lovely pictures

Christine's  Tulip Bag

The only down side of having our opening on such a lovely sunlit spring day, in that warm calm brightly lit space was the impossibity of photographing the work (once it was hung) without a lot of annoying reflections and glare from the glass.

However both Lila and Christine have sent lovely clear pictures of their work for all to see- enjoy!








Copper Beech



Blowin' in the Wind

Lila's Summer Colour



Hidden Pathways









tulips 2



The Day Finally Arrives.....

A  last minute flurry of activity- and we have an exhibition.   Every time we do this I learn something different- this time I learnt that the most important item in an embroiderers kit is a bloke who knows his way around a hammer  I want to extend our grateful and heartfelt thanks to Brian and James who  measured and leveled and actually put us on the walls.

Brian Mackey and James Millar - Our Heroes!

Once up, labelled and straightened and dusted  we stood back and realised......

Actually...... this is a really  really good show.   In fact-here are the pictures...

 



Olive with her piece Flourish and fade






this is me - demonstrating free machine embroidery without a machine......

 

Stargazer lillies by Christine Young



I'll take this opportunity to thank all the staff at Strule - particularly Margaret and Leanne who guided me through the whole process, and to Jean for opening the show and saying such nice things about us.

We had a lovely afternoon for the opening, and an enthusiastic response from the people of Omagh- Nothing cheers up an embroiderer as much as being asked "How did you do that? and Where can I learn to do that?

My apologies to Irene- I attributed one of pieces to Joanne . And to Lila- I left  the price of one of hers out of the catalogue

AND

I feel this is also the right time to announce that the exhibition will travel to The Curve ,- Bangor Libraries exhibition space-  from 02.04.11- so we get to have another party!

Its Finally Here!

After a year of work and worry and faffing about with organising stuff its finally here!

The Lecora Textiles 2011 Exhibition

"A Garden- The Greatest Refreshment to the Spirit of Man" opens on Saturday at Strule Arts Centre, Omagh

We are holding a refined little reception to celebrate at 2pm on 12.02.11

Please come and join us- we'd love to see you there!

Things starting to gel....

Over the last 10 days lots of lovely photos have come in of completed work for Strule..... I am impressed indeed... and I found my missing camera lead!   My tip for the day:-

If you lose anything- just do some housework- Whatever it is always turns up as the chaos recedes.....

I took these pictures of Catherines work at our last meeting

Beautiful precise handwork.... ! these photos don't ( can't!) do it justice.

Alma sent these panels

Inspired by the colours of the seasons

and some cushions

And Christine has sent some gorgeously sumptuous textured pieces-

Congratulations Ladies!

This is going to be a really fine show! 

My Stuff

I gave myself a sharp kick where I needed it and got down to finishing the last of my stuff for Strule.

Its all about where City folk with only a tiny patch of gritty front garden go for " refreshment of spirit"

The Public Park.

A wonderful Victorian tradition that looks as if its going to die out under the weight of budget cuts and box ticking target achievements....

But in its heyday... neat paths at exact angles through properly shorn patches of lawn, dotted with towering specimen trees, beautifully laid out flower beds, and for my 10 year old self - space to run!

(Its obvious to all I haven't moved faster than a dignified stride since!)

I hope these meet with approval

Lots of nice things...

Happy New year Ladies!

And WELCOME to our newest members.....

 5 weeks to hanging up at Strule......(GASP!)

Olive has been busier than an orchard full of beehives and has sent some lovely photos... So many I'll do them in two lots....

I particularly like these Van Gogh inspired ones

These stunning views of Castle ward ( which I believe are destined for the exhibition) 

and

This gorgeous moonlit snowfield!  

and a couple of flowers just in case they're needed!

I know I have some other images on my camera from our last meeting....Catherines goldwork in particular .... I'll put them on as soon as I find the connector

(I know I had it when I was tidying up at Christmas.....)

See you all soon

Finally I get something finished!

I was feeling quite guilty after the last meeting- I hadn't a stitch done that was fit to exhibit.

So as Guilt can do what good intentions can't, I knuckled down and got stuck in. I'd been messing about with embellishing patches of wool fibre and waste threads into a backing fabric, using a hoop to keep it from buckling and warping.





I then overlaid it with machine stitching.

The scale of the thing is fairly large (for me) its about 30 inches by 18, and despite my best efforts it has warped a little- but its currently damp and drawingpinned to the back of the studio door so I've good hope of it smoothing out a bit.

The design is based is drawings I've made when walking in public parks- neat patches of grass and specimen trees...

I'm quite pleased with it all things considered- my camera and artificial light doesn't do the colours much justice

Just 3 more to go.....