Textile News 10

Anita has sent us some embroidery based on her trip to Framlingham castle in Suffolk. The castle is an intriguing mix of Medieval, Tudor and Victorian history perfect for her textile book "Stories in Stones."

Framlingham Castle Suffolk

Her book is a long term ongoing project which includes buildings that she visits when on her travels. She particularly loves the Tudor chimneys, added to the Norman castle at Framlingham: they are all different with amazing patterned bricks.
She loves the Medieval faces peering at visitors from the long distant past and couldn't resist embroidering them.

 A super book Anita and thank you for sharing it with us. The heads and the chimneys are very evocative of the building and you have replicated the stone colours beautifully.
Well done Anita! 

Garden and Tulip Weaving 

Denise has sent us a photograph of her beautiful garden with deep red tulips in the foreground.

Her weaving is also based on a photograph of deep red tulips which she manipulated in Photoshop.

The colours of the weaving are stunning and we would love to see it when finished.

Thank you Denise for those items and we know weaving is a fairly slow process. The movement you have managed to give to the weaving is beautiful and it looks as if a gentle breeze is blowing.

Face Coverings

Many of our members have already made face coverings in anticipation of being requested to wear them as the lock down eases, particularly in crowded places.

Last night Patrick from the sewing bee has asked people with machines to make them for people who perhaps cannot make their own. There are 2 patterns on the site   bigcommunitysew.co.uk

Thelma has sent a photograph of herself wearing a jaunty, leafy, green number .

Thank you Thelma.