Another exciting print workshop with Alison Hulme! Alison’s workshop last November was so popular that a number of our members were not able to attend so she kindly agreed to […]
Felt making & dyeing – Bailey Curtis Bailey Curtis, our May speaker, has studied many skills over the years but two stand out, felt making and dyeing. She first saw
Over a year ago, Lindsay suggested that I might be interested in entering the Embroiderers Guild Challenge for Exquisite Containers. I have never entered anything like this before but I
We had a delightful hour listening to Claire explain why and how she takes a Defiant Approach to Hand Embroidery. Claire explained that her Art teacher at school told her
I have just returned from a long weekend in the New Forest with my walking group. Currently I am only able to do short walks but it did give me
Congratulations to Lindsay and Nikki who entered the recent inspiring Madeira Embroidery Competition at the NEC. Vernice kindly took them up in her car and it sounds like they all
The day after Wendy Lloyd’s inspiring talk she led a workshop entitled, Stitch, Slash & Stitch. We were asked to bring a selection of fabrics together with our sewing machine.Â
It was so exciting to get back together again after months of Zoom meetings and textile artist and printmaker, Wendy Lloyd from Newbury spoke to a group of 40 members
Last weekend I visited the Chertsey Museum where they hold the Olive Matthews Collection of Dress and Textiles. This collection is described as “A spectacular collection featuring many items of
There have been some positive things about the last couple of years and some negative. One of the positive has been the use of Zoom to enable us to link
