National Day of Stitch
To celebrate the National Day of Stitch a group of Guild members visited Café Nero in Devizes and demonstrated a variety of techniques. From the left – Robina Orchard, Margaret Heath, […]
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Quilt Show, NEC – August 2015
On Thursday we had our annual outing and this year Susanne S kindly organised a coach to take us to the Quilt Show at the NEC in Birmingham. For the
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Ruth Singer – July 2015
Unusually for a textile artist Ruth did not study for a degree in textiles but Medieval History. Having been fascinated in fabrics since childhood Ruth took a special interest in
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Judy Joiner bead workshop
On 15 June nine members gathered to enjoy an in-house workshop called “An Introduction to Bead Embroidery” run by member Judy Joiner. Judy had bought along examples of her work
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Kirsty Whitlock – June 2015
Kirsty Whitlock was the speaker at our open meeting this month and her talk was entitled “My journey through stitch”. Her interest in stitch started when she followed an NVQ
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All change! – May 2015
We had to change the plans for our May meeting as unfortunately our speaker Helen Deighan could not attend due to ill health. Instead we all enjoyed an informal afternoon
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Gold work workshop with Robina Orchard – April 2015
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
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Ploughman’s Lunch – April 2015
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
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Embroiderers’ Guild Members’ Challenge 2014-5 Competition
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
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Lynda Monk Workshop – 3 March 2015
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