Over 200 Embroidery Guild members representing 18 groups from the South West area gathered together for our annual Festival Day. There were two speakers, Cas Holmes and Patricia Godwin, a […]
Below is an email received by Yvonne Miles from Terry Murphy, the CEO of the Embroidery Guild:Hello Yvonne, I duly delivered the folio you gave me into the hands
Dale Armitage For our May meeting we had a most interesting talk by one of our Guild members, Dale Armitage. Dale was born and brought up in South Africa
For our April meeting we all arrived early and enjoyed a delicious ham & cheese ploughman’s lunch. Our thanks to members of the committee for organising it. The main aim
Last week a group of us visited the NEC in Birmingham. Our ticket covered three different exhibitions, Sewing for Pleasure, Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch and Hobby Crafts. In addition to
Margaret’s preparation for this workshop was excellent and this helped us with our choice of landscape at the start of the day. Each person received a different photo of a
Kay’s stumpwork Kay and Michael Dennis who specialise in stumpwork talked to the Guild this month. Kay explained that stumpwork is a mixture of embroidery worked on the surface, padded
In the 1690s Thomas Bayly, a wealthy silk merchant, and his wife lived in Marlborough. They were a stylish couple who dressed to impress in hand made garments of silk, linen
Hazel’s design catalogues and fabric samples We were given a very entertaining and informative talk to start our New Year programme by guild member Hazel Morris entitled “Beginning in Manchester”. She started
Christmas lunch On Monday, 70 of us enjoyed our annual Christmas “bring and share” lunch. On behalf of all the members I would like to say a big thank you to
