Embroiderers’ Guild – Bolton Branch October 2017
Competitions
Our branch
Christmas
competition this year is “A Christmas
Gift Bag” decorated in a technique of your
choice. The Members’
challenge for 2017/18 is “Underfoot”.
The closing date for entries is 28 February
2018 and details are on the noticeboard. They are also on the EG
website, but you need to log into the
members’ section. The Rose
Bowl competition, to be judged at the regional day in April 2018, is on the
theme of “Our Glorious North West”. Our branch has done well in regional
competitions in past years so
hopefully we will
have some good entries next time.
News
Our next workshop is on 18 November with Nikki
Parmenter. There are still some places, please give your name and payment of
£20 to Clare if you wish to come. Our
next Stitch Day is at Bank Top this
Saturday, 21 October,
doors open at 10am.
The NW Regional AGM is also this Saturday
on 21 October at Garstang Country Hotel & Golf Club.
Details of the
regional Summer school are on the
notice board. The two tutors are Julia
Triston who
came to our regional
day at Haigh Hall and Valerie Wartelle who came to our June meeting.
Introduce a Friend. Extra copies of our programme are
available for you to take and give to any friends
who might like to join us. There are also posters, please take one if you
know a shop, etc that could display one.
Exhibitions/Events
The Harrogate Knitting and Stitching Show
takes place from 23 – 26 November.
Reduced tickets at £11 are again available for group purchases of 10
tickets or more. As last year members of
the group do not need to travel together.
Tyrer’s are running a coach trip to Harrogate on Sat, 25 November. Cost £16.50.
Names to Sheelagh this evening.
Manchester EG are having an exhibition at the Parsonage,
Didsbury M20 2RQ under the title
“Reuse, Recycle, Reclaim” until 22 October. Open daily.
There are two
exhibitions in the area with an Indian theme:
Kantab – Quilting Stories from India at the Manchester Craft and Design
Centre, Oak St, M4 5JD to 12
November; and a display of Indian Kantha
Textiles at the Arc Centre, Reddish SK5 7BR to 17 November.
“Shaped by Time”, Textile 21 group are exhibiting at
Ordsall Hall from 1 Oct – 4 Feb 2018.
The Silk Museum at Macclesfield have an
exhibition by Threadmill who are exhibiting work inspired by items in the
museum’s collection to create a journey through the countries of the Silk Rd. Until 10 Nov.
The Northwest blog address is
www.info@nwregionembroiderers.org
Our blog: begstitchers.blogspot.com
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publicise the Guild and our activities.
