January Meeting – our own Ros Lomas
Ros Lomas, one of our many branch members who has agreed to stand up in front of the group and talk about her creative journey. Ros Lomas, one of our […]
Main Meetings, Textile Artists, Uncategorized
Textile Artists
Main Meetings, Textile Artists, Uncategorized
Helen Mortimer – November 2013
It is not very often that our speaker arrives with an easel ready to do a demonstration during their talk. Yesterday Helen Mortimer, silk artist from Newbury talked about her background and
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Ruth Issett workshop – October 2013
At Marlborough & District Embroidery Guild we are fortunate to be able to invite nationally and internationally known speakers and tutors. This week has been no exception as a group
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Christine Seager – October 2013
On Monday we held our AGM with several Committee Members retiring and new ones taking over. After the formal meeting we enjoyed a talk by Christine Seager, one of our
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Linda Rudkin workshop – September 2013
A group of 13 guild members enjoyed a fun day learning how to pound and trap flowers. Linda started the day by demonstrating the procedure and explaining that some flowers
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James Hunting – July 2013
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
Special Occasions, Textile Artists, Uncategorized
SW Regional Festival Day – 18 May 2013
Over 200 Embroidery Guild members representing 18 groups from the South West area gathered together for our annual Festival Day. There were two speakers, Cas Holmes and Patricia Godwin, a
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Trial & error – Kate Dowty
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