This was a great opportunity to catch up with other North West textile groups, display samples from our workshops over the last couple of years and sell some surplus books, magazines, fabrics, threads and beads.
Many thanks to members Anne, Clare and Jayne for their help and to Sue S-C for organising.
We were off to a flying start ........
making butterflies for the Butterfly Effect, a charity project organised by Helen Birmingham at Untangled Threads, where Megastitchers has a group membership. For more information about the project and Helen's other work, see
https://www.untangledthreads.co.uk
The butterflies are easy to make and just large enough not to be too fiddley.
Our afternoon speaker was Christine Stanford with a talk entitled A Stitch Back in Time. Christine's presentation, unfortunately, was hampered by IT problems, but we gained an insight into the development of her practice starting with a visit to Platt Hall Museum of Costume as part of her Textile & Embroidery BA degree at MMU. Since then, social history has formed a significant part of Christine's inspiration, whether it be that of the elegant costume wearers or of millworkers.
Christine was one of the founder members of Decorum Artists who have exhibited at a wide variety of venues across the country.
At the end of the talk, we were treated to a demonstration of Christine's signature textile technique of trapping papers and fabrics between layers of paper, which are then waxed and stitched. A sneak preview of the workshop that Christine will be providing for us next May.
For more information about Christine's work and that of Decorum Artists, see the links below.
