Wild Women Textile Arts Group

It was wonderful to catch up with so many of our Wild Women at our first meeting for the year, and to see that the busy Christmas festivities hadn't impeded the flow of creativity! There were some beautiful works on display at Show & tell .  Eileen & Leona had been felting scarves and also brought in some workshop samples.  Margret showed us her fabulous wall hanging of felted objects and finger knitting that she had worked on for ATASDA and some silk paper.  Carolyn had finished her divine  Matilda's Shed mini quilt she started at a Ro Bruhn workshop. Pat displayed her foldout sewing box. Mitzi had crocheted a lovely baby blanket and bonnets.  Click here or on the image below to view the photo gallery. Our January challenge is to mix things up with Paint & Play - using whatever technique or medium you prefer for colour play on fabric try using it on paper and vice versa.  We will be posting photos of our experiments on Instagram with the hashtag #wwtagpaint

Now that the festive season frenzy is over, and you have (hopefully) recovered from the inevitable Christmas food coma, you may be looking for something to kick start that creative muse.  Challenges are a fun way to get refocused and are a fabulous source of camaraderie and inspiration.  And with the advent of social media and the Internet there is something to appeal to everyone.  Here are a few ideas and links that may interest you: Pat's mix it up challenge  Our first WWTAG challenge for 2019 was proposed by Pat Skene at our November meeting.  Using whatever technique you like to use when experimenting with colour try applying it to a different medium.  For example, if you like to dye fabric with Procion dyes try using it on paper and see what happens; if you like using watercolour pencils on paper try them out on calico or canvas.  For those who can't make it to our regular meetings and want to join in feel free to post photos of your work on Instagram tagged with #WWT