Newsletter No 6 - 2nd June
Our next Saturday Meeting 16th June 'sets and Scraps' has been posponed, unfortunately our speaker Wendy Annis is to have some hosp[ital treatment and will not be able to be with us that day. We send her our best wishes and look forward to seein gher soon. We shall also be talking to her about giving us that talk in the next programme.
Instead we shall complete the Birds Display for the Walsgrave Hospital. I am sure you remeber the birds we made in March, now we want to complete that work and ask that you help us create leaves, flowers, butterflies etc that will take the whole image up a level or 2 as well as promoting our skills. The display case we are to use is 5 x 3 x 1.5 feet we are to hang the birds from a tree and then fill in the rest of the space with jungle/tropical inspired theme - hand or machine stitched.
Last month's meeting - sorry we had to cancell - but it was thought that most would prefer to watch the wedding and see the dress.
Visit to the Belgrade Theatre Wardrobe Department 24th May. It was small and exclusive group who delighted in the the range of costumes and the explanation of the development of the costumes for the next Christmas Panto. The Wardrobe Mistress explained her dilemna in trying to complete the designer's vision for the look of the production with a bugdet of about £13,000 - a real diplomatic task ahead..
It was a fascinating visit and well recommended if any one gets the opportunity in the future.
The General Data Protecdtion Regulation Act. this new regulation which came into operation on 25th May means that we need to make clear our intentions that we only hold such information onour members as we need to run the club and that no-one else will have access to thata information with out each indivuals permission to disclose. We are asking everyone to complete their membership forms early (due in September) so that we conform.
That's all for now - see you on 16th June at St Mary Maglalenes Church 1.30.
We are a relaxed and friendly group who meet twice monthly as the Phoenix Stitchers to share our love of stitching and textiles. We enjoy hand and machine embroidery, beading and a wide variety of related activities.
Please come along and see what we get up to. New members are very welcome.
Please come along and see what we get up to. New members are very welcome.
Saturday Meetings
Venue: St Mary Magdalen's Church, Sir Thomas White's Road, Chapelfields, Coventry, CV5 8DR from 1.30pm - 4.00pm
We are working on our new programme for 2018/2019 which will start September 15th. Until then we have the following themes:
19th May Bee Challenge - bring all your own fabrics and threads to create your bee - any design, any stitch just lots of imagination and design.
16th June Wendy Annis with her talk - Sets and Scraps. This is about patchwork illustrated with many quilts created in the main for the Linus Project but showing many patterns and blocks
21st June AGM and the Shirley Pearson Trophy. This year members are asked to show their work for the 'Flowers on Black' project from the Monday workshops. This will be a good time to meet members and see the range of work.
What does it cost?
You are welcome to come as a visitor with out charge for the first 3 visits after then we ask that you join and pay the £3 door fee.
Membership is currently £25 for a full year (1 Sept to 31 Aug)
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
We meet on the 4th Monday of the month, 10 - 12 at St Mary Magdalens Church.
March and April meeting Flowers on Black which will form the basis for the Shirley Pearson Award at the AGM in July.
June and July Meetings
March and April meeting Flowers on Black which will form the basis for the Shirley Pearson Award at the AGM in July.
June and July Meetings
Earlsdon Festival May 7th
We have a stall displaying a wide range of projects we are particularly pround of, at the Earlsdon Methodist Church Hall. Do come and visit and find out more about the Phoenix Stitchers.
