Alison Hulme discovered stitch after a challenging event in her life. She first tried cross stitch and then silk ribbon embroidery and stump work. Alison joined the Salisbury Embroiderers Guild […]
We started the day with Val Toombes explaining the 4 undyed silks in our packs – mulberry which was white, tussah not as white as mulberry, gum silk, and throw silk which
There was a great hive of activity at the April Stitch Day. A group of members were busy on our long-term branch project, some were creating Flags of Thanks and others
A free machine embroidery workshop by Jane Fairweather entitled “Teacup Trees” Photo by Ros
Very few of our speakers have had such a prestigious CV as Karen Nicol. Karen’s mother was a keen flower arranger and she was brought up with flowers everywhere. Flowers,
On her table Judy showed us many variations of the “covered box”. So many sizes, shapes, functions and colours. She set the bar high and certainly gave us all so
Early each December we all enjoy a “bring and share” buffet lunch to start the festivities of Christmas. This is always a memorable event with a wonderful spread of delicious
Lydie’s story started many years ago when she was living in a small village on Dartmoor and a neighbour, Brian Froud brought his Granny to the pub. Granny was in
After the formal AGM our October speaker was Branch Member, Vernice Church. Last year Vernice was invited to go on a 19 day textile tour of India. She started her
Our September speaker was Jennifer Hughes and her talk was entitled “Culture at their fingertips – the Hill Tribe People of Thailand”. Jennifer trained as a Geography teacher, has an
