Embroiderers’ Guild –
Bolton Branch June 2017
News
and Reminders
Saturday Stitch/Play day this Saturday 24th
at Bank Top United Reform Church.
Our next meeting will be our EGM and summer
meal at Ridgemont on July 18th.
If you wish to go, the cost is £25; payment and menu choice to Clare
please. There is no meeting in August.
Our new programme will start on September 19th
with our AGM and Molly’s Cup Competition. The title this year is “Feather Stitch and
French Knots” - a piece of work using mainly these stitches.
We had a good response to our display of work
at the recent Bolton Quilters Exhibition: lots of admiration and interest from
visitors so hopefully we will have encouraged some of them to become EG members. Congratulations to Jackie who won the
visitors’ choice award with her “Circles” quilt.
Legacy
Award
The NW Region has been left a legacy to
provide a monetary award each year for 10 years to a member in the region who
has been active in teaching members and/or YE groups. Each branch is invited to
nominate a member; their names together with supporting evidence/ details will
be forwarded to NW region to decide and a presentation is planned for the AGM
in October. We have distributed ballot
papers this evening for you to choose the nominee from Bolton. Please complete
before you leave.
There are several interesting exhibitions in the region over the next
few months. Please see the noticeboard.
Some highlights are:
Nikki
Parmenter who
came to our meeting in March has an exhibition at the Silk Museum, Macclesfield
to celebrate UK/India year of culture.
Her silk peacock will be on display, she brought some of the feathers
she had made for it to show us when she visited. 17th June – 8th September. She will be holding a workshop for us next
year.
Gawthorpe’s Great Lady
exhibition celebrates the life and work of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth. It includes photos and personal objects
rarely on display. Until 5th November.
The Capability Brown Festival continues at Tatton Park till 30th July, work by
Cheshire and Manchester EG members inspired by the landscapes and gardens of
Tatton. Further details: www.events.tattonpark.org.uk. More CB Festival work from the northern
regions at Farfield Mill, Sedburgh
until 30 July under the banner “Capability and Creativity”.
Ten
Plus Textiles
have exhibitions of contemporary art textiles at Salford Art Gallery, Peel
Park, Salford M5 4WH until 5th Sept.
Open Tues to Fri and Sat & Sun afternoons. Free admission. Also at Didsbury Parsonage, Didsbury M20 2RQ.
8 -30 July. Open daily.
Ann needs handmade cards for sending to
members. Any you make and can donate, please pass them on.
Raffle prizes are always welcome. Please see Judith. Items for the sales table to Janet.
If there are any library books you think
would be suitable for us, please tell Jenny. (An ISBN would be helpful)
If you hear of any exhibitions or events that
you think may be of interest to us, please let Sheelagh know and details can go
on the newsletter or noticeboard. smtmadden@talktalk.net
The Northwest blog address is
www.info@nwregionembroiderers.org
Our blog: begstitchers.blogspot.com
We now have Facebook pages for Bolton and NW Region. Please ‘like us’ to help
publicise the Guild and our activities.
Guild website: www.embroiderersguild.com
