Embroiderers’ Guild –
Bolton Branch
Newsletter – December
2015
News and Competitions The
Rose Bowl
competition title is “Under the Sea”, for our Regional Day in April next year,
hope you’re thinking about it!
The Capability Brown Festival is a
celebration of landscape and gardens in stitch. See below for details.
Exhibitions and Events
4-6
February : The Stitching Sewing and Hobbycrafts Show is at Events City,
Manchester M178AS. Adults £8.00, Seniors
£7.00.
Advance Notice
·
A beginners/slight experience embroidery and
contemporary stitch class is starting on October 8th at the Triangle
Centre, Chorley Old Rd. It will be on Thursdays 10-12 noon. More information at
www.facebook.com/pages/Enjoy-Learning-Bolton/141379002171999
or see Glennys Astley.
·
January Meeting’s Speaker is Laura Rosenzweig
– “Woven Fabrics from her Travels” on the 19th
·
Saturday 23rd – Jacob’s Feast. Put
it in your diary!
Capability Brown Festival
A stitched piece in any technique that
reflects the essence of CB ie a landscaped garden. Piece to be portrait
or landscape mounted onto an artist canvas, A 2 3 or 4. in size.
Our venue is Gawthorpe , ready in the summer of 2016. Val is liaison officer.
Chairman Challenge
Based on the travelling books idea, each
branch is allocated 2 facing pages of an A3 pink pig book. One page to record
inspirations, sketches notes postcards etc.Facing page a stitched piece/pieces.
Theme for each branch to reflect their location. It could be done by one and or
many members. Inspiration mounted on paper 1 cm smaller than the A3 page.
Stitched , similar but mounted on fabric or paper. I will attach by double
sided sellotape. The finished
books could be borrowed by any branch for
exhibitions etc. Jackie will coordinate for us.
Ann
needs more handmade birthday cards for sending to members if you have any to
spare please pass them on. Raffle prizes are always welcome. Please see Barbara Ryall if you have
anything. If there are any library books you think would be suitable for us,
please tell Sheelagh Madden. (An ISBN would be helpful)
If
you hear of any interesting exhibitions or events that you think may be of
interest, please let Brenda Brown know and details can go on the newsletter;
brownhovis33@yahoo.co.uk
The
Northwest blog address is http:/www.info@nwregionembroiderers.org
Apologies, still having problems with windows 10 and written this Blog a different way , so forgot the newsletter. Have a lovely Christmas and I will see you all in February. Val
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