Vintage Morning

A lovely morning courtesy of War on Want

I will let the pictures speak for themselves

our wonderful compere and a very upright citizen in their Victorian outfits

Husbands nightshirt elicited many giggles and suggestions !

Very proper underwear

Beautiful jet beading and embroidery

A small muff complete with box

Two children and a bump back and front

Ayrshire Embroidery on a Christening gown

Storks / Cranes given as a wedding gift

gift given by the Queen to the soldiers in the 1st World War

A littleBelgian Lady in Night gown and shawl

An evening at the Opera

Note the Dead Bird ...........High fashion 

Hand embroidered post cards

Thank you ladies for a very entertaining morning

Northern Ireland Embroidery Guild Exhibition

Some of us visited this exhibition, as it was at the Flowerfield Arts Centre in Portstewart and a long way to go for some of you ,I thought you might like to see some of the exhibits

for more photos go to this website

http://www.nieg.org.uk/exhibition2016/

Creative Crafty Ladies

Here is a little sample of what goes on on a Thursday morning

not just coffee and chat but some really beautiful work

Procion Dying

Today Judy has brought all her equipment for us to do some procion dying of threads

Equipment all laid out

only natural materials will take the dye successfully they need to be soaked in soda ash first as this will fix the dye

Judy showing some finished samples

Threads at various stages

Lovely messy morning with hopefully some great results
Thank you Judy, this wouldn't be possible without all your preparation.

http://prociondye.com/

this is a website that will give you more information on Procion dying

Deep Button Stool Masterclass

This Thursday we had a masterclass given by Majella

She gave us valuable hints and tips on how to deep button and pleat a footstool.

Majella, thank you it was a very professional and enjoyable demonstration I think we all learned a lot.

Tools of the trade

well finished legs and base for the foam

cutting the foam using a sharpened piece of copper piping

Placing the fabric into the holes to make the pleats

Lovely diamond pleats

Hard work on the hands using the staplegun

Nearly there

perfect finish

Here's one I did earlier.buttoned leather chair seat.