Out of the Fold Textile Group will be exhibiting at 'Textiles in the Church' in the church at Bradfield St Clare, Suffolk from Friday 24th August 2012 until Monday 27th August and then again for the weekend 1st and 2nd September. 10.00am until 5pm each day. This is not a new exhibition and will largely feature work which has been previously shown at Cavern 4 in Bury St Edmunds or at Textiles in Focus at Cottenham. However I am submitting a newly finished small framed piece called 'Blueberry Bright' which started life as a teaching sample for Texture Adventures and then started to come alive with more stitching. I think it turned out out quite well.

  

Texture Adventures

I ran a 2 day workshop at the end of July as part of Creative Stitch Suffolk called 'Texture Adventures. I had 11 lovely ladies in a room with 12 sewing machines, 3 soldering irons and 4 heatguns going on what must have been the hottest day of the year. We spent 2 days playing with sheers, lutradur, tyvek and other burnable fabrics to create a variety of textured surfaces. Here are some of the experimental pieces created.

 A lovely delicate piece by Barbara Comish incorporating painted newspaper.

 A lively use of colour by Dorna Owen

This was Liz Aylett's very first attempt at free machine stitching (and on a borrowed machine).Didn't she do well!

Textured chenille sample by Pat Keenan using a recycled chiffon scarf - it works really well.

Sue Smith is starting the City & Guilds Machine Embroidery course with Annette Morgan at Creative Stitch Suffolk in September  - you are going to love it Sue!

Distressed lutradur piece by Val Watts


I will be offering another Texture Adventures course later in the year so watch out on my website www.marymcintosh.co.uk for details