James Hunting’s talk this month was entitled “Traditional hand stitching in a contemporary way”. He had a very interesting background and started by telling us about his time at Goldsmith’s […]
For our June meeting members heard an interesting talk with slides by fibre artist Yvonne Morton. Yvonne explained how she started as a teacher and then decided to concentrate on her
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
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
After our AGM on Monday 1 October our Chairman, Yvonne Miles introduced Kate Dowty who gave a talk on her quilt designs. Kate describes herself as a textile artist who works with
Sally and Viv travel regularly to the district in Southern China where the Miao people live mostly in hill villages. They live primarily in the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan,
