Kay’s stumpwork Kay and Michael Dennis who specialise in stumpwork talked to the Guild this month. Kay explained that stumpwork is a mixture of embroidery worked on the surface, padded […]
In the 1690s Thomas Bayly, a wealthy silk merchant, and his wife lived in Marlborough. They were a stylish couple who dressed to impress in hand made garments of silk, linen
Hazel’s design catalogues and fabric samples We were given a very entertaining and informative talk to start our New Year programme by guild member Hazel Morris entitled “Beginning in Manchester”. She started
Christmas lunch On Monday, 70 of us enjoyed our annual Christmas “bring and share” lunch. On behalf of all the members I would like to say a big thank you to
On Tuesday, the day after her talk, Angie Hughes organised a one day workshop entitled “Exploring Velvet”. Sixteen of us had a fun day learning various techniques Angie uses when working
  Angie Hughes gave us an entertaining and informative talk on New Works for Old at the November meeting of the Guild.Angie used her handmade books and shimmering samples to demonstrate
After our AGM on Monday 1 October our Chairman, Yvonne Miles introduced Kate Dowty who gave a talk on her quilt designs. Kate describes herself as a textile artist who works with
Sally and Viv travel regularly to the district in Southern China where the Miao people live mostly in hill villages. They live primarily in the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan,
