On Monday 20 April, a bright sunny day, nine members attended a workshop learning Gold Work techniques from member Robina Orchard. We started by drawing a simple design and preparing […]
Yesterday we all tucked into a delicious ham and cheese Ploughman’s lunch which was organised by the Committee. Members arrive ready to enjoy the event so we thought you might
It was lovely to see work done by two members from Marlborough Embroidery Guild among the entries for the Embroiderers’ Guild Members’ Challenge 2014-5 Competition. All the entries were on
We had a great time on Tuesday. Linda is a very generous tutor shares her techniques and materials. The easiest course I have had to prepare for as nearly everything
For our March meeting the Textile Artist, Lynda Monk talked about creating surface textures using varying techniques and materials. Thirty years ago Lynda enrolled on a C & G machine
MARLBOROUGH SURGERY WALL HANGING In 1994 the Embroiderers Guild was planning for an exhibition of their work to take place in March 1997. It was suggested that members of the
Our speaker this month was Susi Bancroft from Brunel Broderers. Susi brought along Liz Hewitt, Kay Swancutt and new to the group, Julie Heaton. She started her talk by explaining
For our first meeting of 2015 Helen Thomas’ talk was entitled “Papers are textiles too”. She studied art and sewing at school and quilting and patchwork in her spare time
On the first Monday in December we all enjoyed our annual “bring & share” Christmas lunch. Each member was given a complimentary raffle ticket – we had a wonderful selection
Nine of us gathered today with the intention of learning to love our overlocker instead of seeing it as ‘the monster sat in the corner’. After showing us samples of
