Sunday 24 March 2013

April Workshop with Enid Davies - Places Available



Skewers, Spills, Matches & More with Enid Davies
Saturday 20th April, 10-4pm

Venue: at The Institute, Lime Street, Gorseinon, Swansea, SA4 4EE
Cost: £20 members, £25 non members


Experienced teacher and member of Itchy Fingers Textiles Group, local textile artist Enid Davies will be leading this inspirational workshop. You will be encouraged to branch out into using mixed media in the form of wood or its offshoots. You will experiment with a variety of methods to incorporate wooden items into a fabric and thread sample that can be used as a small panel or container, or just sampling techniques.

©Enid Davies 

This workshop is suitable for beginners or experienced stitchers alike, and you can use either machine or hand stitch, or both.


To get the most out of this workshop it will be useful if you have a few ideas for a theme or colour scheme you wish to work with.  A good starting point may be a particular image or postcard that appeals to you, or you may like to just select a nice mix of colour from your stash that work well together. If you are working on a particular theme, this will help you decide on the most appropriate colours scheme and images for stamping/printing to use.






A full list of materials/equipment you will need to bring along will be made available on booking.
 
If you are interested in booking a place and/or are interested in joining Stitches Coven please contact the group secretary, Donna here or tel 07933 750 344

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Stitching Memories with Alison Moger

Well how could Saturday have gone any better ?? A stitches Coven workshop with the lovely Alison Moger for starters, followed by the outstanding Welsh performance, annihilating England and snatching the 6 Nations Tournament cup from under their feet :-)

Bridgend-based textile artist Alison joined us for the day, delighting us with her talent for storytelling and sharing her love and appreciation of the everyday, the domestic, and female relationships. Alison's work is  light hearted & humerous, yet embedded with meaning, emotionally charged at the same time, and speaking of the quieter events and personalities we encounter that both shape and move us. To learn more about Alison and her delightfully intimate & quirky artworks, please visit her website.


Alison (standing) putting us through our paces - we look like they're having such a tough time don'twe??


Donna Dolittle pretending to be getting on with something for the camera!

Show and tell



Brenda gets romantic!
Brenda gets busy and completes another!

Angie's trip down memory lane



Gwyneth's wee birdy


Kathy's kissing couple


Karen's ocean scene
Donna Dolittle did something!