Regional Day- Birds with Attitude.

 Between writing school reports and all the other jobs that have to be done in the run up to the end of a school year, I have been stitching my entry for the Embroiderers' Guild Regional Day competition, 'Birds with Attitude'.  When I heard the title for the competition after last years E.G.R.D, I knew I wanted to make a doll and not a bird.

 Magie Relph gave a very amusing talk on African clothing using two members to model the various outfits.  Then it was lunch and time to view the exhibitions.

 These birds were inspired by an article in Stitch magazine.

 I thought these tags were lovely.

 More birds for the competition.

Then shopping!! First of all with Lorna

 Then Denise (Craft Arena, lovely new big shop) and of course AVG. 
We then had the Maderia lecture  from Dr Susan Kay-Williams on dyes.  Unfortunately, I missed most of this, as one of our Branch members was taken ill and ended up being rushed to hospital.  What I saw and heard was very interesting though.
Competition results were then announced in first place, number 34:-

 In second place number 11:-

And in third place, MINE!!!! :_

You can guess where I got my inspiration.

I was lucky enough to win the members choice prize too.

After tea and cake, which tasted just as good as it looked it was off to Queens hospital to find out how our friend was, latest news is she is being kept in over night and should be out tomorrow.



I won two boxes of threads,  lovely eye candy!
Tomorrow we are off to an airshow in Lincoln, lets hope the sun keeps shinning!

Ooopppps!

 I hadn't realised how long it was since I last blogged.  I have had rather alot on my mind with changes to my job role.  Next week at school we have activities week, and we are having a 'Wolf Wedding'  so made this little 'wedding cake' from cotton reels, plastic boxes and fabric scraps and it is calorie free! 

 Janet Edmunds came to our Guild on Monday.  She bought along slides as she talked about where she found inspiration for her work as well as her vessels and  wonderful sketchbooks.

Saturday was Young Embroiderers's and the girls were making something to enter into the Regional Day competition.  Those who lacked inspiration made crows, here is my Blue Peter one I made Friday night.  May I introduce to you....... 'Cheryl Crow'   I have already made Russel Crow, a few years ago, and he lives in Lincolnshire with one of my friends.

Some of the girls managed to finish their birds.
I am still working albeit very slowly on my final piece for the Wisbech exhibition, now school reports are out of the way, I need now to get a move on.

New thread.

I have lost my get up and go this week, as the cough that one of my little cherubs  gave me last week, is keeping me awake at night, so feeling very drained.

                                        
 Last week when I went to Craft Arena, Denise had got in some new threads- Aurifil 50, 100% cotton, just had to try them as I have read about them on some of the blogs I read.  I chose colours to use on my Che piece and I love them, they have not broken even though they are stitching through gesso, paint and the usual three layers.  I will be buying more of them in the future. 

Yet another little book for our Regional Day sales table, a different style this time.

I have had my secretary's hat on tonight. Our Branch is hosting Regional Day next year and I had to do some paperwork ready for our next meeting.
Then it was time for some textile therapy. I finished drawing the flowers on my panel in readiness to start stitching-hopefully this weekend, although, shopping for Kezzy's birthday present on Saturday and I am going up to Norwich for the day on Sunday, so maybe not!
I have also done a bit more to my Hundertwasser inspired piece for the ALQS 4. Lots of ends to stitch in at work tomorrow.

My piece of fabric for the RRC has arrived in the post from Margaret today. It was originally started by Diane using Australia as her inspiration passed onto Deb, then Margaret. I now have to make this into a vessel by the end of the month!

Regional Day 2011

Wednesday evening, and it was back to school (So still no stitching!) in the evening for the school production of Killer Queen. It bought tears to my eyes watching it, as one of the boys who had a big part, had been in my class when he was three. He was so shy and timid then, that he was frightened of his own shadow.
I had a committee meeting on Thursday, and it has been agreed that we use Writtle Agricultural College for our Regional Day, July 2nd 2011. They were so helpful when we went to view the venue and it has such wonderful grounds, I just hope that the sun shines on that day, so that we can picnic outside in the gardens.