Calm During the Storm

This touring exhibition is now showing at Ashton-under-Lyne Central Gallery until 1 July 2017.  The theme of the exhibition is wartime and embroidery and it illustrates the role of needlework as a calming influence in troubled times.

The exhibition covers both World Wars with small embroideries from the Guild's collection such as postcards stitched with silk, and handkerchiefs as well as pincushions worked by disabled servicemen.  

The Gallery is open from 10am -12 noon and 1pm - 4pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and 10am -1pm on Saturday.

Representatives of Glossop branch will be at the Gallery this Saturday, 29 April, running several stitching activities, and would love to see you there.

April meeting - Sreepur Village

Ruby Porter - a member of Merseyside EG branch - returned to Glossop to let us know about the progress being made at Sreepur village in Bangladesh.  Ruby's first visit to Sreepur was in 1990, she has since become a Trustee, and she has now made an astonishing 47 trips.

The village provides a safe haven for destitute women and their children, and Ruby's work focuses on a range of embroidery and textile projects.  She brought along some of the women's work for us to admire:-

Here are some close-up views of the beautiful stitching:-

Ruby also brought along an excellent selection of hand-worked cards, ecologically dyed and hand woven scarves and other hand-made items.  We feel very privileged to have learned about the work undertaken at Sreepur and thank Ruby very much for her visit today.

North West Regional Day

The annual North West Regional Day took place last Saturday, 22 April, at the University of Cumbria and was hosted by Lancaster Branch.  On a beautifully sunny morning a group of Glossop members set out to enjoy themselves:

Lancaster and North Lonsdale branches mounted admirable displays of their work from workshops, technique sessions and various challenges.

We admired some beautiful stitching based on illuminated letters,













and there was an impressive display of hand-made books:

We took a break for lunch, and even had this fabulous view to enjoy:

The afternoon speaker was Nicola Jarvis, who is teaching at this year's summer school. Take a look at the work on her website: http://nicolajarvisstudio.co.uk/nicolas-story/

We all had a very enjoyable and memorable day and are already looking forward to next year's Regional Day!

2017 AGM

The Guild's Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 1 April at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh.  Glossop branch was well represented and all those who attended greatly enjoyed the meeting and events.  There were two speakers:-
(1)  Ylva Dhansjo, Head of Collections Conservation Services, National Trust for Scotland, and
(2)  Jean Draper, a well known textile artist and member of both The 62 Group and the Textile Study Group

If you scroll down on your computer screen and look in the right-hand column, there is a list of groups and textile artists listed under the heading 'Textile Arts'.  Just clicking on any of these names will take you straight to their web page.  If you would like any other textile artist or group to be added, just speak with Judi Brown.

Here are some of the textile works which were on display at the meeting:

 

 

This last piece was designed and stitched by Glossop's Secretary - Liz Smith.