Colour Studies Folio – Email from Terry Murphy
Below is an email received by Yvonne Miles from Terry Murphy, the CEO of the Embroidery Guild:Hello Yvonne, I duly delivered the folio you gave me into the hands […]
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Main Meetings, Uncategorized
“Board stitching” by Dale Armitage – May 2013
Dale Armitage For our May meeting we had a most interesting talk by one of our Guild members, Dale Armitage. Dale was born and brought up in South Africa
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Ploughman’s followed by machine demos – April 2013
For our April meeting we all arrived early and enjoyed a delicious ham & cheese ploughman’s lunch. Our thanks to members of the committee for organising it. The main aim
Exhibitions, Special Occasions, Uncategorized
Visit to Sewing for Pleasure/Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch – NEC March 2013
Last week a group of us visited the NEC in Birmingham. Our ticket covered three different exhibitions, Sewing for Pleasure, Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch and Hobby Crafts. In addition to
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“Layered Landscapes” workshop with Margaret Heath – March 2013
Margaret’s preparation for this workshop was excellent and this helped us with our choice of landscape at the start of the day. Each person received a different photo of a
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Kay & Michael Dennis – March 2013
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
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Mr & Mrs Bayly from Marlborough – February 2013
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
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Hazel Morris – January 2013
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
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Christmas meeting
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
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Exploring Velvet – Angie Hughes
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