Members were also encouraged to visit the upcoming photography exhibition at Oxheys Mill Studio, Stanhope Street, Preston. (More details available at http://oxheysmillstudios.com.)
And finally if anyone has any questions for the AGM of the Embroiderers’ Guild on 7th May 2016, please email these to Dee or Carole, who will be representing PEG at the AGM.

Many journaling ideas offered by Carole, included: - Co-ordinating facing pages - Decorating pages/borders with zentangle - Adding text by cutting words/letters out of printed books; printing off text on a PC; using ‘peel offs’ - Magazine or photocopied images can be added by covering the image with sellotape, wetting the reverse and rubbing away the white paper. This leaves the image on the sellotape, ready for applying to a page - Use cut out images, e.g. human figures, as stencils | Getting down to basics: - Put cardboard behind the page being worked on - The thicker the paper the better - Gesso page to stop paint seeping through - Apply Gesso with fingers or palate knife to add texture, which can have stencils for example pressed into it and left to dry - Use waterproof pens for journaling - Sharpies are good for colouring in, rather than for writing when Micron pens are better suited - Add Washi or duct tape to pages to add interest or bind pages together - Tags can be added to pages for interest |
When applying colours, it is best to work from light to dark, with metallics working particularly well. Blobs of acrylic paint should be spread over the plate with a brayer, and then a print ‘pulled’ by applying a sheet of paper onto the colour and gently rubbing the surface with one’s fingers. Apparent mud-like disasters can be revived by adding white and then further colour applied.