We welcomed M A Katritzky, Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at The Open University, as the first speaker for our new group., Textiles & […]
It is not very often that you spend a Monday morning listening to a truly inspirational and talented textile artist. Our June workshop unfortunately had to be taught over Zoom
On Thursday 10th June we had a fabulous talk by Suzy Wright, an inspiring and colourful textile artist. She described growing up in Dorset and her early years at school
On behalf of the group, I want to congratulate Judy, Deena and Linda who recently entered the 2021 Embroiderers’ Guild Challenges. Judy entered the Beryl Dean Award for hand stitching
For our May Zoom meeting 34 members of the Textile and Stitch Around Marlborough enjoyed a talk entitled “My journey with a sketchbook, camera & needle” by Polly Woolstone. Polly
Emily Tull is a textile artist based in Kent. Her talk gave us a wonderful overview of her career, inspiration and process. Emily is obsessed with faces. Starting with what
Jean Freakley Jean was a member of the M&DEG since 2012. At our meetings she was always ready with a friendly smile and happy to chat about anything and everything. She loved
Message from Amanda who kindly set us the challenge This year the challenge offers a reflective outlet in an incredible year dominated by Covid, lockdowns and all that has caused.
Following her talk to our branch on Zoom, Jessica led an online workshop the next day. It was the first time we had undertaken a live online workshop and I
Jessica Grady gave a wonderful talk from her home in Leeds to 35 of our members on Zoom. She started her talk by explaining she chose to go to university
