AGM 2012
Saturday 6th October 2012.
Vene: Strand Hotel, Limerick City Centre.
Speaker: Annette Morgan
Annette Morgan is a very well-known UK-based quilt teacher and author. For further details on her work see her web-site and blog
Annette will be giving the talk after the AGM.
She will also be giving 2 one-day workshops on the following Sunday and Monday.
Sunday 7th October: Textured Dimensions
A day's adventure into the world of texture. Using soldering irons, hot air guns and free machine embroidery, you'll combine plastics and paints to make a stunning panel for framing or mounting
.
Monday 8th October: 3D Freestyle Applique
Learn how to make a quick quilt background and then add the free-shape applique pieces to make an individual hanging
.
Further details about the AGM, booking form, prices etc. will be in the summer newsletter.
AGM Challenge:
The challenge for this year's AGM is to create a piece inspired by "Limerick Lace".
Size Limit: 15" maximum on any side.
Limerick Lace:
One of the earliest known Irish styles, Limerick Lace was from the outset a
commercial venture, brought to the area by Charles Walker who established a
training centre and workshop in about 1830. By 1850 it had become popular and
prized by wealthy and fashionable ladies all over Europe.
It is extremely
light and delicate in style, with designs embroidered in tiny stitches onto a
very fine mesh backing cloth. Usually the backing mesh was stretched over frames
and the stitching applied to the taut fabric, but some was worked without the
use of a frame.
There are two varieties
of Limerick Lace. Tambour Lace which is worked with a hook and Needlerun Lace
which is worked with a needle. The Tambour is so named because the net is
stretched across a frame which is like a tambourine. Stitches are then worked on
to the net in a cotton thread with a fine steel tambour hook. The pattern is
drawn on paper and placed in front of the worker or held underneath the
net.
The Needlerun Lace is
also worked on net where the stitches are darned with a sewing needle. Sometimes
there is a combination of tambour and run work on the one piece of lace. One of
the collars in the Museum shows both techniques. The run lace always has a
lighter appearance. As in Carrickmacross Lace, it usually has caskets in the
design which are spaces to be filled with a variety of fancy
stitches.
Little Limerick lace is made nowadays, but a lot was made in the years between
the establishment of the factory and its demise in the early 20th century and
antique pieces are still quite widely available.
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