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We enjoyed a fun, well led and well organised activity session. Rowan introduced cold water dying and Jayne colour from flowers, the latter held in the foyer as it is a noisy process involving hammers. Both allowed everyone to complete each process and take home finished articles. Pictured below is Rowan’s workshop showing it beingContinue reading “Activity Evening 10th March 2022”

Members were welcomed back with very enjoyable presentations from two of our members Janette and Rowan. What a great start to the New Year, both were interesting and inspiring and we got to see much of their work. A real treat. Janette began by telling us that her major inspiration for her stitching is otherContinue reading “Tale of Two Members 13th January 2025”

What a wonderful festive evening. We enjoyed delicious savoury snack and treats before settling down to a talk from Marion Plumb which introduced us to the history and world of the Geisha which is complex and fascinating. They have been described as living works of art and Marion’s presentation brought that to life, including theContinue reading “Christmas Party with Marion Plumb. 9th December 2024”

We enjoyed a relaxing and productive workshop with Penny of pennyjanedesigns.co.uk. Penny was knowledgeable and really helpful and everyone who attended was able to complete a wet felted piece, to take away and potentially embellish at home. Penny also teaches at The MAC and further information can be found on her website. Blow are aContinue reading “Workshop wet felting 30th November 2024”

We really enjoyed welcoming Debbie back for a visit and for her presentation about turning pictures into textiles. Debbie has always enjoyed sketching and using sketch books and was enthused by a facebook challenge, some time ago, to do a sketch every day in May. She also became involved in a local urban stitching group,Continue reading “Debbie Eyre: from sketch to first stitch. Monday 11th November.”

Tonight we had planned an evening of three activities for all to experience. Sadly one of the planned sessions was cancelled because of the illness of the session leader who we hope can lead a session at a future meeting instead. We went ahead with the two remaining activities Swedish Needle Weaving led by BrendaContinue reading “Carousel of Activities 9th September 2024”

Margaret Richards died recently after a short illness and at home with her family. She had been a long-standing BETA member, joining when we were a branch of the Embroiderer’s Guild. This post hopes to share a little of how much she meant to BETA as a whole and to individual members. We also wantedContinue reading “Margaret Richards”

Our first session of the new BETA year began with a minutes silence, in loving memory of our member Margaret Richards who has recently died. A separate blog about Margaret will be forthcoming, suffice to say for now, that she will be very much missed. She would have loved this evenings presentation it is soContinue reading “Ann Paterson : Ordinary and extra ordinary women’s stories told through textiles. September 9th 2024.”

We held our AGM before the party festivities and said thank you to Anne, who is standing down as chair. She was thanked for her truly impressive contribution to BETA and role in helping us establish the group. Meriel is taking over as chair and Ruth stepping up to be secretary, thanks were given toContinue reading “AGM and Summer Party 8th July 2024”

A very successful day with one of our favourite tutors. Angie explained how to transfer pictures and text onto fabric, including by using Gelli Plates, laser jet printing with transfer inks and iron on transfers. All the participants had a stimulating and enjoyable day experimenting and spending time with each other. See the images belowContinue reading “Image transfer workshop with Angie Hughes 29th June 2024”