This week I was thrilled to receive confirmation from Amber at Creative with Workbox that they had published an article written by Chris Cook in their January/February Edition. Lorraine Lockwood […]
On Monday we enjoyed our Christmas “bring and share” lunch. The Committee members prepared the hall and Susanne taught us to fold the serviettes in an unusual way. So many
In February this year, Susi Bancroft spoke to the Guild about the Brunel Broderers and said she would be pleased to return to organise a workshop on Kantha work. She
Unfortunately our scheduled speaker, Meike Laurenson was not able to attend our November meeting so members were shown exerts from the Colouricious Talking Threads Christmas DVD. Textile Artist, Gilda Barron
Eight of us enjoyed this month’s workshop with Caroline Marriott. It was a lovely relaxing and stress free day. At times the concentration was so intense you could have heard
The speaker after our AGM this month was textile conservator, Alison Lister. Alison runs a private company, Textile Conservation Ltd, based in Bristol. She explained that most conservators hold an undergraduate
At our AGM on Monday Yvonne Miles stood down as Chairman after 7 years prior to that she was Secretary and speaker finder, making a total of 11 years. Shirley Watson
We had a lovely day. Carol was a great teacher with a relaxed manner. She talked to us for about an hour about tools, fabric and methods. We all had our own ideas
Carol Naylor applied initially for an art course at Goldsmiths, University of London, but was rejected. She was then offered a place on a new textile art course and Constance Howard
On Monday two of our members were awarded a certificate to commemorate 25 years as members of the Marlborough & District Embroiderers Guild. Ann Hampton, our Regional Chairman, presented the awards to
