October Speaker

Our Speaker for October is Gail Lawther and her talk is entitled "Animal Magic". This is our first afternoon meeting and will start at 2pm.

Please note that she is holding a workshop on Tuesday 6th October for a "Christmas Sampler" and that there are still places available.  Details are on the workshop page.

Gail began working full-time in fabric and thread about 20 years ago, and can’t imagine a better way to earn her living. She designs and stitches quilts for books and patterns, and also creates larger pieces on commission.

She travels all round the UK and further afield, giving talks about her quilts and teaching workshops, and several times each year she does residential workshops in different places.

There are also places available on the Carolyn Forster  workshop "Woven Scrappy Jelly Roll Quilt".

September Meeting 2

On 2nd September we had a true "mixed media" speaker at Cosby.  Emily Notman has developed a strong style of her own leading to her reputation as "The Textile Florist"

Emily was able to explain to us, with slides and many examples, the path of her career and the effect all her experiences have had on her current work.

Having studied fine arts at Leeds, Emily went to the University of Cumbria where she was able to work on embroidery, printed textiles and ceramics.  This covered a huge variety of processes, perhaps not always taking the path her lecturers expected of her.

This has led to her delicate compositions using a 'soft' colour palette.  They have great depth and rich tactile surfaces combining layering, embellishment with paint, many fabrics, incorporating 3D objects especially of a ceramic nature and beads as well as embroidery with a variety of threads.

Emily's finished work was much admired and several people showed an interest in a workshop with her at a later date.

Katy Francis