Suffragette Hearts

Lorraine has completed her heart.  The collection will be on show at Event City in January/February

Meeting - November 2018

On the 3 November "The Journey" started for some and continued for others, thanks to Joy and Pam. Many excellent ideas were generated in a relaxed atmosphere.  Here are some examples:-

Try this short video for a taste of autumn!

In the afternoon Jacqui Hyman gave a fascinating talk entitled Healing Stitches. Jacqui told us about her inspiration as she has worked to restore textiles (mainly from the past) worked by Soldiers, prisoners, people in hospital and others.  Sometimes we become frustrated by our work but in the main it is a great source of relaxation and a sense of achievement - as the morning session demonstrated.

New Link and 2019 Programme

Under "links" you will now find a link to North West Region. They publish details of branches in the North West and their activities.

The 2019 programme is mow available (Thank you Chris).  Some exciting plans for the coming year.

Northern Hearts

Sue was recently in the North East and had the opportunity to view a 100 Hearts exhibition. Here are some examples of the work.

Hand Stitching in Manchester

On the 15 December, Richard McVetis is running a one day course in The Art of Hand Embroidery in central Manchester.  Richard is a graduate of MMU and offers courses across the country.

October 2018 - Claire Hignett

On Saturday we held the AGM. A new Secretary and Treasurer will take their places on the committee, other members were re-elected.   
We wish them all good luck 😊.

In the afternoon the speaker was Claire Hignett, who spoke about her "Life in Stitches".  Claire talked, with honesty and thoughtfulness, about her development as an artist and her experimentation with stitching and design. She illustrated her talk with some fascinating examples of her work.

Unravelling the Whitworth

There was a one day (10-4) session for members of U3A today at the Whitworth Art Gallery. .  It was excellent.  Members came from as far afield as Hertford and Glasgow.  The day was divided into three sections.  In small groups, we first were taken on a tour of the current textile Exhibitions. The curator gave us insights into the Four Corners of One Cloth (Islamic textiles) and the work of Alice Kettle. After lunch our group went to the Studio for some, "hands on", etching and print making, which was fascinating. Here is my effort based on art at the Whitworth:-

Finally we were taken to the Collection room, where a number of amazing textiles from throughout the ages and throughout the world were made available for our inspection.  The curator of this section spoke vividly about the collection and the history and techniques of the textiles.  Here is an Italian, hand-knitted, silk jacket dated 1600-1639. It is an amazing piece of work:-