Embroiderers' Guild - the UK's leading crafts association
sharing opportunities for discovery and creativity
Apt 41 Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU
T: 020 8943 1229 - F: 020 8977 9882 - E: administrator@embroiderersguild.com
Embroiderers' Guild - the UK's leading crafts association
sharing opportunities for discovery and creativity
Apt 41 Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU
T: 020 8943 1229 - F: 020 8977 9882 - E: administrator@embroiderersguild.com
For general information about regional matters and any events without a special contact, you can get in touch with:
val coleshaw
List of Branches in the North West region
The North West Region covers an area from Carlisle in the North to South Cheshire at it's most Southerly. Our Region includes Rochdale to the East and the Isle of Man to the West.
We currently have 25 active and enthusiastic Branches. The Region is divided into three Areas. Dividing the Region in this way, will, with the help of Area Representatives, enable more inter Branch activities such as workshops and high profile lectures.
Young Embroiderers are well represented in our region.
Provisional venue and date 16th October 2010.
Lancashire County Hall, Fishergate, Preston,PR1 8XJ.
Further details to follow
For further information contact Ann Christy
Experience a pictorial collage
2 day workshop with Liliane Taylor
Following a career in fashion design, Liliane gained a 1st Class Hons. Degree at
MMU. Since then she has worked teaching, leading workshops and selling her
work at Exhibitions and Galleries. She has exhibited in the recent past with Alice
Kettle and and Janet Bolton.
? Lilianes?s designs are contemporary, expressive and often witty. She uses natural
fabrics and threads, dyeing them herself to produce original and exciting work.
She also uses lots of vintage fabrics, recycled materials, lace & embroidery to
enhance her work, producing a broad selection of thoughtful contemporary pieces.
? Her website is: www.lilianetaylor.com
Clare Hanham-Hensy teaches
?A modern 3-Dimensional
twist on Crewelwork? ? 2 daysClare graduated from the Royal School of Needlework following her three year
apprenticeship, in 2000. Clare is the author of A Beginner?s Guide to Silk Shading.
? Clare teaches embroidery classes and gives talks to groups and societies about
her experiences at the RSN and her life as a professional embroiderer. She works
on private commissions, and writes for stitching magazines. She also designs
embroidery kits and exhibits and demonstrates at Stitching Exhibitions.
? Her website is: www.vine-embroidery.co.uk
Frances Pickering
conducts her 3 day
?Books to Cherish
workshop?
Making books and teaching people how to make them has become the main focus
of her work. In 2009 Frances published ?Page after Page?, which sets out in
depth what inspires her to make stitched and illustrated books.
? Frances works to commission and also exhibits regularly.
? Frances has taught City & Guilds Embroidery, Parts 1 &2 Machine Embroidery
and Stitched Textiles Masterclasses in Colleges for many years. She also been
teaching Workshops in Australia earlier this year.
? Her website is: www.stitchhost.co.uk/frannyp/
For further information contact s shaw
NW Day at Manchester was a huge success. We are all looking forward to the next, hosted Jointly by Lytham St Annes and Blackpool.
There are 10 flourishing YE groups in the North West. They are run by enthusiastic, dedicated volunteers who brim over with exciting ideas. The youngsters are 80% girls, 20% boys aged 5-17years. Aged 5-8 they need an adult in attendance at all meetings. The YE learn, as you would expect a wide range of stitches. But modern embroidery is no longer restricted to stitching onto cloth. They are taught printing, beading, patchwork, collage, weaving, felt making etc., In fact todays world of embroidery encompasses all stitch and material techniques. A truly wonderful craft to explore and enjoy. As well as the opportunity to show their completed work in the local branch's exhibitions, there is always the possibility of entering their pieces into Regional and National competitions. There are Regional workshops organised once or twice a year when the YE can meet up with others from the Region and experience working under a tutor who is not their own Group leader.
All of the young people just come along to the meetings for fun, often with a friend or sibling, but many of them stay for years and become so enthusiastic and expert that they choose Textiles as their GCSE option and then advance to A level. A very few go on to Manchester Metropolitan University or similar to do their degree.
For the annual membership fee of £7 the Young Embroiderer receives three copies of Textile Ideas. This full colour magazine is filled with practical projects, write-ups and photos of past events done by the NW and other regions and information about exhibitions where more exciting, innovative work can be seen.
For further information contact susie abbott
If you wish to be kept up-to-date with Regional Information please email the contact below to leave your details.
For further information contact val coleshaw
If there are any queries that we can help you with please do not hesitate to ask. We will do our best to answer your questions. If we can't answer them then, hopefully, we can point you in direction of someone who can.
For further information contact Val Coleshaw
The Username and Password for the Members Area on National Embroiderers' Guild Website can be found on the back of your 2009/2010 Embroiderers Guild Membership Card
Macclesfield branch announces an exhibition in the Park Lane gallery of hangings from the Embroiderers' Guild (Sept 11th to October 12th)This is a preview, prior to their appearance at York. It is titled "Freedom to Stitch - the emergence of the embroiderer as an artist" and will be open from Monday to Saturday between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Secondly, Sue Rangeley, an EG member but also from the Royal School of Needlework, is giving a talk on "Floral Embellishments" at The Heritage Centre on September 27th, starting at 7 p.m. and costing £2. She is running a workshop the following day (September 28th). The theme of both the talk and the workshop will be linked to Sue's new book "Embroidered Originals". The workshop costs £15 and runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.