Visit to Cotswold Woollen Weavers

The weather was certainly glorious on our group outing to the Cotswold Woollen weavers, the sun shone which made the buildings glow with the honey coloured stone. The weaving looms have been quiet for the last 2 years (?) at this mill, but the looms are still there as well as all the equipment used.

We were also lucky to  have  a short talk from the owner, Richard, and learnt a number of useful facts about the mill and Filkins where it is situated.

We also indulged in a delicious lunch at the adjoining Cafe. Needless to say we had time to shop as well, before returning to our usual meeting place in Cricklade. We all agreed a most interesting start to our new theme of work. Time to start thinking and designing now..........

Article in Link Magazine

Link Magazine have published a great article about our current Traditions Exhibition at Lydiard House, have a look at the article here.  A great photo of Cathy and her quilt and Ruth and her satchel. Congratulations to both of you.
We also feature on the BBC website of Things to do... look here which particularly features the "Behind the Scenes" event of the 19th May, when Lydiard is open to the public  in the evening as part of the National Museums at night. Our Traditions exhibtion is a highlight of the evening.

Mayor opens our Traditions Exhibiton at Lydiard House

The Mayor of Swindon admiring the work on display at our Traditions exhibition at Lydiard House. We were so thrilled that she agreed to open the exhibition, and Sophie has reported that there have been lots of visitors. We also feature heavily on Lydiard Houses Facebook page... see Here..

It will be worth keeping an eye on the Facebook page as some of the exhibits will be featured. The peg doll trail we made for the children visitors to the house, has already been featured on FB.

North Meadow, Cricklade

( selection of GWE work inspired by North Meadow, hanging in the council offices)

Pleased to announce that The Cricklade in Bloom website now features a slide show of the GWE pieces of work that were on display during last year... click Here and the link will take you to the slide show.

Nearly finished !

This is our special tablecloth which we will be using at our exhibitions. Every member has embroidered a letter and a few members have created many more.
Our next meeting ..... April 10th is at Lydiard House... and is a special " Meet the Artist " opportunity. The house opens at 11am to the public..... look forward to seeing you there.

Details of our next Exhibition at Lydiard House.
The Official opening by the Mayor is on Wednesday 28th March.
Please make a note in your diary that Meet the Artists Day is on Tuesday 10th April. Hope to see you there.
More details about Lydiard ... here

January meeting 2012

Wonderful meeting today, working on our own stitching and plannig the banners and sashes for the next Lydiard Exhibition.