Team at table in Church Room - Denys Ryder, Sue Croft, nk, Judith Perkins, Sue Barrett, Tricia Blakstad
Charles Clayson at work in Mallorca
Stretching the canvas on to the oak frame.
Removing staples from the old frame
Rosemary Ryder and Charles Clayson fix the canvas to the oak frame
Cathy Clayson putting in the final touches
The project could have ground to a halt when, in 2003, Charles and Cathy Clayson decided to realise their long-held dream of buying a house in the Mediterranean and moved their home to Mallorca. Although they sold their house in East Meon they kept an English base near Chichester and the monthly progress meetings continued as regular as clockwork.
Just before they moved out of the village, Charles built the wooden frame onto which the calico was stretched by hand. The frame wouldn’t fit in their roof-rack so it had to be manually carried to the Hall. The calico was stretched by hand and stapled in place – with several attempts required before the weave was sufficiently well-aligned and under the correct tension.
So it continued for five years with Cathy returning to East Meon every third Tuesday and Wednesday when they were in the UK, and with Maggie Marks, Ann Hutchings or Jane Brown deputising for them when they were in the Mediterranean.
Creator
Various villagers Place
East Meon, All Saints Contributor
Various villagers Copyright
All Saints Church Reference number
EM/0009/0011/0003 Accession number
2013-11-043 Storage location
North transept of All Saints Church Format
Emrboidery
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