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Monday 3rd & Saturday 15th FEBRUARY 2025 Meetings
MONDAY 3rd FEBRUARY
SILK PAPER MAKING with Robyn Ihnen (Rhonda Porter as host)
Cost: $10 + kit $10
We will be making a sheet of Silk “Paper”, otherwise known as Silk Fusion, using silk tops
and other silk embellishments. Your finished piece of “paper” can then be used as a base for machine or hand embroidery, appliqué, as a background for an art work, or to make three dimensional items such as a small bags, boxes, jewellery, book covers etc.
Your kit includes natural coloured silk tops, various coloured and textured silk embellishments, net,
drying frame, drip tray and paint brush.
Please bring with you a plastic table cover, an old towel, a couple of yoghurt or similar plastic containers and an apron. Looking forward to seeing you there.
SATURDAY 16th FEBRUARY
CRAFT ALIVE DISPLAY PREPARATION "BLUE BY YOU" with Carolyn Clausen (Ann Harper as host)
From 1pm – 4pm IN BELAIR CHURCH HALL.
No cost
Bring your sewing kit and materials to make your item. There will be additional embellishments and
fabrics to be used in your construction. Members: Remember you don't have to do the workshop at a meeting, and are always welcome to sit away to the side, sew and quietly chat while the workshop is on.
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SATURDAY 18th JANUARY 2025 MEETING (no Monday meeting)
CYANOTYPE ON PAPER AND CLOTH with Rhonda Porter
From 1pm – 4pm IN BELAIR CHURCH HALL.
Cost: $10 + $5 materials cost
Cyanotype (from Ancient Greek “dark blue mark, impression, type”) is a slow-reacting, economical
photographic printing formulation sensitive to a limited blue light spectrum, known as UVA radiation. It
produces a cyan-blue print used for art as monochrome imagery and in the forming of blueprints. For
any purpose, the process usually uses two chemicals: ferric ammonium citrate or ferric ammonium
oxalate, and potassium ferricyanide, and only water to develop and fix. Announced in 1842, it is still in
use.
Rhonda will be bringing pre-treated paper and pre-treated cloth.
The basic technique is fairly simple. This kind of cyanotype print is a photogram, made by arranging
objects on sensitised paper. Fresh or pressed plants are a typical subject but any opaque to translucent
object will create an image. A sheet of glass will press flat objects into close contact with the paper,
resulting in a sharp image. Otherwise, three-dimensional objects or less than perfectly flat ones will
create a more or less blurred image depending on the incidence and breadth of the light source.
More sophisticated prints can be made from artwork or photographic images on transparent or
translucent media. The cyanotype process reverses light and dark, so a negative original is required to
print as a positive image. Large format photographic negatives or transparent digital negatives can
produce images with a full tonal range, or lithographic film can be used to create high-contrast images.
The exposure time varies widely, from a few seconds in strong direct sunlight, to 10–20 minute
exposures on a dull day.
After exposure, the paper is developed by washing in cold running water: the water-soluble iron(III) salts
are washed away. The parts that were exposed to ultraviolet turn blue as the non-water-soluble
Prussian blue pigment remains in the paper. This is what gives the print its typical blue color. The blue
color darkens upon drying.
Source: Wikipedia
Requirements:
> If possible a sheet of glass, or heavy clear flat plastic no bigger than A4 size. The glass from a picture
frame is perfect. If it is smaller we can adjust sizes.
> Protective cover for the table.
> Towel.
> A piece of firm cardboard about A4 size or the same size as your glass.
> Some flat leaves or flatten plant material or an opaque stencil, or some cardboard shapes or any other
item that will fit into A4 or > A5 rectangle. Flat shapes are best, although 3D objects can generate
interesting shadow effects.
> At least 4 bulldog clips or 4 fold back clips.
> A plastic sleeve or clip lock bag to put the wet images in; if the day is warm enough they may dry.
> Disposable gloves.
> Scissors suitable for cutting cardboard if necessary.
I will have some of all of the above. It doesn't take long to create an image so everyone will get an
opportunity to create a few images. Fingers crossed for sunny, cloudless days.
Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Rhonda Porter
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Monday 4th & Saturday 16th NOVEMBER 2024 Meetings
MONDAY 4th NOVEMBER
FESTIVE FORETHOUGHTS with Wilma Simmons (Jill Wagner as host)
I am planning a fun meeting with some creativity to help you prepare for Christmas!
Remember to bring some coins with you!
10.30–12 noon - Activity (no charge) – make a Christmas card or tags + lucky dip swap. Each person
participating in this activity, please put in an envelope a small piece of fabric/or craft item as lucky dip swap. That contribution may or may not be used in the activity. All other materials supplied. Please bring your own hand sewing kit and paper scissors and a glue stick (or pot of glue with applicator).
12 noon–1 pm - Socialising AND I am also proposing that this meeting be a “Christmas” destash
party – you may bring a bag or small box of useful materials/supplies/equipment in good condition
from your stash – something you don’t need but think others would like and use ( Christmas themed
would be preferable)! These items will be displayed for the duration of this meeting only, for all to choose from. Please note : You will be required to take anything left from your supplies back home with you. While there is no charge for the activity, a donation will be appreciated for any items taken. Each person who has brought in supplies to share will nominate a favourite charity and one charity will be randomly chosen. All the donations will be forwarded to that charity.
Wilma Simmons
Note: The Monday Christmas party is in December.
SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER 2024 MEETING
XMAS PARTY + MAKE A XMAS TREE USING LACE with Ann Harper and Kate Highland
From 1pm – 4pm IN BELAIR CHURCH HALL.
Cost: $10
As well as having our Christmas Party you have the opportunity to begin making a lace Christmas Tree. Think about the size you would like your end work to be and bring along any old jewellery or bling items, backing fabric, lace and adornments that you would like to decorate your tree. We have some green backing fabric and some lace already thanks to Helen Tolhurst for her donations of items.
Buttons, beads, old earrings, sequins and ribbons look great on this.
Make a Christmas tree using lace. We will bring lace, backing fabric and embellishments to share but if you have any items in particular that you would like to make your work unique, please bring them buttons, old jewellery (the more sparkly the better), beads, sequins, braids, ribbons etc. Also think about the size you want your finished piece to be- card size?, to fit in a picture frame? larger? It is at your discretion whether the items are permanently attached or not.
Catering for the Christmas Parties
Surnames beginning with A-H please provide savoury food, and those with I–W, a sweet treat.
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Saturday 19th OCTOBER 2024 Meetings
NO MONDAY MEETING DUE TO PUBLIC HOLIDAY
SATURDAY 19th OCTOBER 2024 MEETING
COLOUR AND MAKE A FABRIC BOX with Wendy Anderson and Robyn Cohen (Ann Dean-Pijpers as host).
From 1pm – 4pm IN BELAIR CHURCH HALL.
Cost: $10
This workshop was inspired when Robyn saw Wendy Anderson's lovely tote bag, which consisted of 16 squares of 4” each, this tote was all the same squares were made from the same fabric , a contrasting fabric framed each square & become the lining at the same time. This tote could be made very individual using 16 different squares of many ways of construction, I have listed many constructions you could use, the tote could be put together on a long workshop later next year, we could also have any short workshops to make squares of construction you would be interested in.
October workshop is to show you a construction you could use for a square, it can be made by
machine or hand sewn. You will end up with a small box , it could have many uses.
Wendy will give a short talk about colour, if you are interested we could have a much longer workshop on colour at another time.
Please bring:
> Two pieces of fabric 8 inch square, one plain and the other fancy as this will be the background
> 8 inch square heavy stiffening (I have some which should work)
> Scissors for fabric & paper
> Sewing machine or hand sewing thread & needles
> All those tiny pieces of waste ribbon, lace, tangled thread, or anything else you think might be useful
Other square construction ideas:
> Foundation piecing
> Embroidery
> Shadow embroidery
> Smocking
> Cross stitch
> Applique
> Sample stitches
> Beading
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Monday 2nd & Saturday 21st SEPTEMBER 2024 Meetings
SATURDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2024 MEETING
CREATIVE USE OF DISPERSE / POLYSOL DYES with Judi Nikoleski
FULL DAY WORKSHOP from 10am – 4pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
Cost: $95 for members, $115 for non members
ALL CONSUMABLE MATERIALS AND FABRIC SUPPLIED. This is a full introduction to a colourfast dyeing method using Polysol dyes on polyester fabric. The emphasis during the day, will be on individual self-expression. By the end of the day, you will have experimented with 6 techniques to further develop in your own way. The examples below are disperse dyed and finished with embroidery.
