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June 4th 2022
Another great afternoon in June making mini book covers using the previous months marbled fabric. This was our last meeting until we resume again after the summer in September.
Sample of cover 
Cover in landscape 
Stitched embellishment 
An assortment of little books 
Hand stitching in progress 
Ready for the stitches 
Designing with beads 
About to start 
Using a variety of threads 
Designing 
Creating with stitch and beads 
Finished book cover 
Cover in progress 
Finished marbled cover for mini book 
Finishing touches 
Finished mini book
May 7th 2022
Great afternoon marbling using shaving foam.
The starting process 
Applying ink to foam 
Smoothing foam ready for ink 
Smoothing the foam again 
Dragging through ink for design 
Ready to apply ink 
Two tone print 
Print design 
Ink applied to foam 
Print taken on shot silk 
Print taken as foam is scraped 
Foam pattern 
Many colours 
Pattern on foam 
Print on fabric 
Two tone print on fabric 
Lovely excess foam pattern 
Marbled pattern on foam 
Print on cotton 
Design on foam
April 2nd 2022
Great afternoon creating knitted fragments.
In the Recreational hall 
Sample 
Using various colours 
Learning the technique 
Going in all directions 
Relaxing hobby 
Going round and round 
Changing colours 
Changing directions 
Going in all directions 
Matching colours 
Having fun 
Long threads, short threads 
Fluffy yarn, bobbly yarn 
Everyone relaxing 
Various yarns used 
Experimenting with yarns 
Working quickly 
Mixing knitting with crochet 
Yarns galore 
Completed fragments made into a bag 
Sample 
Sample in progress 
Lumpy textureColours of the sea 
Colours of the sea 
Blending colours
March 5th 2022
Demo 
Wools you can use 
Sample of weaving 
Sample 
Demo 
Sample 
Explaining the frame 
Sample with gold thread 
Sample with fine cane woven in 
Sample finished purse 
Demo re weaving 
Sample weaving techniques 
Tapestry weaving techniques 
Sample of sizes 
Starting the weaving card 
Sample of weaving techniques 
layering with wools 
Sample incorporating angles 
Variety of wools 
Thick and thin 
Weaving in and out 
Two over and under instead 
Incorporating thicker wools 
Adding merino wool stripSample bag 
Sample bag 
Really 3D wool 
Layering colours 
Weaving in blocks of colour 
Merino non spun wool 
Featuring the warp 
Weaving at angles 
Concentrating 
Relaxing afternoon 
Colour coordinated 
Weaving with long needle 
Sample using newspaper and video tape in the centre 
Finished members little bag
February 5th 2022
Felting bowls around an orange.
Oranges and nets at the ready 
More colours of wool 
Very busy creating 
Merina wool used to make bowls 
Demo 
Choosing their colours 
Looking at some made earlier 
Putting all fibres into a net 
Felting in progress 
During the process 
Spacious room 
December 4th 2021
Paper wreath making, Miniature embroideries, Willow wreath ideas
Showing the project finished 
Finished version 
Choosing what to do 
Explaining about the stitching project 
Samples of stitches 
Concentrating 
Hard at work 
Well spaced 
Demo to help next stage 
Ready for assembly 
Before assembly 
Layering up 
Wreath with lights! 
Construction of paper wreath 
Adding colour 
Adding colour 
Few bits of colour 
November 6th 2021
Demo of mini bag making 
Fabric being used for bags 
Threads, fabric, zips 
Keeping a distance 
Hand sewing a mini book cover 
In action 
Pressing the fabric 
Choosing part of fabric to use 
Zips of varying colours 
Printed fabric 
Made into bag 
Zipped bagZipped bag 
Zipped Bag 
Zipped Bag 
Zipped Bag 
Zipped Bag 
Zipped Bag 
Zipped Bag 
Zipped Bag 
Zipped Bag
October 2nd 2021
Printing with leaves onto fabric, great fun was had by all.
Demo 
Demo peice 
Explanation 
Collected Leaves 
Experimenting with leaves 
Demo 
Equipment at the ready 
The printing station 
Different leaves 
More than one colour 
Leaving more background 
Filling the fabric 
All directions 
Overlapping colours 
Deeply veined leaves 
Petals and leaves 
Autumn colours 
Vivid colours 
Layering 
Layering 
Fine detail 
Fine detail 
Fine lines 
Oct 2021 Leaf Printing 
Juggling colours 
Hard at work 
Layering bamboo leaves 
Mixing leaves 
Experimenting with leaves 
Layering 
Deep colours too 
Natural colours 
Bamboo leaves
September 4th 2021
Our first meeting for a while. Thank you to everyone who came along to join us. Many people brought craft work which they had been creating over the past year. Have a look at some of the work and how we kept our social distancing.
Christine also explained to everyone what we would be printing at our October meeting, with the intention that your printed pieces could then be made into little books, purses or book covers at our November meeting. We look forward to seeing you in October.
Glass Blowing 
Feathers from Denim 
Rabbit Family 
Felt Flowers 
Socially Distanced 
Octobers Workshop 
Octobers Workshop 
Nuno Felting
