Magic Christmas Workshop
A very big “thank you” to Ann, Lindsay and Nikki for organising a truly brilliant Christmas workshop. We spent one and a half hours on each project, learnt a lot, […]
Workshops
Textile Artists, Workshops
Drawing the Line – Bobby Britnell workshop
The day after her talk, Bobby lead a workshop on Zoom. Twelve of us had been sent a materials list and asked to prepare some card frames to use for
Main Meetings, Monthly blog, Textile Artists
Textile artist and author, Bobby Britnell from Moor Hall Studio
Bobby Britnell was the speaker for our November meeting on Zoom. She started her talk, My Creative Journey by telling us that she was desperate to leave school and her
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Memorable Textile Holiday around England – September 2021 – Ann Kingdon
Earlier this year we decided that we would have a holiday in September (Covid rules permitting) in our camper van. As this was to be a holiday for me, hubby
Challenges & Projects, Other
Therapy Puppets
DO YOU REMEMBER THESE DELIGHTFUL PEOPLE? Just prior to the start of the Pandemic I was due to collect the last of these Puppets, but the meeting was cancelled. I
Main Meetings, Monthly blog
Sue Hobson – What is a Quilt?
Sue Hobson introduced her talk, What is a Quilt? by explaining that she came from a family of sewers but had followed a career in science. She explained that pre
Textile Artists, Workshops
Louise Nichols – Lino Printing on Fabric
Louise Nichols was our tutor on Tuesday and she showed us how to cut lino and print our design on fabric. It was the first time we had got together
Main Meetings, Monthly blog, Special Occasions
M A Katritzky – The Needlework Collaboration of Mary Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick
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 &
Textile Artists, Workshops
Angie Hughes – Inspiring and unforgettable “Waterworld” workshop
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
Main Meetings, Monthly blog, Textile Artists
Suzy Wright – Exciting Textile Artist using colour, colour and more colour!
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