Kit to bring:
Paper scissors, cutting knife and cutting board or cardboard, paint brushes – small to large, water jar and dye painting cloth (rag, paper towel), lead pencil, rubber, sharpener, smooth board and full
newspaper (to iron and protect plastic tabletop), 1800 – 2200 watt iron (we will not be using steam), towel and apron, colour print on A4 copy paper of portrait of yourself or loved one.
NCEATA will have available tea, coffee, milk and biscuits for morning and afternoon tea.
BYO lunch and extra drinks
Bank Details: Newcastle Permanent Building Society
Account Name: Newcastle Creative Embroiderers and Textile Artists Inc
BSB: 650 000
Account Number: 964 192 000 (type ‘JN’ and your surname as the payment detail). Then email confirmation of your enrolment to Kate at secretary@nceata.org.
MONDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2024 MEETING
RECYCLING TEABAGS with Carolyn Clausen (Kate Highland as host).
From 10am – 1pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
This workshop is inspired from a previous one by Wilma Simmons that Carolyn really enjoyed doing.
She has a large supply of dried tea bags, paste, tea lights and curved shapes. She will have embroidery threads, scraps silks and organzas, paints.
Please bring small scissors, fine sewing needles, gloves, plastic to cover table, foam sponge or soft brush, additional curved shaped small jars. Optional fancy tissue paper, fine lace, tatting or crochet.
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Monday 5th & Saturday 17th AUGUST 2024 Meetings
SATURDAY 17th AUGUST 2024 MEETING
FELTING OVER A 3D FORM with Maija Manou (Narelle De Losa as host)
From 1 – 4pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
Cost: $10 for members
This workshop uses only the very basics of felting to felt over a solid object or wire form.
Bring with you what you can from the list. Maija will have extra.
Please bring:
> Interesting shaped stone or driftwood - not too large
> Craft wire or similar. Do not buy. Maija will have some to share
> Plastic cover for the table plus towel
> Metal or plastic tray with approx. 5cm sides
> Water bottle with holes in lid or similar plus bubble wrap
> Wool tops (2 colours) if you have any plus matching thread with sewing needle
> Piece of tulle (30 x 30 cm)
> Sticky tape, scissors, measuring tape, pen and paper
MONDAY 5th AUGUST 2024 MEETING
Finishing off your textile artwork for a professional exhibition with Judi Nikoleski (Kate Highland as host).
From 10am – 1pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
This short session will discuss and present advice from members on how to cheaply and professionally
prepare your textile artwork for a gallery space. Remember your cup, name tag and some stitching or your Reflections piece if you need advice.
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Monday 1st & Saturday 20th JULY 2024 Meetings
SATURDAY 20th JULY 2024 MEETING
AGM + PAINTED EMBELLISHED BOWL with Wendy Scott (Host: Ann Dean-Pijpers).
From 10am – 4pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
MONDAY 1st JULY 2024 MEETING
TEABAG TEALIGHTS with Carolyn Clausen (Host: Ann-Marie Kelly).
From 10am – 1pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
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Monday 3rd & Saturday 15th JUNE 2024 Meetings
SATURDAY 15th JUNE 2024 MEETING
JAPANESE SHIBORI, SASHIKO, ORIGAMI with Ann Harper (Extended workshop with BYO lunch).
From 10am – 4pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL but come along and work on your own project while socialising.
A day of Japanese inspired fibre work!
From Ann: During the 6 hours of the Japanese Day, we will look at Sashiko designs, make our own using templates provided, and begin to stitch. We will stitch, peg, elasticate and manipulate fabric, before placing it in an indigo bath to create our shibori patterns, and use other fabric to create origami folded kimonos. Ann is providing each participant with a $10 kit which will include: fabrics, photocopied templates of Sashiko designs, transfer paper, elastic bands, plastic gloves, cottons and Japanese paper.
