Category: Guest Speakers

The evening started with a great deal of activity with Yvonne and her daughter from Village Fabrics busy setting up their stall at one end of the hall and getting ready to give their talk whilst at the other end members were handing in quilts for the forthcoming Exhibition.

Once everyone was settled Yvonne and her daughter were welcomed and we were treated to an intriguing talk and a wonderful display of beautiful quilts.  With the aid of her quilts Yvonne demonstrated how, by using fabrics of different colours and patterns, the appearance of a quilt was completely changed, even when the same design had been used. It was easy to see Yvonne’s great love of Japanese fabric and designs from all the wonderful quilts she had displayed.  Thanks were expressed to Yvonne and her daughter for a thoroughly interesting evening.

Thanks once again go to the ladies who supplied us with tea and coffee at the end of the evening.

We had a talk from Jackie Morris about the community stitching projects she has been involved with as part of her university studies. She brought a section of her current project with her so we could all stitch along while she talked. She told us about “The Lugg Embroideries” – a community stitching and heritage project about the River Lugg and about her current project “Stitching on the Border” – a creative workshop to stitch in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Details of her work can be seen on – https://theluggembroideries.uk/stitching-on-the-border/

On 15^th September Angie Hughes will be giving a talk – “Creative Ice Breaking” providing ideas to kick start the making process.

6^th October will be a “Sit and Sew”

On 20^th October we will be having a Talk by Jackie Partridge of “Make-It Happen” (the fabric, haberdashery art and craft shop in Hereford).  Jackie has had a very interesting career that includes theatre costume design, costumes for drag queens and teaching textiles.