Next Meeting: October 18th, Visit to the Textile Museum

 Our next meeting will be our trip to the Textile Biennial Exhibition at The Whitaker Museum, Rossendale. This exhibition presents an extraordinary display of woven, stitched, dyed, collaged, and felted artworks. From natural fibres and natural dyes and ranging from the immersive to the delicate, this collection of textile works promises to be a real treat.

Our dyeing workshop last session produced some wonderful fabrics for future use. 

Next Meeting: October 4th, Dyeing in Plastic Bags

Our next meeting will be our first workshop of the new GTAG programme 2023-2024 - "Dyeing in Plastic Bags" with tutor Judith Barlass. Judith has been teaching textiles since 2012 covering traditional techniques to more modern textile art. We are looking forward to an exciting day. Members not joining the workshop are very welcome to come along and stitch. "Autumn Colours" are for the raffle this month, and next month's background to stitch will be available for collection. 

 Can anyone tell me anything about the history of the fabric used for the back of this quilt. The dates printed on the fabric are 1837 and 1887, and I assume it was a Victorian Jubilee piece.