The Big Day!!!!!!!!!!!
North West Regional day April 27th 2014
A year of preparation and many meetings, visits and much planning came to fruition at the Norton Grange hotel.
We were pleased to greet fellow members of the guild from our branch and other branches in the North West.
After morning coffee and the business of the day including Roll call ( special mention of the journey undertaken by two members from the Isle of Man) the first speaker, Gillian Lonergan from the Co-operative trust imparted her knowledge about the banners made for the Co-op guilds.
We learned so much from Gillian whose in depth knowledge is impressive and it was particularly good for her when one of our visitors pointed out that her mother had been involved in the stitching of one of the banners.
A delicious buffet lunch, a visit the traders, examine the wonderful entries in the Embroidery competitions and buy raffle tickets were all accomplished over the two hour break and then it was time for Anne Brooke an up and very coming textile artist from Brighouse, who crossed the border and came to talk to us about her personal journey in textiles.
She is an accomplished artist and a really entertaining speaker.
You can see some examples of Anne's very unusual work her and also she is presenting an award to a young embroiderer.
Barbara Jepson did a workshop with the young Embroiderers.They produced some wonderful felted pictures as you can see
It was a pleasure to see how everything came to gather on the day and we received many cards, emails and good wishes on the success of the day.
I am very proud of the committee who worked so hard to organise the day and all the branch members for their wonderful support
