September

 Commencing with our last drawing session, we continued to add colour and tone to our leaves and twigs composition 

 Lillian 

 Margaret McQ

 Lillian 

Margaret McQ

Jude demonstrated how to take a section of the drawing and then repeat it in various ways to make a design for fabric embroidery or print 

Results will hopefully be seen in October 

 Other work continued... Di's hand embroidery,

 Annie's quilting

 Elaine's hand embroidered circles

 Denise's fabulous knitting

Ruth relaxed and knitting 

 Ongoing story rolls on cotton reels or spindles, continued

 Elaine's reels

Pat D's lovely printed fabrics awaiting hand embroidery 

 Debbie's reel

 Ruth's story roll has been printed and awaits embroidery 

The insect design work of bees, beetles and butterflies continues also

Dawn's bees on an out-of-focus background 

Jar Lid embroideries also continue

Looking forward to seeing the development made in October 

Jude x 

Party time...

The pictures tell the story...

Bathed in sunshine...

In wonderful surroundings...

With inspiration in abundance...

In the company of dear, talented friends...

We talked and sketched...

We talked...

We discussed...

Happy together...

Sewing...

Talking...

Listening to stories by the finest story teller Janet...

Sharing laughter...

Thank you for your wonderful hospitality Lillian and Bob. Thank you girls for your company, your hard work and continued enthusiasm for Connect in Threads
Jude x

July - Design - Leaves

After the success in our insect design work, we moved on to our next design in nature, leaves and twigs

We considered our starting point and the rule of thirds.

    

Dina is using pastel paper

  A  Skeleton leaf is part of Janet L's design

Annie is quick to add colour 

...and so...from pencil and into colour

Lovely textured work Pat P

Textured twigs unite and compliment the leaves

Janet C considers text and net in her design

Great fluidity Margaret Bos

Annie has taken a section of her work and enlarged it using black and white (above) 

Our design is coming on beautifully in mixed media

Meanwhile, our story rolls and jar work is still being completed

      Pat D - A Nutella jar has never looked so good

 Seaside jar and baby cotton reel - Dawn

Roberta's hand embroidered story roll continues to grow

     A family of Debbie's jars

 Ruth's projects... 

                                  Ruth's Art van Gogh prints have been cut up to apply and stitch

Finished leaf designs will appear in September after celebrating our successful year at our annual August Garden party

Well done ladies 

Jude