Playing with threads at the November meeting

For the November meeting, Abigail set us the challenge to make a range of different types of cord and then to use them to decorate a frame. She brought along a whole load of bits and pieces that could be incorporated and Lis brought along a pile of frames she had been given.

We started off making cords, and here are some that we made:

Then, when we had made quite a few of these using different techniques, we turned our attention to the frames. Catherine was working on a 3-dimensional frame using an embroidery hoop:

Liz had constructed an irregular frame from stretcher bars and started to add cords and other bits and pieces:

Hilary used scarves to wrap her frame and some wooden rings, putting together the following piece:

An interesting and creative day was had by all who were there. Our next meeting will be on 22 January 2017, when Lis will be showing us how to dye a rainbow using fibre-reactive dyes (Procion). 

Meeting dates for the rest of the year can be found by clicking on the tab above labelled 'Meeting dates 2017'.