Images from the Archives

At last nights meeting we took a look at some of the many images from the Lancashire Archives in Preston following our visit in May.

Hopefully these will inspire some creative stitching.

 Sample books from: 

                        William Birtwistle Allied Mills Ltd 
                                   and British Velvet

Abbot's of Lancaster Stained Glass Manufacturers

 Horrockses Textiles

Luminary exhibition at Gawthorpe Hall

A few members joined artist Serena Partridge for a workshop to produce some Girl Guiding themed penenats for the luminary exhibition at Gawthorple hall. The exhibition celebrates the life of Mis Rachel Shuttleworth and her connections and passions.

Serena has mounted the finished penants onto copper shim to stiffen them and the resulting penants make an impressive display

This opportunity also brought our first recognition as Seaside Stitchers

Workshop with Sue Stone

It was a full house for our first workshop of the new season and we were very pleased to welcome Sue Stone as our tutor.

We spent the day quietly hand stitching and exploring new ways of creating texture with our stitches.

 

Sue's work is inspirational and it was great to see the work close up and to see her marvellous sample books, which were works of art in themselves.