Library Exhibition of Embroidery

Last week the Embroiderers Group I belong to set up an exhibition of our work  in the library in Grange. The exhibition looked very good when I went to view it.

My contribution to the exhibition was the three pieces below.

Minoan Pot

Ancient Shards

Dragonfly in Amber

I also made contributions to the joint pieces. My square is on the bottom row second from the left.

Waterlilies by Monet

Silver embroideries

My frosty leaves are in the top right hand corner.

The two embroideries on the left are mine -flower and jelly fish

The hare and the owl are also mine.
I always enjoy the joint pieces.

Autumn Harvest

I have been amazed by the colours, fruits, berries and fungi this Autumn. The  fungi were popping up all over the place as the ground was warm from the good summer, followed by warm autumn rain triggering the growth of the fruiting bodies.

As plants finished flowering they started to make seeds for the following years.

Some of the seeds were inside of brightly coloured fleshy berries.

I love the colours and interesting seeds and fruits that Autumn provides but it also means that there will be food for many animals well into the Winter.

Holes - a new short workshop

The first thing I did was to look for pictures of holes and decided holes are everywhere!

I then thought about holes in textiles and decided to go for a bound hole where something could be put behind to show through or to sew threads across a hole and then weaving through the threads.
I then started to make some samples. See below  Fabric behind a hole and embroidered. 

The next samples were made by weaving through stitches across a hole. See below

The final sample was stitches across a hole and then wrapped in groups to make tree trunks.

I have now collected all the bits and pieces for the workshop and hope that the Branch members have lots of ideas as to what they can do with a hole in two weeks time!