Grasby Embroiderers Exhibition

Our Exhibition is hung in Grasby Church ready for the West Lindsey Churches Festival this weekend, 10am to 5pm on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12. When we all left it all looked beautifully displayed and very colourful, along with flowers real and stitched, lots of work by all six of us, using a variety of hand and machine embroidery, and a variety of textile and other techniques.

On display is the altar cloth that Grasby Embroiderers did years ago as a group project, long before I was invited to join some 10 years ago. I’ll finally get to have a good look at it when I’m stewarding there on Sunday, and have a closer look at some of the others’ work in more detail. (Photo below not Grasby Church.)

The banner that we all did a few years ago is on display also, this time where you can get up close to see it in more detail. Work books for both projects are there as well, with samples and explanations of some of the processes used.

Grasby Embroiderers Exhibition / Open Churches

After our “Out in the garden” exhibition last year, what were we doing and where were we going as a group this time?

It was suggested that we did an exhibition at All Saints Church in Grasby as part of West Lindsey Churches Festival.

Although the Festival is over two weekends in May, the Grasby Church and our exhibition are open only on 11 and 12 May, 10am-5pm.

As for “what”, we took a new title of “Botanicals”, which has been interpreted completely differently by each of the six of us, as always. In the end, my pieces were inspired by this photograph of hydrangeas that I took many years ago.

We’ve all done a piece in a black frame called “Putting the garden to bed”, based on taking down the “Out in the garden” exhibition last August. Some of the pieces are from “Out in the garden”, but will look completely different in the different setting.

Jean gave us all a lovely piece of vintage linen tablecloth with a pre-printed design, and even with so much the same starting point, we have six very varied finished pieces of work.

We all had 8-plus labels for our own work at the last meeting, and there is also a large communal piece to see, that we’ve all contributed to.

Local ladies are providing refreshments (but there’s no loo, so don’t drink too much tea!). We are taking turns with the stewarding and answering any questions about the work. There are fabulous views over the Wolds from the church porch, and if the weather is clear enough you can even see Lincoln Cathedral.