A relaxing meeting

There were eight of us at the meeting today, but Ann had to leave early. Mary was missing, but she had a very good excuse, she has just become a grandmother for the first time. One of her daughters Branwen has just given birth to a baby boy who has been called Dylan Timothy. Congratulations to you all!


I was very disappointed to have missed the annual college exhibition at Coleg Menai this year, but seeing Sue's work made up for this. She has been following a special course there this year under the watchful eye of Janine who is the C&G quilting tutor there.
I'm afraid I have forgotten exactly what Sue has called this wonderful piece of work, but it was based on an image created by her on the computer based on an aerial photo.


The following three images are also by Sue and are based on the peeling paintwork on old boats. Wonderful work as usual Sue. Thanks for sharing them with us all.
May I also at this point thank you all for your lovely comments on SerenTex, they are very much appreciated by us all.





Below is WIP, a few are finished, but some are not. I have just put them together on the computer to see what they will look like when they are all together. This image will have to be extended as there are 6 missing today. I will add them as I get photos of them. We had a very enjoyable afternoon, I played with Rhiannon and Joan on the laptop. You may remember at the last meeting Rhiannon brought her new laptop and this time, there was more good news today as Joan intends to buy a new laptop as well.

Happy Brithday Sheila

Here's wishing you a very happy birthday Sheila from Sue and the rest of us in SerenTex for being one of our most loyal fans(smile)

Collaboration

This is Carol's landscape for the collaboration on Snowdonia. It's almost finished and I think it's going to be rather special. Fantastic textures.


I am pleased to tell you that some of my friends in this textile group have promised to collaborate with me in creating some articles for Fibre & Stitch - An Online Mixed Media Zine on their techniques for some of our future issues. I know how much you are all enjoying their work.


Here are the happy winners of the competition at the Embroiderers' Guild Wales Regional Day last week.


Gaynor is busy again. I think she's stitching some of her Orinuno patches.

Fibre&Stitch

Today I was able to share with my friends the news about our new venture the Fibre&Stitch online zine.

We are pleased to announce the launch of Fibre&Stitch, an exciting new Mixed Media Arts online publication published by Sue Bleiweiss alongside a very talented team of artists.
Available quarterly beginning in September 2007!
Published 4 times a year, Fibre&Stitch is packed with a wide variety of articles and projects covering all types of mixed media techniques. Not just for the Fibre Artist, Fibre&Stitch explores Paper Arts, Collage, Machine and Hand Stitching, Art Journals, Wearable & Decorative Arts and much more.
Written to appeal to every level of artist and crafter, there is something for everybody in each issue of Fibre&Stitch, from in-depth full colour technique articles to quick and easy make it and go projects.
Each issue is guaranteed to inspire and stimulate your creative muse!
Visit www.fibreandstitch.com to learn more about this publication and to subscribe.

Gaynor is always the busy one.


Rosemary brought her latest quilted project to show us, a lovely cushion.


This is a WIP by Rhiannon.




These are monoprints Sue showed us last week.

Here is Joan with her masterpiece. This has to be seen to be believed. It's a design of a very attractive Italian Style village near Portmadoc, North Wales. She wanted this to look like a fantasy because it is a fairy tale village. Have a look at their website Portmeirion - Welcome to the official Portmeirion Village website.


This is a detail of the front of the work.


Here is the back.


Here is Miriam busy sorting out her fabrics and arranging them ready to stitch.



Above is her work from a class she did with Bobby Britnell - Textile Artist.

More to follow.

We're Back(Project development)

Our project on Snowdonia is coming along well. We chose a photo of an area of Snowdonia surrounding a lake called Llyn Dywarchen. Tywarchen is a clod of earth or turf and this is an island in the middle of the lake. The unusual thing about it is that it floats. Find some information about it here The Lakes page
When I was a child my father used to tell me fairy stories from this area. Bradic Traditions shows the island clearly.


Here is the image we are working from. This was scanned and marked into 12 rectangles and numbered. We were then each give a number and that was the one we had to develop in our own chosen style.


Today some of the group brought their work to show.


Just a general idea of how they are going to look together.


Gwyneth has finished hers and it has been framed temporarily, but I'm afraid the quality of the photo is not good. The work is wonderful.


Rhiannon has also finished hers and framed it. You can see how good this work is. Next time I'm taking a photo of something under glass I shall put it flat on the table as I did with this one.


Here is my attempt. This one has been done using the Janome Xpression Embellisher with added machine stitching

Double Birthday 2

Discussion.


Rosemary and Miriam who made these lovely articles below.


This is another wonderful quilt by Miriam and below a closer look.


Rosemary is making a bag to carry her things to the quilting class.



Here is more of Rosemary's work. Some lucky friend is having a birthday and she is making her a zipped bag.




Gwyneth has also been very busy.


This is a Banner Gwyneth is making for her local church.


Gwyneth is also making a book cover with this piece of Crazy Quilting.


Below is another work of art by Sue.

Double Birthday

I'm not going to write a lot this evening as it's my birthday today. Not only was it my birthday, it was also my friend Sue's birthday. I had every intention of asking someone to take photos of us both together and the birthday cakes we both bought, but I was enjoying myself so much, I completely forgot. What a pity.



Joan and Trish went on a course to Plas Tan y Bwlch last weekend and this is some of the work done by Joan.


Gaynor is the one who always manages to get some work done at the meeting and as usual, here she is stitching.



Some people can be so awkward! No chance of taking a photo of our Janine today.


This is a collage that Miriam is making. Watch this space. I think this will be special.

Ddyeing

Hurray. Joan has bought an Embellisher.
A week today she paid me a little visit and had a go on my Embellisher, she took to it immediately and decided there and then that she needed one. this is her first project on her new machine, a needle-case. very nice too Joan.


This afternoon Janine showed us all how she dyes her fabrics and then we all dyed our own. We dyed in bags and then took them home to cure until tomorrow when we can wash them to see how they have turned out.


I wonder what they are studying?


Sue is enjoying herself.


Here is Gaynor concentrating.


Joan is enjoying herself.


Rosemary and Janine are still making important decisions here.


This is Mary's last meeting for a while, she and her husband are going to teach at a school in a poor district in India. Look after yourself Mary and don't stay away too long.