Cherrilyn Tyler – March 2018
The speaker at our well attended annual Branch Open Day was textile artist Cherrilyn Tyler whose talk was entitled “Journey Cloths”. She works on net and water soluble fabrics which […]
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Sandra Meech – “Journeys” Quilt Art/Art Textiles – February 2018
Sandra’s “Journeys” began in the late 1990’s when she started a City and Guilds course at Windsor. Originally she trained as an artist but then textiles took over but now
Textile Artists, Uncategorized, Workshops
Exploring Print on Fabric – Ann Smith – January 2018
On Monday we had an “in house” printing workshop led by Ann Smith. Ann started the day with a demonstration of preparing acetate sheets and gelli plates with acrylic
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Valerie Threfall – January 2018
Our January speaker, Valerie Threfall got the new year off to a swinging start with her highly entertaining talk entitled “The secrets of the honeymoon suitcase”. She started by explaining
Main Meetings, Textile Artists, Uncategorized
Harriet Riddell – December 2017
What a great treat to welcome our surprise speaker Harriet Riddell to our Christmas meeting this week. I first saw Harriet at Art in Action when she had just left
Main Meetings, Other, Uncategorized
Jacqui Melhuish – November 2017
Our planned speaker had to cancel her visit but a local illustrator and ceramicist kindly agreed to step in and talk to us at our November meeting. Jacqui Melhuish has
Textile Artists, Uncategorized, Workshops
Alexandra Waylett’s Embroidered Clutch Bag Workshop – October 2017
A group of MDEG members recently spent a most enjoyable two days taking part in Alexandra’s workshop. She introduced the workshop by showing us some of her own stunning bags
Special Occasions, Uncategorized
CONGRATULATIONS – 25 YEAR PINS
Twenty five year pins and certificates were presented to Margaret Gow and Rosemary Hawes by Ann Smith at the AGM meeting in October. Rosemary and Margaret joined the Guild in 1991 after
Main Meetings, Textile Artists, Uncategorized
Meike Laurenson – October 2017
Meike Laurenson was born in Germany and had a Danish father who died before she was born. She had a challenging upbringing, came to lived in England at 18 and
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Indigo workshop – Vivienne Prideaux – September 2017
Vivienne Prideaux organised an indigo dyeing workshop earlier this year and kindly agreed to return to help us again. We now have our own indigo vat which Ann S is