St Annes Branch of the Embroiderers Guild have a Bird theme to them.
Here is a lovely lampshade that features free machined applique birds designed by Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs. She has some really gorgeous stuff on her site - so go take a look!
Yes, that is an umbrella behind the lampshade! Unfortunately, it was all I had available to block out all the other exhibits and glare from the overhead lighting; so saving myself quite a bit of photo editing.
A big thank you to the umbrella owner who kindly lent it to me. Hoping to try out a fabric lined box in future... Oh the joys of amateur-ish photography!
Any tips would be really helpful...
This view, above is further around the lampshade. Love how the Birds are not just 'floating' on the shade but are on a pretty patchwork and appliqued design.
Below, no bird on this bit - except for part of the Black Bird's tail :-) but gorgeous all the same.
And here is the pretty Black Bird himself. Not sure what the other bird is - a Thrush?
This beautiful machine embroidered hand bag, below; has been named Be a Peacock in a World of Ducks... which is a great name as it is only called Peacock Handbag on the site. The design is by Sweet Pea.
The Peacock Feathers have been Machine Embroidered this time as opposed to Free Machined (stitches controlled by the stitcher, not the machine) on the Lampshade.
The lampshade and bag where made by the same clever stitcher who is also a great source of advice on Embroidery Machines and Sewing machines in general. Go and see her at Bizzie Fingers in St Annes. They have a new shop now which is much larger and filled with all manner of lovely fabrics and sewing/haberdashery items and yarn. I doubt if you will be able to leave without buying some lovely goodies :-)
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