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. […]
On Monday we had an “in house” printing workshop led by Ann Smith. Ann started the day with a demonstration of preparing acetate sheets and gelli plates with acrylic
A group of MDEG members recently spent a most enjoyable two days taking part in Alexandra’s workshop. She introduced the workshop by showing us some of her own stunning bags
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
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
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
Vivien Prideaux’s workshop this month was entitled “Japanese Stencilling”. The group was first shown a vat of indigo dye and Vivien explained it was a mixture of henna, lime and
On 23 January I attended the Marlborough Embroiders Guild workshop on how to make a summer garden lampshade with our tutor Nikki Vesey-Williams. Nikki was demonstrating the technique first created
Juliette Orton’s day school on Monday was a resounding success: we all benefitted from her inspirational packs and flexible approach to complete a number of pieces (refreshingly unusual to be
Mandy Nash started her workshop by explaining the fibres and fabrics that can be used with nuno felting and how different types of wools give different effects. Mandy then went
