After our summer break we welcomed Isabelle Jourdan to speak about her great interest in spinning and weaving. It started when she and her husband were running an olive […]
Lisa opened her talk by speaking about her 15 year background as a textile designer for the fashion industry, as well as teaching Sixth Form and University students. After completing
Janet’s workshop was based on her new book and we were looking and interpreting the work of Vincent Van Gogh in hand stitching. In particular the way he used colour.
Jane O’Brien started her working life as an interior designer after studying the History of Art. She became interested in damask, a fabric which she explained originated from the city
A group of 15 members were led by Helen on her last ever workshop, and we all enjoyed learning how to use plastic-covered rope wound with a variety of textiles and
Our speaker this month was Helen Deighan and her talk was entitled “Going Potty”. Helen studied textiles at College and then went on to teach. She had to invent a
After an enjoyable talk the previous day (see report below) Cas Holmes lead a workshop on sketchbooks. She started off by asking the group how many of us regularly kept
Magpie of the Mind Our inspirational speaker this month was Cas Holmes. Cas has a Fine Arts degree in painting and photography which she uses with good effect in her work which is
Apart from when you are dyeing fabric, science is rarely mentioned alongside stitch and certainly one does not think of it when designing work but our speaker this month, Anne
Emily Jo Gibbs started the New Year off with a fascinating talk about her work and techniques. She got her knowledge of sewing from her mother rather than from studying
