Scotland Region of the Embroiderers' Guild

About the Region

The Region covers all of Scotland, including the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.
We have eight Young Embroiderers groups.

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

LOCAL FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

STRATHENDRICK BRANCH
17th March - 13th April
An exhibition of members' work at Drymen Library, The Square, Drymen,
Stirlingshire. Doors open Monday and Friday 9:30am - 1:00pm, 2:00pm -
5:00pm, Tuesday and Thursday 9:30am - 1:00pm, 2:00pm - 7:00pm.
Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm (closed Wednesday and Sunday).
Admission free.

STRATHENDRICK BRANCH OPEN DAY 16th April
The venue is Killearn New Church Halls, Killearn, Stirlingshire.
Doors open 10:00am - 3:00pm. Displays, demonstrations, and sales
tables. Refreshments will be available.

EDINBURGH BRANCH
Exhibition "Stitched in Edinburgh" 3rd April - 16th April
Gallery 1, Arts Complex, St. Margaret's House, 151 London Road,
Edinburgh EH8 7TG. (Next to Meadowbank House).
Opening times Mon -Sat 10:00 am - 4:00pm late opening Thursdays till
7pm. Sundays 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
More info 0131 447 8467 or e-mail EdinburghEG@hotmail.co.uk

PERTH BRANCH
25th - 29th May.
"The Magic of Stitch" - an exhibition by members as part of the Perth
Festival of the Arts. The venue is North Church, Mill Street, Perth.
Doors open 10:00am - 4:00pm.
For further details contact 01738 631552.

REGIONAL DAY 2010

The Regional Day 2010 is being held in Dumfries, Crichton campus, on Saturday 24th April.
The speakers will be Ninya Mikhaila & Jane Malcolm-Davis giving a talk on "Dressing the Tudors" in the afternoon.
After coffee when you arrive, there will be a number of things to do
Members' Competition "A Magical Moment". All members have the chance to vote on their favourite.
Young Embroiderers - also "A Magical Moment"
Theatre Royal Guild of Players - exhibition of costumes and accessories from the wardrobe.
Scottish rainbow on show for the first time the Rainbow Squares from all Scottish branches
Branches Exhibition - work from all Scottish branches
ATC Swap
Raffle
"Sideshows" - instead of a branch sales table
Traders will be available until the end of lunchtime.
Only EG members who reside in Scotland are eligible to come.

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

Regional Summer School

Open to all members of Scottish Branches.
Information will be available from Branch Secretaries early in 2010 and they will have the Application Forms and the accompanying information about the classes.
It is being held in Stirling University Campus.
Please note that applications are restricted to members of Scottish branches of the Guild or Guild members who are resident in the Scottish Region. If non-branch Guild members require an Application Form, please contact the Regional IT rep (Margaret Dalling) through the Guild and I will forward your request to the appropriate person. Applications cannot be accepted before 1st March, 2010.

The summer school dates are
WEDNESDAY 25TH AUGUST TO SUNDAY 29TH AUGUST

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

STIRLING SUMMER SCHOOL 2010

Restricted to Scottish EG branch members or EG members residing in Scotland.
4-day course Wed 25th - Sun 29th August
Marie Roper - FROM PIXELS TO TEXTILES
We will investigate the possibilities of digital design using the software package COREL PAINT SHOP PRO. A 30-day free trial version may be downloaded for the course. You must have competent computer skills to enrol for this course since there is no technical support available. You must bring your own PAT-tested laptop.
The aim will be to create a design for a piece of textile work. Using individual personal sources the students will experiment with a variety of techniques and functions available in the chosen software. There will also be the possibility of some blockprinting and other art techniques used to explore the inspiration during the course.
By scanning and using digital photography, we will create new imagery which can be used as a source for patterns, printed fabric or transferred to fabric. There will also be an opportunity to experiment with other stitchable surfaces for printing and stitching, eg tissue paper.
Marie Roper studied at Stafford college of Art and currently teaches City and Guilds courses in Patchwork and Quilting, Embroidery and Creative Computing. She creates digital images using her artwork, drawings and textiles to produce complex images. She exhibits with group SiX http://www.sixart.co.ok/marie_Roper.htm

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

STIRLING SOMMER SCHOOL 2010

Restricted to Scottish EG branch members or EG members residing in Scotland.
4-day course Wednesday 25th - Sunday 29th August
Katie Pirson - WHITEWORK
We will explore a variety of whitework techniques including net darning, cutwork, pulled thread work, and raised and flat decorative stitches on the ground linen. A 3-D shape, worked off the main fabric will be wired and applied to the main design. The design will feature various layers giving depth to the piece. (See "STITCH" magazine issue 59 June/July 2009.)
Katie Pirson originally trained in costume design at the London School of Fashion and then studied hand embroidery at the RSN. She now works freelance, teaching private classes and guilds. She also teaches on the certificated corse and the weekend classes at the RSN.