Requirements - participants need to bring: needles, scissors, a pen and an apron (or wear older clothes as it can be messy), lunch as outlined below.
Number of participants: 12 maximum.
Cost: members $50, non-members $60 (non-refundable), which includes workshop presenter fee which includes a $10 kit cost. BYO lunch (maybe sushi!), a cup and extra drinks.
NCEATA will have available tea, coffee, milk and biscuits for morning and afternoon tea.
Bank Details: Newcastle Permanent Building Society.
Account Name: Newcastle Creative Embroiderers and Textile Artists Inc
BSB: 650 000
Account Number: 964 192 000 (type ‘AH’ and your surname as the payment detail). Also register your interest with Kate secretary@nceata.org
MONDAY 3rd JUNE 2024 MEETING
MONO PRINTS with Judi Nikoleski (TBA as host).
From 10am – 1pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
$10 plus $3 materials fee
During this 2 hour workshop we will explore ways to manipulate this technique to add to your creative textile potential.
We will be printing a series of one off prints using different resists and techniques for patterning our fabric ink. The final prints will be hot fixed with an iron to be colour fast and washable.
Please bring:
> Several pieces of washed and ironed white cotton fabric (A5 or A4 or larger)
> Painting palette and plastic plate and scissors
> Water jar and paint brushes
> Rubber printing roller or foam paint roller
> Sheet of glass to paint with ink. (If none Judi will provide alternative)
> Newspaper or plastic to protect your work table
> Cleaning rags or paper towelling to wipe your print area clean between images
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Monday 6th & Saturday 18th MAY 2024 Meetings
SATURDAY 18th MAY 2024 MEETING
TEXTILE TASTERS (Wilma Simmons as host).
From 1pm – 4pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
Members are invited to come along, bring friends and family and participate.
Members, please bring a plate of food to share and wear your name tag.
This is shaping up to be a really great day both for members and visitors – thanks to the NCEATA
committee for supporting this change to the monthly meeting schedule. Thank you to members who have volunteered to demonstrate their skills:
> Judi Nikoleski- disperse dyeing
> Sue Russell- an embroidery stitch, possibly buttonhole variations
> Sandra Cooke- block printing
> Rhonda Porter- shaving foam marbling
> Ann Harper- Boro
> Robyn Cohen- Cross stitch variations
> Marion Carroll- felt painting
> Wilma Simmons – demonstration organisation and back up demonstration – twisted cord and back up
for meet and greet.
NCEATA executive: Ann, Merrie and Kate (if available) and Wilma will meet and greet visitors.
We will have an afternoon tea station – I shall ask members attending to keep an eye on the tea/coffee supplies and refreshments during the afternoon.
All NCEATA members are invited to participate in the Tasters. It will be lovely if members can relate their positive experience as a NCEATA member to visitors. Please wear a name badge.
Please promote the day – invite family, friends, neighbours and other interested groups. Entry is by
donation, Textile Taster demonstrators , please contact Wilma 0407579253 /wilmasimmons@hotmail.com with set up requirements/equipment/space etc. for your demonstration. The demonstrations will be from 1.30pm – 3pm (to allow time for set up and pack up within the meeting time).
MONDAY 6th MAY 2024 MEETING
HAPPY SCRAPPY SNAPPY PURSES with Roberta Hodgson (Wendy Scott as host).
From 10am – 1pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL.
Agenda items to be discussed during general meeeting: Hunter – Coastal Magazine article, Craft Alive, Occasions card, Library, Japanese Day, May 18 Textile Tasters; ‘Reflections’ member input for exhibition; Show and Tell Craft Alive activity / item for NCEATA’s display 9 – 11 May, Broadmeadow Racecourse.
Requirements:
> Sewing machine with powerboards, cords etc. This can be shared by 3 people if necessary
> Needle threads for sewing and embroidery, scissors
> Each person will need a piece of fabric approx. 20x30cms or 8" x 12-15"
> Lining to match same size
> 1 matching strip 5"x 18" for top of purse.
