Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild
So today I attended my second meeting of the Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild of Coventry. I took along some wool to crochet because there's no way I could take my loom in with me.
There were about 20 people there, of all ages, but as you can expect more of the older generation rather than young people. The great thing about the Guild is that I could pick the brains of some of the weavers because I was having trouble with understanding some of the patterns from my book.
In the afternoon we had a talk by the Stratford upon Avon Guild, specifically about some tapestries that they had created over the years. They also brought in some examples of their work and the yarns and designs used to create tapestries for Compton Verney, Packwood House and Shipston on Stour Millennium project.
This week we had another inspirational talk from an ex student of BCU Jasmine Gilhooly and her handbag range called J D' Cruz. She buys hinds from Northampton, prints and foils onto the hinds, and then has them made up into purses, belts, bags and totes.
I've also been working on my own designs and trying to get my head around repeat patterns in Photoshop. Here are some of them, I can't show anymore because the files are too big.
Next week, more, more, more and driving my husband to Heathrow because he's off to America for a week.
There were about 20 people there, of all ages, but as you can expect more of the older generation rather than young people. The great thing about the Guild is that I could pick the brains of some of the weavers because I was having trouble with understanding some of the patterns from my book.
In the afternoon we had a talk by the Stratford upon Avon Guild, specifically about some tapestries that they had created over the years. They also brought in some examples of their work and the yarns and designs used to create tapestries for Compton Verney, Packwood House and Shipston on Stour Millennium project.
This week we had another inspirational talk from an ex student of BCU Jasmine Gilhooly and her handbag range called J D' Cruz. She buys hinds from Northampton, prints and foils onto the hinds, and then has them made up into purses, belts, bags and totes.
I've also been working on my own designs and trying to get my head around repeat patterns in Photoshop. Here are some of them, I can't show anymore because the files are too big.
Next week, more, more, more and driving my husband to Heathrow because he's off to America for a week.
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