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NEW YEAR - NEW VENUE Please note that from January 2009, talks and day classes are to be held at our new venue, All Hallows Church Hall, Mossley Hill, Liverpool18 L18 6JJ
Lectures are given by guest speakers sharing their ideas and enthusiasms. Day courses are practical, covering a variety of techniques. A week-end course is held annually to explore a technique in depth. Coach outings are arranged to places of interest.
The Tapestry meetings are to remain at the Unitarian Church, Ullet Road, Liverpool L17 2AA on the second Saturday of each month. Please support this by volunteering to help, either on the catering side, or with advice and support for the stitchers. This is much needed as we are very busy on the day. We also need members to stitch the central panel, so please let us know which Liverpool Icon you wish to adopt.
All meetings are from 9.30 until 3.00 The first meeting was held on the 10th January, the second to be held on the 14th February and the third will be on the 14th March. Later dates to be confirmed.
A Tapestry has been commissioned by `Home Bargains`:-`Liverpool 2008`
Once a month stitchers meet at the Unitarian church hall Ullet Road. Work is done on canvas with Appleton wools, using any technique appropriate to canvas. Members of Merseyside Embroiderers Guild provide drinks, encouragement and technical advice.
Judging by the pieces already completed, the standard of workmanship is high.
Elsie Watkins, a guild member and former lecturer in Art and Design has produced an overall design, stitchers have chosen their own images of Liverpool to be inserted in appropriate spaces.
There are religious emblems, sea and ships, Iron men ,a mechanical spider and quite a few Lambananas!
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Members compete annually in Traditional and Theme based events. Work is also submitted for two Regional competitions.
Lectures and Workshops cover traditional, modern and ethnic fields. The branch also supports a Young Embroiderers group
Links with the Liverpool Women`s Hospital have enabled members to produce work which patients, staff and visitors enjoy, supporting the theme of Arts enhancing Health.
A group of stitchers designed and embroidered three panels representing `The River of Life` , each about six feet high. Norma Heron was inspiration and guide.
The finished pieces are installed on three landings of a staircase in the hospital. The panel on the right is on the ground floor and is called `THE ESTUARY`
Merseyside Branch embroideries have been seen at Styal Mill, the Williamson Art Gallery, Martinmere, Liverpool Town Hall, Liverpool Women`s Hospital, the School of Architecture , Poulton Hall and Speke Hall .
2003 was the 50th anniversary of the branch, marked by an exhibition at the Madeira show.
In 2005, members visited Ness Gardens, Calderstones Park and Poulton Lancelyn Gardens. From photos, notes and drawings made at these sites and in our own gardens , an exhibition of Merseyside Gardens was shown at Voirrey Embroidery Centre, Brimstage, Liverpool Town Hall and at St Georges Hall in the August and finally at the Coach-House Calderstones Park in September.
May/June 2006 the Northwest Regional Branches including Merseyside Branch,are exhibiting work at Little Morton Hall in Cheshire.
Success For Sreepur
Ruby Porter and friends have raised an amazing £4,000 for the Sreepur Orphan's Village and Women's Refuge in Bangladesh. The money came from the proceeds of an exhibition of the Sreepur women and children's needleworkat the Town Hall in August. It was staffed by Ruby, a member and former Chair of this branch and her friends, also members of our branch. The sum raised is a fantastic achievement and is going to a very worthy cause. We congratulate everyone involved and all those members who helped or visited the exhibition.
Ruby has raffle tickets for sale at £1 each the draw is in December and the prize is a hand made Kantha quilt. We hope Ruby will be at our teaparty at the Unitarian Church in Ullet Road on 6 September 2008. Where all are welcome to come to meet members of our Guild.
The Christmas Party 2007 was a great success, with a fire burning in the grate of this beautiful Art Nouveau Church Hall. We were celebrating the Guild's centenary and as you can see the raffle table held a good selection of bottles. Dora was there much to everybody's pleasure.
Stalls at the September teaparty which is a new advent in our calendar but which has proved very populs
