Author: blackheathembroiderers
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Historical Pockets
Blackheath Embroiderers Guild is working with Illuminated Arts, a South East London Community Interest company , on a project to get people stitching. The Stitch Hub project, funded by the National Lottery Local Connections Community Fund, is designed to involve residents of care homes, primarily for the elderly in South London through a series of web-workshops to…
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3D embroidery
At our February meeting we were introduced to 3D embroidery. We worked very hard and had great fun, we were so busy there were very few pictures I’m afraid
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Christmas Decorations
We created some lovely Christmas Decorations with a clever little pattern that can be applied to cards and suspended from the Christmas tree.
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shisha work
We tried our hand at incorporating mirrors into our embroidery. Not as easy as it appeared!
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Drawing from Nature to Stitch
We had a wonderful day! Our tutor wanted us not to be afraid of drawing. She gave us some interesting exercises before letting us loose with pencil and paper. She also shared her work as a commercial artist with us, showing us some of her wonderful artwork produced either to be used as fabric, wallpaper…
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More for the NHM project
At our March meeting various members brought their finished embroideries to be displayed at the Natural History Museum.
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Winter texture
At our January meeting we thought about the texture of the winter months. Whitework was much in evidence.
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Natural History Project
This year’s volunteer project for the Natural History Museum is entitled Capt. James Cooke. As usual our members were very ingenious in the varied ways they illustrated James Cook’s voyages and discoveries. More photographs to be added as the works are finished
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