Dr Susan Kay-Williams – July 2018
The speaker for our July meeting was Dr Susan Kay-Williams who is the Chief Executive of the Royal School of Needlework based at Hampton Court Palace. Her talk was entitled […]
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Exhibitions, Uncategorized
Summer Exhibition – June 2018
Photos of the hall during our exhibition Members during the exhibition Members individual work A big thank you to everyone who came to our exhibition and made it such a
Exhibitions, Special Occasions, Uncategorized, Young Embroiderers
TOMORROW’S TEXTILE ARTISTS
What wonderful imagination children have! Two years ago, a simple landscape background attached to a free standing frame was made by Maria Fraser for the Avebury Festival to encourage children
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2018 Summer Exhibition of Embroidery and Textile Art
Last weekend we organised a Summer Exhibition of Embroidery and Textile Art at Kennet Valley Hall. When I have sorted all the photos of the event I will post them
Main Meetings, Textile Artists, Uncategorized
Christine Chester – June 2018
Christine Chester’s talk this month was entitled “Afterwards”. Born and brought up in Eastbourne her father was an “in shore” fisherman and so beaches and the sea played a great
Exhibitions, Uncategorized
SSAFA hearts to mark the centenary of Armistice Day 2018
Two members of our Guild, Eileen J and Fiona H have made hearts for SSAFA charity exhibitions around the country to mark the centenary of Armistice Day 2018. The first
Textile Artists, Uncategorized, Workshops
Kathleen Murphy – “Thread Salad” workshop
As I love hand stitching I was particularly looking forward to this workshop with Kathleen. She started by showing us work from four different textile artists who used hand stitching.
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Heather Everitt – May 2018
I was curious about the title of today’s talk “Butterflies and Banners” so it was interesting to hear the story. Born in Derbyshire Heather Everitt spent a lot of her
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GLIMPSES of the MOVIES – overall winner NICOLA VESEY WILLIAMS
Our congratulations to Nikki on this wonderful achievement. At our meeting on Monday she brought along this amazing glass bowl to show everybody. She told me she has already started
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GLIMPSES OF THE MOVIES 2018 OVERALL WINNER – NICOLA VESEY WILLIAMS
Congratulations to Nikki for a well deserved result on her hugely imaginative and creative piece of work. Nikki was judged overall winner by Madeira and Husquvana representatives as well as by Pat Tempest from