Our exhibition was open to the public from Friday 22 April until Monday 25 April. The Committee and members of the Guild took turns in helping Yvonne with the catering, […]
On Monday we had our annual Ploughman’s lunch which was enjoyable and delicious as ever. We nearly always have a speaker at our monthly meetings so when we have an
Magpie of the Mind Our inspirational speaker this month was Cas Holmes. Cas has a Fine Arts degree in painting and photography which she uses with good effect in her work which is
Emily Jo Gibbs started the New Year off with a fascinating talk about her work and techniques. She got her knowledge of sewing from her mother rather than from studying
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
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
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
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
Unusually for a textile artist Ruth did not study for a degree in textiles but Medieval History. Having been fascinated in fabrics since childhood Ruth took a special interest in
Kirsty Whitlock was the speaker at our open meeting this month and her talk was entitled “My journey through stitch”. Her interest in stitch started when she followed an NVQ
