Sketch & Stitch Day
Sketch & Stitch Day Busy bees. Sketching and stitching! Stitched denim pockets in preparation for our exhibition in June. Thank you Vernice for kindly taking all these photos. Ros
Stitch Day, Workshops
Main Meetings, Monthly blog
The History and Workings of Whitchurch Silk Mill
The History and Workings of Whitchurch Silk Mill – talk by Deborah Wheeler Deborah Wheeler from the Whitchurch Silk Mill spoke to members at our February meeting. She displayed a
Main Meetings, Monthly blog, Textile Artists
Amanda Cook – “From fiddle fingers to artist in residence”
Amanda Cook – from fiddle fingers to artist in residence Before starting her talk Amanda changed into a beautifully embroidered dress and full length velvet cloak which we later found
Main Meetings, Monthly blog, Textile Artists
Michele Carragher – Game of Thrones embroidery
Michele Carragher – Game of Thrones embroidery I have to start by saying that Michele was such an interesting speaker; obviously enthusiastic about her craft, I think it’s safe to
Workshops
A Fun Christmas Workshop with Lindsay, Nikki & Tase
A Fun Christmas Workshop with Lindsay, Nikki and Tase In mid November for the last couple of years we have organised an “in house” Christmas workshop. These events have been
Main Meetings, Monthly blog, Workshops
AGM & Eco printing workshop
AGM & Eco printing workshop Unfortunately the speaker for our November had to cancel her talk and the workshop so on Monday we decided to go ahead with our AGM
Textile Artists, Workshops
Christmas Mug Rugs with Tase!
Christmas Mug Rugs with Tase! Tase’s passion for all things Christmas is certainly contagious and I think we’ll all be making more mug rugs for our own Christmas or as
Monthly blog, Textile Artists
Sarah Maddison – Stitching my way through life
Sarah Maddison – Stitching my way through life To our amusement, Sarah started her talk by explaining how she chose the unusual name for her website and facebook page, “SixtyFourpackingcases”.
Exhibitions
SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) – Steam Museum, Swindon
A group of Committee members met on Monday to visit the SAQA exhibition of quilts currently on display in the Steam Museum in Swindon. I was interested to see how
Textile Artists, Workshops
Lizzie Godden workshop – An Introduction to Natural Dyeing & Eco printing
Lizzie Godden workshop – An Introduction to Natural Dyeing & Eco printing Having seen Lizzie’s work the day before, I was very exited to be in the workshop with her!