019 HOME
Following the inspiring Capability Brown exhibitions in 2016, the hugely
successful Page 17 in 2017 and, more recently, the poignant 100 Hearts
in 2018, we now announce the Guild's project for 2019 – it is entitled
“HOME”. Is HOME the place you return to at the end of each day? Do you have fond memories of a childhood home, long since left behind? Invite us in and show us, in stitch, the special memories you have of your home. Have you lived on a brightly coloured canal boat; in a high rise flat or a converted barn? Have you travelled widely - perhaps seen the favelas in Rio or the slums in Mumbai; a tree house on the beach in the Phillipines? Home should mean shelter and safety but for some it is not. And what of the natural world - a bird's nest, the river of a spawning salmon, the arctic home of the polar bear or the woodland burrow of a fox? Invite us in and tell us, in stitch, what the word HOME means to you. Find more inspiration on our webpage HOME Project 2019 |
Geological specimens to study and photograph at Kickstart
Sew and So with Kickstart at 11a.m on Saturday December 8th, 2018 Our regular informal stitching meeting, Sew and So, is open to all members. Lorraine Ellison will be bringing many lovely examples of fossils, rocks and minerals for us ti draw and photograph.. This may help Kickstart participants to be inspired, and Lorraine will give information about them all. The fossils range from about 1000 years old to an amazing 450 million years old, and they include a mammoth's tooth from Norfolk during the Ice age, shark's teeth from London, ammonites from the south of England, corals from the Peak District, fossil ferns from a Somerset coal tip, various marine animal shells, including some from Wymeswold, and much more. Among the rocks are an amazing, crystalline slice of a meteorite from outer space, and a royal blue rock from Afghanistan. She also has beautiful mineral crystals too. Lorraine collected many for her Geology degree, spending much time, eyes down to the ground, wandering across fields, along sea shores and into quarries. Of course you are welcome to bring your own work, if you are not doing Kickstart this year. Do come, bring your lunch and stay for the afternoon meeting where we will be doing some Christmas stitching and crafts. |
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