Welcome to the Edinburgh Branch of the Embroiderers Guild.
Projects & Challenges To Keep You Occupied During Isolation
ALL IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHT OF THE MAKER OF THE WORK SHOWN
February Challenge
A container
Any size, any shape just something that can hold something else. Must be made of fabric or have some sort of textile/embroidery on it.
November Challenge
Shaena H
Frea W
Ann W 1
Irene C
Marysia H
Ann W 2
Helen Kn
Helen Kr
Ann W 3
October Challenge
This month’s challenge is to look at Autumn leaves for inspiration. Use the colours or trace round them, cover them in paint or ink and stamp with them, press them and incorporate into some stitching – use your imagination and produce an Autumn inspired piece.
September Challenge
This month's challenge is to make a needle case using any technique that could be sold at our next exhibition.
Shaena H
Julie B
Julie B
Ann W
Marysia H
August Challenge
This month there are 2 challenges.
1) Make a mask for a special occasion (wedding, Halloween, investiture, carnival, whatever takes your fancy) and embroider it in any way you choose. It must, of course, have 2/3 layers and be washable /ironable at 60 degrees. Please give your mask a title so that we know what the occasion is that it is designed for. You can be as ridiculous or as sensible as you like.
2) Actually finish a UFO and admit when it was started! Send photo and year started.
Please send photos by 28th August for the September display.
Marysia H
Carnival Mask
Ann W
'Green Party' Mask
Dorothy M
Danish darning free gift from a magazine 1993
Finished 2020
Dorothy M
Remembrance Day Mask
Dorothy M
Garden Party Mask
Marysia H
Started 1976 Finished 2020
Irene C
Mark making with Thistle Quilters 2018
Sorbello stitch, twisted chain & couching.
Finished 2020
Deborah P
Started 1983
Finished August 2020
Dorothy M
Started 1989
Finished 2020
Helen Kr
Started April 2020
Finished August 2020
Viv G
Started 2011
Finished August 2020
Ann W
Started 2002 at workshop with Mary Sleigh in Galashiels
Finished 2020
Shaena H
Started December 2019
Finished August 2020
Dorothy M
Started 1980
Finished August 2020
Dorothy M
Started & Finished August 2020
July Challenge
‘Dream On' - Any size, any medium.
June Challenge
Almost everyone will have a button box (or two) usually inherited and added to, and rarely used.
This month’s challenge is to sew something with your buttons.
Edinburgh Branch 'Circle of Friendship'
Our Completed Circles of Friendship
If members would still like to join in with this project, follow the instructions below and get in touch with a member of the branch committee to find out how to send your images.
Cushions for breast cancer
Our current projects include making cushions for those who have had operations for breast cancer. As well as providing comfort in hospital they are particularly useful for going home and having to wear a seatbelt.
They can be made with or without a strap. Stuffing should be not too firm and can be polyester stuffing, (the contents of old pillows or cushions can be fluffed out and salvaged) wool, kapok or any suitable soft stuffing. Material for the cushions can be recycled from many items as long as it is smooth.
In the current Covid-19 restrictions we suggest you contact your local breast cancer centre for advice regarding delivery.
The pattern is below. All contributions are very gratefully received.
Examples of Heart Cushions
