Bowood House – Capability Brown
On behalf of the Marlborough & District Embroiderers Guild we would like to pass on our congratulations to three of our members, Lorrain Lockwood, Linda Wells and Lindsay Sherwood who have […]
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Cas Holmes – Sketchbook workshop – March 2016
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
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Cas Holmes – March 2016
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
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Anne Griffiths – February 2016
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
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Emily Jo Gibbs – January 2016
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
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Our Ruby Celebration Exhibition of Textile Art and Embroidery is under way!
This week I was thrilled to receive confirmation from Amber at Creative with Workbox that they had published an article written by Chris Cook in their January/February Edition. Lorraine Lockwood
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Christmas Lunch with Elinor Kapp
On Monday we enjoyed our Christmas “bring and share” lunch. The Committee members prepared the hall and Susanne taught us to fold the serviettes in an unusual way. So many
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Kantha workshop with Susi Bancroft
In February this year, Susi Bancroft spoke to the Guild about the Brunel Broderers and said she would be pleased to return to organise a workshop on Kantha work. She
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November meeting
Unfortunately our scheduled speaker, Meike Laurenson was not able to attend our November meeting so members were shown exerts from the Colouricious Talking Threads Christmas DVD. Textile Artist, Gilda Barron
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Beads & bangles workshop – Caroline Marriott
Eight of us enjoyed this month’s workshop with Caroline Marriott. It was a lovely relaxing and stress free day. At times the concentration was so intense you could have heard