Leamington has a thriving JETS (Junior Embroiderers and Textile Students) group and Sally, one of the leaders, describes here their outing to Charlecote Park. The JETS' work is on display in the summerhouse not far from the Capability Brown exhibition in the Orangery restaurant.
Sally writes:
Instead of meeting on our usual Saturday at St Mary’s Church Centre we
met this month at Charlecote Park as part of the CB300 celebrations. We had the
‘privilege’ of being able to use the summerhouse where the JETS fish are being
displayed. I say ‘privilege’ because normally the summerhouse is not open to
the public and it was a bit of a dubious ‘privilege’ because we had to rely on
natural light, which mainly came from the open door on a dull, wet day. We, of
course rose to the challenge and the girls stitched. It made us think how girls
used to stitch in poor light with only candlelight once dusk fell.
Firstly, we took a brief walk admiring the beautiful flowers in the
garden to the open countryside to see a herd of young deer including an albino
deer, and in the distance we could see swans on the lake.
Returning to the summer house the girls started to stitch deer and
flowers. These will be finished either at home or during the July meeting – we
look forward to seeing them.
We were all thrilled to see the fish displayed and hope that many
Charlecote visitors have enjoyed seeing them.
Sally Pinfold
Here are some photos taken at Charlecote:
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| JETS Fish Display |
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| Panels inside the summerhouse |
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| Stained glass panels in the summerhouse |
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| Looking out to the garden from the summerhouse |
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| The fish from inside the summerhouse |
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| Charlecote has such beautiful flowers ... |
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| ... and landscapes |
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| Looking into the summerhouse |
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