September has arrived bringing strong winds and rain, whatever happened to summer? Despite the lack of sunshine, yesterday was a pleasant journey across the Cat and Fiddle road over to Buxton, where our next exhibition begins on Saturday. At this time of the year the purply heathers enhance the wonderful autumnal colours of the moorland.
Three cars were needed to transport the work and we were very grateful for the assistance Buxton gave us in unloading and taking it up the stairs into the gallery. Members of Cheshire Textiles are brilliant at packaging with specially made calico bags and ingenious boxes for the unframed pieces. As always it is exciting to reveal the finished work because in many cases we might share initial ideas and thoughts but much of the work is done in our own work place.
After delivering and unpacking, Buxton now has unenviable task of displaying it! With their expertise I am sure they will do a lovely job. We have included sketch books for the cabinets and artists books full of samples and text for the visitors to enjoy and understand a little of how we arrive at the finished pieces!
Please do visit the exhibition Mark in Stitch at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery. It starts Saturday 10th September when some of Cheshire Textiles will be available for a chat between 2 and 4pm.
Exhibition continues until Novemebr 12th. Jen