> Iron on pellon or wadding only if you have it - Roberta will bring some.
Bring your own embroidery supplies with fabric to work on plus paper and coloured pens for drawing designs.
This main piece of fabric can be embroidered, boro stitched, crazy patched , you can use sample pieces or if you don't want to use machine on day you can embellish your piece of fabric and finish the purse at home. You will get written instructions and I will show you how to insert flexible band on top. Roberta will have plenty of scraps, embroidery threads and lining fabric on the day so don't stress. She will bring iron, cutting mat rulers and tape measures.
Please come with a sense of adventure and desire to create.
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Monday 1st and Saturday 20th APRIL 2024 Meetings
MONDAY 1st APRIL 2024 MEETING - 10am-1pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
Easter holiday - NO MEETING
SATURDAY 20th APRIL 2024 MEETING
DISCUSSION ON EXHIBITION THEME: REFLECTIONS (Ann Harper as host).
From 1pm – 4pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
Agenda items to be discussed: Craft Alive, May Textile Tasters
1 – 1.20pm prepare room, social catch-up, cuppa, Show and Tell – labelled item. On arrival, place your labelled item on the table provided. On departure, please take anything you brought that is still on the ‘Sharing’ table.
1.20 – 1.40pm Welcome, meeting, reminders and discussion
1.40pm – 3.40pm Host: Merrie How; No Workshop; Show and Tell about your Craft Alive artwork and
hand it in to Carolyn or any member of the committee.
3.40 – 4pm Pack up
The Monday group has not had the opportunity to reflect on the Exhibition Theme ‘Reflections’ at a
General Meeting. Please think about this and email program@nceata.org with your brainstorm
ideas. These will be collated and put in the Information Display folder on the Entry Table at each meeting until the final Exhibition forms are due; all dates will be finalised in the near future.
Thank you to the Saturday Meeting attendees who came up with loads of interesting perspectives
around Reflections. Thank you also, to all who have offered to be on the roster for Craft Alive for setting up on Thursday, and interacting with the public over the next 2 days. All who are helping NCEATA will have free entry. Others need to purchase tickets
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Monday 5th and Saturday 17th FEBRUARY 2024 Meetings
MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2024 MEETING - 10am-1pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL
ZENTANGLE with Kate Highland (Ann Dean-Pijpers as host)
Fee: $10. Proceeds donated to NCEATA.
Kate has collected some large fabric table napkins from my local recycling shop. Some are beige and some white. They are hemmed with a small floral motif in the corner. We will use these as the basis of our Zentangle project. Zentangle is usually done by drawing or doodling in a random, relaxed way with pens. However, it is equally relaxing when done with stitch. Once we have a stitched outline, we can fill in spaces with different stitches so this is an opportunity to share your favourite stitches and learn new ones. Kate will bring printed stitch instructions for us to use. If you would like to add embellishments like lace, beads, ribbons or buttons please bring them along. It’s helpful but not necessary to have colour combinations in mind.
What to bring: a basic sewing kit, needles scissors etc. Any of your own embellishments. I will bring
some of my stash items to share also.
SATURDAY 17th FEBRUARY 2024 MEETING
EMBROIDERED SIGNATURE with Sandra Cooke (Ann Harper as host).
From 1pm – 4pm in BELAIR CHURCH HALL.
Bring your own embroidery supplies with fabric to work on plus paper and coloured pens for drawing designs.
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Saturday 20th JANUARY 2024 Meeting
SATURDAY 20th JANUARY 2024 MEETING
General Meeting with Marion Carroll and Ann Dean-Pijpers as hosts.
From 1 – 4pm AT THE GROVE, ADAMSTOWN
Agenda items to be discussed: Responses to Sue Russell’s ‘Inspired by Nature’ workshop and June/ July ’23 survey, 2024 workshop roster with a focus on Exhibition theme: Reflection.
No Monday meeting this month. There are two NCEATA meetings/workshops in February
The Monday Meeting is on February 5 from 10am – 1pm and the Saturday Meeting is on February 17 from 1 – 4pm'
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