March evening meeting – Gemma Gilbert

March evening meeting – Gemma Gilbert

Gemma Gilbert visited us in March and showed us her passion, Macrame. She had many examples of her work on display, happily answered questions on her journey in the art, and demonstrated some some knots and tools of her trade.
January Meeting – Quilter’s Guild Handbag Collection

January Meeting – Quilter’s Guild Handbag Collection

It is always interesting to see a part of the collection of the Quilter’s Guild and this was no exception. Miniature quilts of various designs were available to view. Seeing the clever composition and handiwork of the makers, in some cases using tiny pieces of...

December meeting – baubles!

Two of our talented members taught us how to make very pretty baubles using a polystyrene ball, scraps of fabric, ribbon and pins. We had a great time with warm drinks and Christmas nibbles and all had something lovely to take home and hang on our trees.
October meeting

October meeting

In October we were visited by textile artist Mary Mcintosh who told us about the ancient Korean art of Pojagi patchwork. Mary described the process in which seams are completely enclosed and the work can be viewed from either side. She showed us some of her beautiful...

August Meeting – Christmas!

Christmas came early at our August meeting! In an inspirational show and tell, members brought in some of their Christmas makes so that others could gather ideas and start sewing in time for the coming festive season. The variety of work and different ideas was...