The Ghosts of Christmas Past!

Do you remember the past December stitching at Megastitchers?

This isn't everything - some have found homes elsewhere and some, sadly/shamefully, are still to be completed.

Hope all stitchers have an enjoyable and peaceful Christmas. Perhaps a time to address the PHD and UFO piles!

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With best wishes for the New Year

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Exhibitions - why not visit in the New Year?

Whitworth Art Gallery

University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M15 6ER

Open: Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (9.00 pm on Thursdays)

Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery  (to 7 April 2024)

Historical dresses, contemporary work and film of women explaining how, why and where they stitch.  Inspiring and moving.

Traces of Displacement  (to May 2024)

Work addressing one of the major humanitarian crises of our time - forced displacement.

As always, lots of interesting items in the shop, and lovely food in the cafe.

Nantwich Museum

29 Pillory St, Nantwich, CW5 5BD

Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

Within the Loop  (to 17 February 2024)

An exhibition of work by Threadmill Textile Artists that reflects Nantwich's rich social and industrial history. 

Nantwich has an interesting history and is a great place to wander round, with lots of places to eat.

December meeting - it's Christmas stitching time!

Fabric and ribbon and bling, what more could one want for a December meeting?

Anne B led us in a Christmas tree decorating session using fabric and felt she'd prepared beforehand - it's great when someone makes choices for you so you don't faff too much! - and beads, ribbons, braids and threads we'd brought from out own stashes. 

We were soon hard at work, only distracted by a very sweet (!) quiz and our gossiping.  There were real embroiderers amongst us, but some settled for couching/stitching on as much ribbon and bling as possible. 

After a lovely, tasty lunch, where we enjoyed everyone's contributions to our 'Jacob's Feast', we dived back into our stitching with renewed vigour.  

Another quiz, this time with an embroidery focus, the opportunity to vote for our favourite pieces of work in our annual competition and a raffle kept us busy for the rest of the afternoon.

Congratulations to Rachel and Janet, who were the winners in the competitions.

By the end of the day, most people had started on two Christmas trees and some had attached them to fabric and mounted them on CDs, to be sewn back-to-back, ready to hang when we returned home.

The final, or nearly final, pieces can be seen below.

Thank you to Anne for a good stitching session, to the two quiz-setters and to everyone who participated.