A few photos from the last two meetings

At March's meeting, Julie lead a session on making designs from 'doodles'. Here are a few of the results.

Then at April's meeting, Ann led a session on making cartonnage bags. Here is a picture of all the bags festooned with pegs and clips to hold them while they dried, and a picture of Lis's finished bag.

Next month we will be meeting on 22nd May, when Lis will be demonstrating ways to print photographs onto fabric. Hope to see you all there!

Disappearing blocks at January's meeting

Hi everyone,

Liz showed us how to design 'disappearing blocks' using paper and masking tape at the meeting in January, then we all experimented with some designs. Here are a few examples.

Four-patch block with straight cuts

Four-colour, four-patch blocks (two identical blocks) with diverging cuts and the centre sections swapped

A variation on the last design

This one gives a basket-weave effect (which might be more visible with the right choice of colours and tones)

And finally a nine-patch block (two identical blocks, diagonal cuts and alternate pieces swapped over)

At the next meeting, we will be trying out some simple printing using every day objects. A requirements list will be posted here shortly and also emailed to members of the group.

Please make a comment below if you would like to receive information about the group.

Best wishes

Karen

Dabbling with design - May's meeting

Thanks go to Liz for leading last Sunday's meeting on developing designs. We tried a series of exercises:

1. Combining squares of different sizes

2. Distorting block designs

3. Cutting up magazine photos

Here are a few photos of the results.

Thanks to everyone who came along. I hope you enjoyed the meeting.