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

STIRLING SUMMER SCHOOL 2010

Restricted to EG Scottish branch members and EG members residing in Scotland
2-day course Wed 25th - Friday 27th August
Dorothy Tucker KANTHA
Kantha is a Bangladeshi word for cloth and is also the name given to a form of hand-stitching used to make quilts. By folding and stitching together layers of washed and worn fabric, we will make a cloth which is lovely to handle. As we work with the simplest of stitches to outline shapes and fill spaces, we will become intrigued by the subtle changes which begin to take place in the soft surfaces of the cloth, then we will be drawn into stitching a design in which the meaning and textile qualities evolve as we work.
Kantha can be addictive and soothing. Once started you may choose to stitch on and on!
Dorothy Tucker is Education Officer for the Embroiderers' Guild, editing "Textile Ideas" for Young Embroiderers. She is also a freelance embroiderer and tutor, and the author of several books. She is a member of the Textile Study Group, the Society of Designer Craftsmen, the Museums Association and the Group for Education in Museums.

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

STIRLING SUMMER SCHOOL 2010

Restricted to Scottish branch EG members and EG members residing in Scotland.
2-day course Friday 27th - Sunday 29th August
Dorothy Tucker - KANTHA
This course is a repeat of the Wednesday to Friday cours, but you may sign up for the 4 days to develop your work further.

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

STIRLING SUMMER SCHOOL 2010

Restricted to Scottish branch EG members or EG members residing in Scotland.
2-day course Wed 25th to Friday 27th and repeated on Friday 27th - Sunday 29th August.
Gwen Hedley - ALONG NEW LINES
This workshop explores aspects of line in unusual ways. With a variety of art techniques, we will build exciting and stimulating little workbooks with surprises and unexpected elements inside, and ideas for further development, and we will begin to stitch interpretations. The course is suitable for beginners as well as the more experienced, but a sense of adventure is vital!!
Gwe Hedley is a freelance textile artist and tutor. She exhibits with the Practical Study Group and has published a book "Surfaces for Stitch" aswell as writing articles for several publications and Workshop on the Web. See http://workshopontheweb.com/july2001/gwen.pdf

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

STIRLING SUMMER SCHOOL 2010

Restricted to EG members of Scottish branches and EG members residing in Scotland.
2-day course Wednesday 25th - Friday 27th and repeated on Friday 27th - Sunday 29th August
Louise Baldwin - MOODY LINES
In this workshop you will develop an understanding of how to create a mood or atmosphere through the use of fabric, thread and mixed media. Students will be asked to use mark-making and colour to create a particular mood or feel. They will then go on to to develop these "drawings" into experimantal free-form lines or cords that explore fabric, colour and texture, producing a collection of related cords that could be manipulated into further into relief fabrics, 3-D forms or as embellishment for further projects. Capturing the mood - collage and mixed media experiments on paper. Constructing the mood - experimental explorations using basic cording techniques with mixed media, machine and hand stitch with fabric and mixed media.

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

STIRLING SUMMER SCHOOL 2010

Restricted to EG members of Scottsih branches or EG members residing in Scotland.
2-day course Wednesday 25th - Friday 27th August
Alison Holt - SEASCAPES - A PORTFOLIO OF TECHNIQUES
Produce a portfolio of samples of silk painting and free machine embroidery techniques. On a theme of seascapes, the course will cover techniques for painting skies, distant hills and mountains and free machine embroidery techniques for water, waves, pebbles, rocks etc thus giving a good grounding in the interpretation of seascapes in paint and stitch.
A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MACHINE EMBROIDERY IS NEEDED

For further information contact Margaret Dalling

STIRLING SUMMER SCHOOL 2010

Restricted to EG members of Scottish branches or EG members residing in Scotland.
2-day course Friday 27th - Sunday 29th August
Alison Holt - SEASCAPES: AN EMBROIDERED PICTURE
This course includes the design and execution of an embroidered picture of a seascape. Working on silk, we will create then outline a design with resist, paint a background and then apply a range of free machine embroidery techniques to complete the picture. Students will work from photographs and then we will explore paints and embroidery techniques discovering ways to create simple skies, with the main emphasis on water, the movement of waves, pebbles, rocks etc.
This course follows on from the Wednesday to Friday course but may be taken on its own if you are fairly experienced in machine embroidery techniques.
Alison studied Fine Art Textiles and Embroidery at Goldsmiths College London where she developed an interst in colouring fabric and free machine embroidery. After teaching at Wrexham College of Art for 3 years she opened her own studio near Chester. Exploring her love of gardens and the countryside, she works to commission and exhibits in Britain and the USA. Her books include "Plants and Flowers in Machine Embroidery", "A Beginner's Guide to machine Embroidered Flowers". See her website www.alisonholt.com

For further information contact Margaret Dalling