A busy morning on the 11th March 2008! Members were hanging paintings and Rita was arranging the two cabinets. Choosing Joy to clean the paintings was perhaps not the cleverest thing as she is the shortest member!
There is a wide range of items in the cabinets, this photo shows scarves, a mask, a tie, jewellery and silk box. The mask is a genuine Venetian blank bought at this years festival. All items are for sale and effectively show the skills of our members.
Works on show are both traditional and contemporary and utilise both silk paint and textiles.
Beryl's use of porcelain and glass on silk is such an unusual combination and is represntative of the talents of members.
Denise's interpretation of a Vegetable Patch is certainly the querky aspect of the exhibition.
At the end of the day we were very satisfied with the overall presentation and standard of work on display. If you are a memeber of the Natuional Trust do combine a visit to Tatton with an enjoyable viewing of our exhibiton in the Mansion House.
Exhibition is from the 15th March to the 1st June 2008, usual admission prices apply.
Visit Tatton Park's website for further details.
Maggie and Muriel with their hands in the indigo vat. The fabric had to be held under the surface for 5 minutes. We had to be careful not to disturb the surface which would have added oxygen to the vat thereby reducing the dyeing qualities of the dye.
Note the green tinge of the fabric this is the colour the fabric is when first removed from the vat. Only when it is oxygenated in the air does it turn to blue.
Out to dry, in the afternoon we tried a range of larger samples, amongst them scarves that were clamped and wrapped around poles shibori style.
A hand stitched row of leaves although some of the group thought that they would make good fish. Belinda who completed them was very pleased with the result.
Annette clamped this scarf to get this striking effect.
This is a napkin that Denise sewed in a spiral resulting in this effective end result.
Maggie used a predyed scarf that she folded into a cone before knotting it several times.
Joy tied this chiffon scarf and this delicate pattern was achieved.
A bold pattern achieved by Pauline by tieing large marbles with string.
Beryl's butterfly was achieved by sewing the shape on to cotton, she intends highlighting the features with embroidery. 
This was a piece of silk satin and again the lack of flat colour creates a unique effect.
This photograph was taken at the 2005 Harrogate exhibition when she was manning the stall of the Guild of Silk Painters.
The banner was made from silk satin and this photograph shows Pauline Townsend , Maggie Britten and Rita Stansfield (left to right) coping with the large frame.
The text on the banner was a range of saying about hats. The saying were firstly written with a fading pen and then Pauline used a dark grey gutta with a fine nib.
Denise Hopper at work with the hair dryer on a more detailed part of the banner. This photograph shows the preliminary layout of the hats before they were attached with bondaweb.
The Cheshire Cat sitting pretty on the CHESHIRE name.
This top hat was designed and painted by Pauline Townsend. The others were by Annette Anderson - the range of small black bowlers, Denise Hopper - purple wide brimmed hat, Rita Stansfield - pale blue bonnet, Belinda Rodway - the CHESHIRE name and the hemming of the banner.
Margaret Steeden - brown hat with veil,
Maggie Britten - the red hat with feather
After the festival the banner was long term display in the Hat Works Museum, Stockport.
