Textiles and Stitch contains an eclectic mix of stitchers with a wide variety of interests as has been demonstrated by three enterprising members of our group. Tricia Johanson, Fiona Harpin […]
Kate Findlay is a textile artist with a background in industrial textiles. Having completed her degree she worked in the carpet industry for a while before retraining as a teacher
It is with great sadness that we report the untimely death of Ann Kingdon. Ann was a great supporter of the group and many of us have fond memories of
From Ann Smith. We all has a very creative and relaxing day with Debby experimenting with batik and silk painting. We started off practicing with silk paints and learning how
Debby is a mixed media artist from Bristol whose work is inspired by nature and memories interpreted in layers and texture. Stitch, batik, painted papers and fabrics are combined to
Christine is a textile artist inspired by nature who has explored eco printing and dying and silk paper making. She creates interesting textures embellished with both hand and machine embroidery.
Our February Speaker was Liz Tapper, a Royal School of Needlework graduate and tutor who described a recent goldwork commission to recreate a Napoleonic era military dress coat. Liz had
There have been a few technical glitches to say nothing of Christmas and New Year celebrations so please forgive the delay in resuming normal service. Ros managed the blog for
I have made the decision to drop the word Covid 19 from the title of our monthly blog. Whilst this horrid disease is still very much with us, it is
September 2020 blog September Committee Meeting Today is 7 September and although we did not meet as a branch we did have a Committee meeting in the car park at
