24th Nov 2016: 25th Anniversary Celebration to Chatsworth
In recognition of Chelford Guild's 25th Anniversary, 40 members joined the trip to Chatsworth, not just for the Christmas markets & tour of the house & its famed festive light display, but a lovely celebratory lunch. The house provided inspiration for next years Capability Brown exhibition but funniest of all was the fact we went all that way & most of us bought ribbon! You can't take ribbon out of a stitcher. Happy Birthday to us & to the next 25 years.

17th Nov: Alysn Midgelow- Marsden: Workshop
Our day workshop comprised creating embellished surfaces leading to the creation of 'petals' to make 'baubles' or similar. There is a bit more to the process than you might think, but delighted to report some of us have actually finished a piece of work &/or took the opportunity to use up 'those bits in the bottom drawer' to create the petals.

16 Nov 2016: Alysn Midgelow- Marsden: Talk & Workshop
Re-known textile artist Alysn joined us whilst on her annual return back to the UK from her new home in New Zealand.She enlightened us on her new native environment and some of the sculptural work she has been working on- the positives and drawbacks, together with showing us exhibits of her most recognised work.

19th October 2016- Jane McKeating- Assoc Head of Design Manchester School of Art
Another full house to welcome Jane McKeating who has taught at Manchester for 27 years running 8 design courses and educating thousands of students in her role. Having studied at Goldsmiths in London, her passion is sketch ' people within a setting' ( generally just everyday life) and then translating this in to workbooks, and sketchbooks with stitch by way of layering. She also likes to use repeat and sequence and building up the layers with organza and fraying.
We came away feeling very inspired if not inadequate, trying to keep up with Jane's experiences and how these worked through in to art. Loved it!

21st September 2016- Bee Weir- Weaving
Bee from Frodsham in Cheshire rescued our evening by stepping in at the last minute- we are very grateful. Little did we know, we would end up being models ourselves to display the lovely garments Bee develops, and what a great way to see the colours and textures used. Bee talked about her passion for wool ( she also creates with glass too) and the freestyle & mindful weaving she employs.She uses the weft & the warp to experiment with different textures and she showed work on the tri-looms and a few members tried and purchased some of her smaller looms.
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