Jane O’Brien started her working life as an interior designer after studying the History of Art. She became interested in damask, a fabric which she explained originated from the city […]
A group of 15 members were led by Helen on her last ever workshop, and we all enjoyed learning how to use plastic-covered rope wound with a variety of textiles and
Our speaker this month was Helen Deighan and her talk was entitled “Going Potty”. Helen studied textiles at College and then went on to teach. She had to invent a
We started planning for our Ruby Celebration Exhibition of Textile Art & Embroidery in the autumn of 2015. A sub committee was formed with Ann Smith in overall charge and
On behalf of the Marlborough & District Embroiderers Guild we would like to pass on our congratulations to three of our members, Lorrain Lockwood, Linda Wells and Lindsay Sherwood who have
After an enjoyable talk the previous day (see report below) Cas Holmes lead a workshop on sketchbooks. She started off by asking the group how many of us regularly kept
Apart from when you are dyeing fabric, science is rarely mentioned alongside stitch and certainly one does not think of it when designing work but our speaker this month, Anne
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
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
