Our Hand Made Christmas cards 2014

 

 

 

 

Mary's Challenge

 

Mary, one of our members, set us a challenge.

 

 I am inviting you to produce a little piece of Art without spending too much time or money. The base is a small canvas which may give you the chance to try out a new technique, product or material.

 

The only criteria is that each piece should have at least one line, either straight or curved running across the piece from one edge to another edge, either angled, horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

 

Here are the results.

 

 

Angela's canvas

 

 

Carole's canvas

 

 

Gill's canvas

 

 

Jan's canvas

 

 

Jane's canvas

 

 

 

Joan's canvas

 

 

Kathy's canvas

 

 

Linda's canvas - front

 

 

Linda's canvas - reverse

 

 

Liz's canvas

 

 

Mary's canvas

 

 

Rose's canvas

 

 

Sue's canvas

 

 

Val's canvas

 

 

 

More members

Kathy Corbett - Our Chair

 

 

Having made fine white bobbin lace in a previous life coming to the world of colour was quite a shock to the system. But now I love it - and if it contains lime green and bright pink so much the better!  I started textiles at Jan Tregidgo's class, then did City and Guilds in machine embroidery and was still with Jan when she retired. I love experimenting with all the weird and wonderful materials that have become available over the years and enjoy the stimulation of belonging to such a varied group as Fimbria.  My 'finest hour' was probably when my daughter asked me to make her wedding outfit, but what stress!

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Smithbone

I have been stitching for as long as I can remember – mostly dressmaking. However since studying City and Guilds Patchwork and Quilting 1&2 about 20 years ago I have become more and more interested in the experimental side of textiles. I continue to attend workshops on a variety of techniques and belong to the Quilters Guild and Contemporary Quilt group. Until recently I taught patchwork and quilting in adult education. As a new member of Fimbria I look forward to expanding and sharing my knowledge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karin Boyes

 

I have recently completed a foundation degree in Eastleigh in Stitch Textiles, and my final degree work featured the huge loss of life suffered by our soldiers in Afghanistan.

Recently I have been working with "Abyss" who are group of mothers who have sadly all lost a child. I have been lovingly creating works of art from clothing once worn by those lost children, and the heart image is an example of one such piece, comprising 400 french knots.

Other of my works are created from beach combing and up cycling, as I do love to use mixed media in my work. Although my main passion is textiles I have recently been producing more three dimensional work.

 

 

 

More members

Val Copper

I achieved my City and Guilds certificates Parts 1 and 2 in 1995 and
along with several other 'finishers' became a founder member of Fimbria. One
of our aims was (and still is) to communicate the diversity obtainable
within Textile Art.
I enjoy the designing part of making a piece and often find the techniques
needed to convert the design into 'stitch' suggest themselves.

 

More news of members

Denise Journeaux

I have always been interested in art and sewing clothes, which led me to a wonderful creative textile City & Guilds 4 year course at Fareham College finishing in 1998. I followed this with an HNC in Fashion & Textile course. I taught interior design at the college for 10 years and I also teach freelance textile courses. This has all opened my creative thinking to new avenues of inspiration.

 

 

 

Carole Sanger

I love spending time at my sewing machine. My City & Guilds course gave me many exciting techniques to enjoy.  3D is a technique I love, hence my shoe collection. Needle felting is another of my new crazes. Being involved with other textile artists and enthusiasts gives me inspiration.

 

 

Angela Elliot

Gardening and textiles are my creative loves.  Many years ago I completed a City & Guilds course in embroidery and later a diploma in stitched textiles. I am at present using David Hockney’s painting ‘Nichols Canyon’ as inspiration for my work.