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10 May 2025 On Saturday we learnt many ways of transferring images to paper and fabric with Chris Marchant. This included the different results of an inkjet or toner printed image, using 100% acetone or acrylic paint or medium, transferring onto tissue, cartridge, art papers and fabric. Also making prints onto freezer paper (the gloss…

12 April 2025 A Design and Colour Workshop with Vicki Worth What a fun morning we had at this meeting. Member-led workshops are always entertaining and with often surprising outcomes! We were asked simply to bring an A4 picture of a landscape and coloured pencils (took some finding, lurking in the back of a cupboard…

8 March 2025 Enormous thanks to Yvonne M and Buffy who provided a brilliant day of wet felting for almost 30 people. It was a great introduction for those who had not tried it before and a brilliant reminder to those who had previously dabbled, to get their wool tops back out. Our show and…

8 February 2025 Our February meeting was filled with excitement and we all had a most enjoyable day. We started with a talk by renowned textile artist Claire Benn who told us about her life, starting as a traditional quilter and moving to dying fabrics using acrylic paint with natural dyes and then soya milk…

11 January 2025 A wonderful turn out of over 30 members for our first meeting of 2025. Sharon and Deborah led a session on printing on paper and fabric with Gelli plates. Some of us had tried this before; many of us had brand new Gelli plates languishing in cupboards that we were keen to…

4-8 November 2024 As a new group who were only formed 23 months ago, we seem to have packed a lot in our time together. We’ve enjoyed workshops, visiting speakers, trips, sewing sessions, challenges, exhibitions and so much more. Many of our members have exhibited their work in a variety of venues and shows, and…

9 November 2024 We were treated to a veritable cornucopia of ideas and inspiration by Sue N-M, who brought in an astonishing amount of her own work as well as some beautiful pieces of stitching and beadwork collected from charity shops, including an exquisite Indian embroidered dress.  She explained the many techniques she had used…

12 October 2024 Janine Pound led us on a fun day of dyeing in plastic bags. She had kindly pre-prepared the soda ash and salt solutions required to mix with the Procion MX dyes, as well as pre-mixing a variety of dye colours. So we just had to arrive with pre-washed fabrics and play! Some…

5th October 2024

14 September 2024 When we welcomed Anne Kelly to our meeting on 14 September, I don’t think any of us were prepared for her prolific output! Where does Anne Kelly get her energy? She finds time not only for her distinctive stitched work, but she also writes books, gives talks, runs workshops and exhibits her work…