Karen Nicol – March 2019
Very few of our speakers have had such a prestigious CV as Karen Nicol. Karen’s mother was a keen flower arranger and she was brought up with flowers everywhere. Flowers, […]
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February Half Term – needle cases
A group of young embroiderers, under the guidance of Guild member Christine Hill, created beautiful hand stitched and decorated needle cases. Thank you Christine for the photo. Ros For the
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Judy Joiner – January workshop
On her table Judy showed us many variations of the “covered box”. So many sizes, shapes, functions and colours. She set the bar high and certainly gave us all so
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Trowbridge Museum – David Birks
David Birks from Trowbridge Museum started the new year off with his talk entitled “1000 years of Warp and Weft”. He is the Learning and Outreach Officer for the museum
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Christmas festivities – Lynda Warren
Early each December we all enjoy a “bring and share” buffet lunch to start the festivities of Christmas. This is always a memorable event with a wonderful spread of delicious
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Stitch day – lead by Ann Smith
Our November Stitch day was lead by Ann Smith when she guided members to make bespoke Christmas cards using printed papers. What a fun day and just look below at
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Lydie Gardner – November 2018
Lydie’s story started many years ago when she was living in a small village on Dartmoor and a neighbour, Brian Froud brought his Granny to the pub. Granny was in
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Linda Miller – workshop
Linda Miller spent two days with branch members in early October teaching her technique of free machine embroidery. Here are some photos taken by Vernice during the event. Here are
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Vernice Church – Textiles, the Taj Mahal & tuk tuks
After the formal AGM our October speaker was Branch Member, Vernice Church. Last year Vernice was invited to go on a 19 day textile tour of India. She started her
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Jennifer Hughes – Workshop
We were offered a wonderful selection of Thai Ikat silk, cottons and hemp to use for our Thai bags. To start the workshop Jennifer explained the technique of reverse applique,