Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Regional Day

 On Saturday 24th April the NWR EG held their first zoom regioanl Day. It was hosted by Merseyside Branch. They had been planning for three years as rules changed in the light of the covid 19 outbreak and they had also  cancelled the meeting once.

Despite all of the setbacks on the way, they produced a wonderful colourful and friendly day.

There were two excellent speakers Linda Miller in the morning with her own style of machine embroidered characters.

In the afternoon  Michelle Carragher with her wonderful costume embroidery, particularly from Game of Thrones and Elizabeth 1.

Traders videos tried to tempt us to spend money and there were competition pieces to look at.

Sandra won the Rosebowl competition with her piece Psychadelic Love which you can see below.


 



The pictures are dedicated to those of you who were teenagers in the 60s!

Friday, 16 April 2021

Plastic Entrapment - Nikki Parmenter April Meeting 2021

 Fish in the weeds

Janet has just completed her fish she started with Nikki.   You can see how far she got at the meeting below.

 

After the meeting she trimmed the colourful entrapped fabric and added sequins and the eye.


She then used sari silk around a ring and added loose threads to look like weed.


Thank you Janet. Your colourful fish is wonderful swimming through his weedy home.
 


 Fish

Fran redesigned her fish and made it with sheers. It is very pretty with pinky- orange scales.The fish is obviously happy swimming in the water because it has a massive smile.

Thank you Fran for your wonderful fish.
 

April Meeting 

At our April meeting Nikki Parmenter arranged a zoom meeting for us on  Plastic Entrapment. 

 Each of us  chose what we wanted to make in advance of the meeting from a select list.

We had chosen fish, flying fish, tulips, frog, and a seahorse.

 Nikki sent us the relevant packs containing plastic, shiny material, glittery paper, silver, funky foam, sequins and a pattern.

Pack with bits and pieces


The pack with a pattern of  tulips 

 

The zoom meeting was much enjoyed by all members and thanks go to Nikki for introducing us to a completely new technique.
 

Sandra chose to make a flying fish and you can see the pattern below.


 The outline and some detail was drawn onto the plastic and then the material and paper were placed between the plastic. The outline was drawn by the sewing machine using a dark thread. Colour was added by machine embroidery. Little gaps were left in the stitching so the glittery stuff could shine through!
The fish and the two flying fins were made separately.

Additional plastic was attached at the back and then stuffed.

 



The fins were attached and sequins added

The eye was added before stuffing



The fish skimming up and down across the water.

Sandra says she will make a circular frame for it when she has a bit of time!

Thank you Sandra. I like the colours. 

The frame is now finished and the fish is entering the water with a SPLASH!