Diane's dots

We do love to be able to share workshop pieces, and this is Diane's take on Kate Wells' challenge to us to make dots in as many variations as possible.

This piece has so much to see: free motion stitching, picot stitch, fly stitch, weaving, French knots, couching, beads, sequins, pencil sharpening, lace, chocolate wrappers, spider's web, trapunto, washers ... and lots of playing (says Diane).

A few 'Same Sea, Different Boat' collagraphs

We are delighted to be able to post the first stitched collagraph made by one of our members from the plate she sent to Sue Brown after her recent talk.

Sue was inspired by the tents on the beach near where her son lives in the Basque Country:

Caroline's beehive - showing first the collagraph, then the print taken from it:

We have spotted a few more Warwickshire Stitchers' collagraphs posted by Sue Brown, and can't wait to see the stitched pieces.  Please do all share your photos!

Same Sea, Different Boat + Take Two stitching

We had a super stimulating talk by Sue Brown about her 'Same Sea, Different Boat: 2020' project, which documents people's responses to lockdown. She encouraged as many members as possible to take part by creating their own collagraph plates to send to her for printing and inclusion in the large-scale quilts nearing completion.  We're really looking forward to seeing those that members have made - please do send a photo.*

http://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com

Meanwhile, it's great to see some earlier challenges being completed.  Janet R is sharing the second cushion cover she started for the April ‘Take Two’ members’ day challenge. Janet says:

"The top cushion is the one just finished and the one underneath which inspired it was from the Folk Art workshop with Anne Kelly in 2019. I used the same 1960s furnishing fabric for the main appliqué motifs, added some old embroidery transfers and hand embroidered them, as well as adding hand stitching to the commercial fabric shapes. Oddments of lace, a dyed lace doyley and the addition of machine stitched outlines echoing the main shapes completed the front."

*Please send your stitching photos to: it@warwickshirestitchers.org.uk