February 10, 2011 – 7:05 pm
I realise with a shock that ten years have passed since a friend and I visited the Hali exhibition at Olympia. In the midst of admiring many superb examples of enormous and vastly expensive antique tapestries, I noticed a rather intriguing textile bundle on the floor of one of the stands. I just had to [...]
February 7, 2011 – 7:31 pm
I often wonder when I am compiling the information for ‘What’s On’, if it is much used by members, especially when it is away from the environs of London and the south, so when my daughter telephoned to ask if I would like to go to Preston for a weekend, I said “What’s at Preston?” [...]
February 7, 2011 – 7:27 pm
Karen Nicol left and our Chairman, Liz Ashurst It is always a pleasure to attend the NEG Christmas party to meet up with old friends and get to know new members. This year was no exception with the addition of a magical speaker, Karen Nichol. I had seen articles about her in Embroidery magazine and [...]
February 7, 2011 – 7:06 pm
Mason D (ed) 2009 Kantha. The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 290 pp, 266 ill. £40.00 If you like kantha quilts – and I do – this must be the definitive book on the subject. Published in connection with an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which ran from December 2009 [...]
December 6, 2010 – 8:11 pm
Sixteen members of the NEG met at the V&A to go behind the scenes with Curator Helen Persson We were armed with cameras, pencils and notebooks – small handbags only allowed. Before going any further, it is interesting to note that museums etc. are now dating articles as current era instead of our good old AD. [...]
August 19, 2010 – 7:38 pm
Friday June 11th dawned greyish and damp but by about 12.30 when we were all assembled at Ann’s lovely house and garden in Dulwich Village we were able to have a garden party. Some of us even ate out of doors! Ann showed me round the garden which was looking splendid; I was excited by [...]
August 19, 2010 – 7:29 pm
After a good deal of difficulty finding the Greenstede Gallery, in part due to poor signage, I was struck immediately by the quality and freshness of the exhibition. For me, the banners in the entrance reflected the general standard and professionalism of the work. The space alone was challenging enough with stark white walls and [...]
August 19, 2010 – 7:26 pm
This was an opportunity to see a part of Poland which has become Liz Ashurst’s second home since her marriage to Zbys and to learn something about its art, textiles and natural history with her as a guide. Despite threat of ash from the Icelandic volcano’s eruptions, we were able to leave Gatwick for Krakow [...]
August 19, 2010 – 7:17 pm
On a trip across Europe using an Interail Global Pass, Tony and I stopped off at Mulhouse in Alsace just over the border from Basle. We had to stop here for Tony to go off to the Cité de l’Automobile Musée National collection Schlumph. He came back on cloud nine having seen rows of Bugattis [...]
August 19, 2010 – 7:14 pm
Battling against the weather, on the first wet day for weeks, several of the committee met up at Box Hill. After a very damp walk, the sun eventually broke through. With a freshened landscape, each one of us was inspired to experiment. Liz Ashurst and Linda worked in black and white. Liz Holliday used inks [...]