WOYWW - June you’ve flown by

I can’t believe I’ve written three blog posts in as many days,

but I have.

June has flown by in a whirl of activity like the rest of the year

so far.

As you can see we’ve been on the steam train again. This time

it was a Murder Mystery Trip with the theme

Strictly Come Dying’

It was brilliant fun but we all agreed we were more the bumbling

detectives than Poirot. We were absolutely useless, despite Trish

doing her best to solve who’d done it.

Back on a more normal train last week but one with lovely

views.  We went from Grange Over Sands to Lancaster via

Arnside & Silverdale in Cumbria.

Friends had asked us if we would join them in their 25th

wedding anniversary celebrations.  Well not one to turn down

an invitation, we spent two nights in our favourite hotel Clare House

in Grange Over Sands, Cumbria.

So I’ve not been near my work desk and it’s not likely I will

be this week either as we have brought Mum upto the Lake District

for a little holiday.

On the way up we stopped off for lunch at Ingleton and I

asked the Wandering Welder if I could have this gorgeous

French market basket as an early birthday present. I may

have to go back for another in a different colour way.

There’s plans to meet friends at the amazing Buddhist Temple

and gardens near Ulverston and maybe a walk along the

prom if the weather is kind to us.

Another June day was spent helping my bestie choose a special

dress for her son’s wedding and afterwards celebrating with

lunch at a lovely garden centre near Clitheroe.

Wishing all Julia’s Workdesk Wednesday pals a happy creative

week.  Hopefully I’ll have worked on something by next week.

See you soon 

Lynn xx

Here’s a link to what we got upto at the weekend

Saturday at Sunny Bank Mill PART 1

Saturday at SunnyBank Mill PART 2

A grand day out part two - The 62 Group Textile exhibition

Stepping out of the magical performance of Hannah Lamb’s project

FRaGRMeNT of a DReSS

we made our way down the old mill steps of the Spinning mill attic rooms

to the Gallery in an adjoining bulding to view the ‘TAILORED’

exhibition created in partnership with Sunny Bank Mills

and The 62 Group of Textile Artist.

What an amazing light space, perfect for the work on show,

with lots of room to walk round each exhibit.

The wandering welder was particularly taken with Lucy Brown’s

‘Brown Suit’. A one off tailored three piece suit comprising of a

jacket, short pencil skirt and a pair of trousers. Made by Lucy for

herself.

Sunny Bank Mills commonly produced cloth for suits. The exhibition

celebrates textiles and their place in the local community and

economy as part of 10 years of culture at the mill.

Textile artist Ann Goddard, a favourite of mine, inspiration came

from two sources. Tailor birds who skilfully stitch leaves together

to camouflage their nests inside; and suiting fabric. A suit has been

deconstructed and the pockets reworked referencing the nests.

MORE ABOUT ANN GODDARD

A favourite piece for me was Hannah Lamb’s ‘Deconstructed Shirt’

Sian Martin - repetitive and rhythmical stitching in the process of making

a tailored garment. Temporary tacking stitch to accurately mark lines through

layers of fabric.

Jae Maries - The weekend is over and it’s time to don your

armour plating and get professional.

Sue Stone - Muriel have had to stop work when she married,

but she never gave up tailoring.

Louise Baldwin - pieces together materials from the past. Parts of

an old drawer, a book cover, a decorative flower motif and uses simple

stitches, tacks and beads to mark out areas. Evokes a life pulled together

through its parts. Not exactly tailored but made to fit.

Jane Walkley - a study of colour and pattern from the archives of

the mill in the 1800’s. Embracing worsted spinning and weaving.

Hannah White - sculpted form from thread and fabric

Jennifer Smith-Windsor - Interlinings give a tailored garment form.

‘Inside - Out’ 


Helen Davies - Intrigued by gym goers selfies showing off their

tailored bodies. Made from Yorkshire wool from the mill shop.

Two pieces by Ealish Wilson based on pattern creation and manipulation.

A herringbone textile designed with sewing pins and over five thousand

stitches 

Helen Banzhaf - An embroidered neck piece

There was a lot more to explore as well as the gallery shop which

is also a good place to sit and have a coffee and cake as well as a browse.

We will be going again and booking on the Archives tour

which has a unique collection of 180 years of cloth produced

at the mill since it was founded in 1829.

So come on all my lovely No Rules Textile Society friends,

let’s organise a school outing.

Hope you’ve enjoyed my grand day out in Yorkshire.

Lynn x

Eeh we had a grand day out

Eeh we had a grand day out over the border in Yorkshire at Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds.

I was lucky enough to buy tickets for Hannah Lamb’s event  ‘FRaGMeNT of a DReSS’

The final episode of an idea borne by textile artist Hannah after being

commissioned by the Brontë Parsonage Museum in 2022 to create an art

installation inspired by Charlotte Brontes wardrobe.

Visitors to the museum where invited to write about a piece of

clothing that was special to them. That evoked strong memories

for them of childhood, relationships, emotions.

Then over two weeks with the help of students from the Bradford School

of Arts, the stories were embroidered onto fabric and made into a transparent

silk organza dress of memories.

‘FRaGMeNT of a DReSS’

Link to Brontë write up on exhibition

So at the the end of the exhibition in December 2022, what next for the dress.

Hannah took back possession and came up with idea of sharing it and 

giving it further life.

And so a magical fascinating production was held in the Spinning Mill

attic room at the historic Sunny Bank Mills.

To a background of spoken memories playing softly the

audience were invited to cut a section of the dress to keep for themselves.

Then using her great granny’s Singer Sewing machine Hannah stitched

Cyanotype remembrance cards to each piece before placing them

gently into opaque envelopes for us to take home.

What next for our memory pieces ?

Well mine will be used to create another memory garment.

I am going to attach it to a Victorian cotton petticoat and it

will then be sent onto members of the No Rules Textile Society,

who will each add their own textile piece.  Eventually after a trip

around the UK and abroad it will end up as part of an exhibition of

work the group are planning to put together in the future.

Stay tuned for my next post on the wonderful

62 Textile Group exhibition we saw at the same time

Link to 62 Group Textile Artists

LINK TO HANNAH LAMB BOOK