Meike Laurenson – October 2017
Meike Laurenson was born in Germany and had a Danish father who died before she was born. She had a challenging upbringing, came to lived in England at 18 and […]
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Indigo workshop – Vivienne Prideaux – September 2017
Vivienne Prideaux organised an indigo dyeing workshop earlier this year and kindly agreed to return to help us again. We now have our own indigo vat which Ann S is
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National Stitch Day – 2017
The following members of Marlborough and District Embroiderers’ Guild Branch met up in Calne Library to celebrate National Stitch Day. Linda Wells, Lindsay Sherwood, Diana King, Ann Kingdon and Chris
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Amanda Clayton workshop – September 2017
A Little Book of Leaves Photos taken by Vernice. Thank you, Vernice. Ros
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Amanda Clayton – September 2017
Mandy started her talk by explaining that she came from a large family and her Aunt Kate taught her to crochet. At secondary school her needlework teacher set high standards
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Royal School of Needlework – visit to Hampton Court Palace – August 2017
On Tuesday we spent a truly memorable day visiting the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace. I was not surprised to learn cameras were not allowed so I
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Emily Jo Gibbs – workshop, June 2017
Illustrative pictures using silk organza and hand stitch It took me about 18 months to decide to join the Embroiderers Guild, because I was intimidated by the amazing work I saw
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Zoe Hillyard – July 2017
It’s not very often that a speaker starts her talk by explaining that one of the main tools of her craft is a hammer. This month Zoe Hillyard introduced us
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Nicola Jarvis – June 2017
Nicola Jarvis’ talk was entitled “May Morris, her father’s daughter”. I think I can safely say that William Morris was well known to everybody in the room but I do
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Dorset Button workshop – May 2017
The day after Anna McDowell’s interesting talk about the history of Dorset buttons she kindly taught a group of Guild members the various techniques to enable us to create our