Rainbow Squares

We are reaching the stage when all of of rainbow squares have to be handed in so that they can be stitched together ready to be exhibited at GMEX in September.

This is just a selection of the finished one so far. We had no control over the choice of colour for our branch we each had to select a sealed envelope. It turns out to be quite a good choice for us as it happens to be the colour that Blackpool football team play in!

We hope to collect as many as possible in at our next meeting, tomorrow night, and plan to stitch them together at our Strawberry Tea - July branch meeting. Oh what fun!

I think they are really looking good - a big thank you to all of the members who have contributed to our branch effort.

There are still more to come - so there will be some more images later.

Viking Warriors and Weavers

Most recently we had a very interesting visit and talk from Ian Uzzell who made a grand entrance dressed as a Viking warrior!

He talked about the significance of the clothing that he was wearing and those that would have been worn by his wife in Viking times (as seen on the model below) and of the artifacts that he had brought to show us.

Ian, complete with chain-mail.
That was really heavy - goodness knows how they ever moved about wearing that! All of his clothing was made in true style - right down to his shoes!

The linen cloth for this embroidery has been woven by Ian.

Spindles for spinning yarn and a Viking 'kniddy knoddy' for winding the yarn ready for washing.

'Little Works of Art'

Recently it was the turn of members of the Blackpool branch of the Embroiderers' Guild to try out their design skills and create their own Little Works of Art under my tutelidge.

We had a great day and the ladies produced some brilliant pieces of work. As you can see!