GWE Summer

 For our July meeting we had a 'Sit and Stitch' where we all got on with our own projects and had a sociable day.  We do not meet in August and we did not arrange a group outing this year but many ideas were shared for exhibitions for us to go to if we were able.

July also saw a Free Motion Embroidery workshop that was taught by our chair, Maggie.  we had the use of the quilting room at Little Sew n Sew at the Craft Village in Studley Grange Little Sew N Sew | Quilting Company Swindon.  Great fun was had by all who attended.  We were shown many techniques, including sewing on dissolvable fabric.  Lots of ideas to incorporate into future work.

Maggie also brought along some amazing work that she had produced using the technique - including a life drawing done entirely by free motion embroidery!

Here are some pictures of the day.

June Meeting - Christmas Stars in July

 For our July meeting Hazel showed us how to make Christmas Stars.  We drew our stars onto some vertical blind material, cut them out and then stitched beads on using metallic thread.  Everyone used different beads a lovely collection of stars was produced.

Here is a selection of the stars that were made.

May 2025 Meeting - Using up Stuff!

One of our members, Pat, gave us a brilliant talk on using up all the scraps of material, threads and other bits and pieces that we have collected over time and saved - just in case.

Pat talked about storing the scraps of material and threads and then pulling out a few and see what we were inspired to do with them.  Pat also brought along some examples of her work that she had produced using this method that we were all fascinated by.

Also at our May meeting some of us brought in work that we had from when we first did any stitching and we enjoyed seeing what everyone was currently working on.

April 2025 - Blanket Stitch

 Our Stitch of the month for April was blanket stitch.  Here are some of the interpretations that members produced.