Yarndale 2015

(Images are the property of Skipton Branch of The Embroiderers' Guild)


26-27th September 2015

We've had a fabulous Yarndale 2015!  Jane Holmes' Sheep map of Great Britian attracted a great deal of attention and the continuous wall project led by Sue Sissling and Chris Mitchell certainly got people talking.  Lots of praise for our creative stitching!

Saturday was a very busy day but Sunday gave us the opportunity to sit and stitch with our visitors.  Lots of local people were still unaware of our existance - how can that be????!  Our examples of Florentine work and simple stitching techniques revived memories and gave our visitors plenty of ideas to take home.

And finally..... if Chris Mitchell had been on commission for every photograph taken of her knitted lambs she would be a very rich woman!

Thank you to everyone who contributed in any way to the Yarndale exhibition - your support is always very much appreciated.

AGM

21st September 2015

A welcome return to stitching after our summer holidays and a mutitude of family commitments.  Our regular stitch morning was followed by a Jacob's Join lunch before the formal proceedings of the AGM.

Elizabeth Johnston chaired the meeting and read the reports from Jill Maloney (Chair) and Claire Ketteman (Treasurer).  All members of the current committee were re-elected for a further year, Christine Patrick tendered her resignation and Margaret Laycock agreed to join the committee.