What a super meeting on 4th March. Excellent attendance, and a busy productive day. The morning stitch club with Liz on book binding and Jane on hardanger continued with lovely results, followed after lunch by a very interesting talk and workshop from textile artist Liz Almond. Liz is a long experienced authority on Tudor blackwork but in this instance her topic was traditional Japanese embroidery. She told members about the origin and development of sashiko, boro and kogin embroidery and had prepared kits for members to produce several different pieces of Japanese embroidery. We all started with the kogin piece. The display of her own work was most inspiring. So skilled and aesthetically pleasing. There was much concentration when work started on the kits, but not so much that we couldn’t also enjoy a chat while we worked!
The sales table continues to provide all sorts of useful material for members and a welcome contribution to YES funds. We really appreciate those who run the stall and those who bring and buy.Our speaker on 1st April will be Dr M Faye Prior, textile curator at the York Castle Museum, adding to the wide variety of 2023 speakers. We will also have the competition for a piece produced from a commercial design such as a kit or from a magazine etc. Members will vote for their favourite and the winner will receive a £20 voucher for The Viking Loom. So another meeting to which we look forward.
