Bag

Granny used to buy Woman's Weekly and this is the first piece I remember making. Not sure why I did Disney characters on the back. Does anyone else remember their first time with needle and thread?

Bag
© Alex Messenger

Leaves

A Linladen project I have done during the lockdown. The threads are from flax fibres. It's my first attempt at anything like this.

Leaves
© Judy Siemers

Tulips

I was given a beautiful bunch of tulips which lasted and lasted. Eventually I had the chance to sit down and play with sari ribbons (a favourite) and do a bit of mindful (mindless?) stitching. I made four small stitched pieces - two 'postcards' to send, the old-fashioned way, and two for travelling books.

The Flowers
© Karen Rowe

The Design
© Karen Rowe

Fish

Sue has sent a fish to add to our shoal – now a shoal of three! Does three constitute a shoal? Looking forward to seeing more.

Fish
© Sue King

Canvas Bag

I inherited a number of embroidery transfers from my mother in law and wanted to use this one in its entirety - text and date (1936). To achieve this I glued the transfer to some muslin and then free machined over the design. I then faffed around for months trying to decide what to do with it and couldn’t commit to anything. Then during Coronavirus lockdown I spontaneously stitched it to a canvas bag as it really wasn’t a big deal in the great scheme of things.

Bag
© Lynn Pilgrim

Bag Detail
© Lynn Pilgrim

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Bag Detail
© Lynn Pilgrim

Modern Boro

Inspired by Japanese traditional ‘mending’ or ‘boro’ technique. Denim, Sashiko, tweed and silks used in a patchwork of varied appliquéd fabrics - lace, denim, leathers and labels.

Boro (Before)
© Maureen Ergineli

Boro Detail(Before)
© Maureen Ergineli

Boro (During)
© Maureen Ergineli

Boro Detail(During)
© Maureen Ergineli

Fish

"Here are a couple of fish I made, testers for a project that I will be emailing out to Oxford EG members very soon!" (Based on a project created by Seasalt)

Sample Fish
© Karen Rowe

Daisies in the Lawn

“I've got a rubbish lawn but lovely daisies. Remember when we all did Richard Box daisies? Maybe time to have another go?”

Or, if you have a ‘Richard Box Daisy’, why not share it with us?

Daisies in the Lawn
© Alex Messenger

'Richard Box' Daisies
© Alex Messenger

Ancient Vases

“Inspired by the ancient vases in the Pompeii exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum I created these pieces out of mixed media and stitch. The backgrounds are textured prints on paper printed on a gelli plate and the vases are either gelliprints on paper or fabric made from papers and ephemera laminated with tissue, coloured with inks and then embellished with free machine embroidery. The vases have been stitched in place and then I added a small amount of stitching to embellish. I made these for the Art Week exhibition 2020 which will now be a “virtual Festival” https://www.facebook.com/OxfordshireArtweeks/”

Vase 1
© Lynn Pilgrim

Vase 2
© Lynn Pilgrim

Vase 3
© Lynn Pilgrim

Vase 4
©Lynn Pilgrim

Hares in the Moonlight

These images are from a piece I did for Oxfordshire Art Weeks 2019. I used up scraps of hand made felt left over from another project and found fabric which I embellished with free machine embroidery and then added the hares in the moonlight.

Hares in the Moonlight
© Lynn Pilgrim

Chocolate Biscuits

“Karen was inspired by a wine label, Alex chose chocolate biscuits....”

Chocolate Biscuits
© Alex Messenger

Virtual Workshop

I did a distance workshop with Ruth Singer around her criminal quilts exhibition. There were about 7 of us on a private Facebook group she set up, and she sent out kits with the photos printed on fabric beforehand. The experience was not the same socially as we couldn’t see each other and talked via messages but overall better than cancelling. This is my stitching. To date not yet finished but I seem to be very busy even though I am self isolating with my husband!

Photo 1
© Sue King

Photo 2
© Sue King

Photo 3
© Sue King