More Bird

 A simple design, easily adapted for festive decoration

Bird

Here is my "Day of Stitch" Bird.

Day of Stitch

Saturday 20 June is the EG Day of Stitch.  The theme is Birds.  Many branches are having activities on the day - socially distanced or online.  Manchester plans to celebrate birds a little later in the year, perhaps August. 

It is a lovely theme. You can take inspiration from from many sources - not least your back garden or daily, health walk.

June

No meeting this month but this is what we were doing in June 2016. Beading.

New skills and old projects

This is a good time to complete (or dispose of!) any half-finished projects. I have managed five so far. It is also a time to try new skills and knowledge.  Apparently, the most popular craft are at the moment is Crochet.  I have been trying it for the first time myself and have found the video assistance of Alison Russell to be excellent.  There are so many ideas on YouTube, many of them involving household items (forks, strainers!)

The Embroiderers Guild offers online courses  and Hobbycraft offer project ideas on their website. 

But don't neglect your baking 

Lockdown jobs

The first day of lockdown, I decided to sort out some of my stuff.  I began with the embroidery silks which were a tangled mess.  I had a suitable box and ordered the cards online.  Looks better don't you think!

I need to buy more purples, I must have used them all up.

Rainbow Squares

The Branch has a Rainbow Hanging, very suitable for the times.  Members contributed one or more squares.  Yellow proved to be the most popular colour!