Sir George Young Bt MP opened the exhibition and was very impressed with the variety of work on display. Our other guests included Jan Lovell, Test Valley Mayor, Terry Murphy, CEO Embroiderers' Guild and Anne Walden-Mills, Chairman of South East West Region Embroiderers' Guild.
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Eleanor Jakeman (Branch Chairman), Sir George Young, Jan Lovell and Anne Walden-Mills |
Most of our members were able to come to the opening and it was great to see such a wide range of different techniques on display, from the traditional forms of embroidery to some very modern aspects of textile art.
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Eleanor Jakeman and Terry Murphy |
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Examples of work created in our workshops |
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WW1 inspired embroidered postcards |
As
well as monthly meetings, the branch holds five day workshops a year
and examples of what we have done are on display. Tutors have included
Margaret Beal, Maggie Grey, Ruth Smith, Carolyn Sinclair, Wendy
Dolan, Lisa Bilby and Annette Bolton.
We hope you can visit our exhibition and think about joining us. Experience is not necessary but enthusiasm is! If you can't make it to the exhibition, visit our Gallery page and see more of our work.
We hope you can visit our exhibition and think about joining us. Experience is not necessary but enthusiasm is! If you can't make it to the exhibition, visit our Gallery page and see more of our work.