Our meeting on 29th April, which should have been the May meeting but there was the little matter of a coronation, was another enjoyable and busy day for us. New stitch clubs started with Jose’s stitching small pieces and and Chris B’s embroidered dolls. We’ll watch with interest the progress of the work done on these, and post photos each month.
Our speaker, Tanya Bentham more than lived up to expectations. An expert on mediaeval embroidery her talk was informative and funny and obviously much enjoyed, but her own work was astonishing. Members were very impressed with everything about it. The skill involved, the integrity of the materials used and the artistry of the design. And the naughty bits! Well, as she said, mediaeval embroidery was beautiful but could be bawdy too.
With reference to the coronation, there was of course wonderful embroidery to be seen, in particular the screen made by the RSN which was stunning, as was the embroidery on the Queen’s dress. And the embroidery on Penny Mordaunt’s dress and cloak was very striking. As was she!
