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 […]
During August Marlborough & District Embroiderers’ Guild have been taking part in the National Stitch day to demonstrate their skills, answer questions and promote the organisation. Members have worked in
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.
We were delighted to welcome two guests (and potential members), Carol and Daphne, to our workshop making walnut purses. Nikki Vesey Williams brought along many intricately embroidered examples for our
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
Our exhibition was open to the public from Friday 22 April until Monday 25 April. The Committee and members of the Guild took turns in helping Yvonne with the catering,
We started planning for our Ruby Celebration Exhibition of Textile Art & Embroidery in the autumn of 2015. A sub committee was formed with Ann Smith in overall charge and
