Arts & Craft Group

Calling all Stitchers and Craft Enthusiasts

Would you like to spend a pleasant afternoon each week with like-minded people?

Would you like to learn such diverse skills as Crewelwork, Calligraphy or Transfer Dye painting? (to name but a few!).

Then come along and join Alstonefield Arts & Craft Group on Tuesday afternoons, 2.00 pm. to 4.30 pm. in the Village Hall . We welcome new members from the Parish and immediate surrounding area.

We are currently preparing for a large scale project on a Christmas theme for 2011. Watch this space for further information!

Membership fees apply plus a small weekly contribution. Please contact Cathy Reavy (310125) or Jani Barnard (310366) for further details.

Programme – September 2010 – April 2011

The Group help to prepare for the Wetton Christmas Fayre on 6th December 2009

The Group at our Sale of Work March 2009

Jenny Adin-Christie in Alstonefield – 9th May 2009

Jenny Adin-Christie is a specialist professional hand embroiderer and designer, with an innate passion for creating individual work, for the study and repair of antique embroideries and for passing on skills through inspiring and enthusiastic teaching. She learned her trade on the rigorous three year Apprenticeship course at the world renowned Royal School of Needlework, graduating in 1999. She has remained a full time employee of the RSN’s teaching and commercial Studio staff ever since, and is now one of their most experienced tutors, as well as continuing a role as Studio Project Manager. She is widely recognised as a specialist in the fields of whitework and stumpwork embroidery. Jenny’s work within the Studio has provided the opportunity to work on a broad range of major commissions such as designing the new All Seasons and Lenten Altar frontals for Canterbury Cathedral, creating embroideries for an album cover for Paul McCartny and conserving tapestries from Blenheim Palace. Concurrent with her work at the RSN, Jenny runs her own freelance business working to commission, creating unique embroidery kits and teaching around the country. In the future, she plans to run monthly workshops in Ashbourne.