AGM and talk from members about National Exhibition Entries

Here are 4 of our entries to the National Exhibition at Hay on Wye. We talked about them before the AGM and explained how they were made.

The jacket was made by me and was inspired by the pieces I made at Jane Callender's workshop in 2021. I saw a jacket at the Quilting Show in in 2022 and put the ideas together with help from Susan Briscoe's 'Book of Boro'

The bag was made by Rachel using some yarn she had from an advent calendar last Christmas. The colours didn't inspire her to make an item of clothing so she borrowed the guild loom and wove a long narrow piece (Its a small loom). Rachel explained that she has done very little weaving but it looked pretty good to me although she said she had to hide the edges in the seams as they were a bit wonky!

Sarah wove this hanging for her bathroom to go around a mirror when her husband asked her to make something. It was woven on her scarf loom and inkle loom with lots of adjustments and additions until she was happy with the trees and sky. She explained in great detail how it was made and showed pictures of it as it progressed. We were all in awe at the skill and intricate work that it involved.

The beautiful Estonian mittems were also made by Rachel on very fine needles. This is the custom in Estonian knitting and they are very warm to wear.

All these items were selected for the juried exhibition. There were 2 others made by members who were not able to attend this month.

Gemma, Sarah and Rachel also showed us their book covers that were made for the unjuried section, entitled 'Battles, Borders and Books'. This one above is Gemma's, woven with strips of maps to show the rock formation of Britain.