Our September speaker was Jennifer Hughes and her talk was entitled “Culture at their fingertips – the Hill Tribe People of Thailand”. Jennifer trained as a Geography teacher, has an […]
Last year at a Guild meeting, Lindsay Sherwood came up with a great idea for showing the talents of members at the West Country Quilt and Textile Show held at
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
