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Next meeting 21st February 2026 - Shawford Village Hall 10am-4pm  

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The second meeting of this year welcomes this month’s speaker our very own Deborah Wheeler giving her talk about William Morris (1834–1896). 

He was not merely a designer of patterns but a deeply hands-on artisan who, in the 1870s, became obsessed with mastering the traditional, natural methods of dyeing fabrics. Deborah will be bringing fabric samples and books for us to peruse. The talk will start at at 11.00.

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The sales table

There will be a sales table on Saturday. The same rules apply, please see Nadine or committee member before leaving any fibre related items you wish to put up for sale. Guild will deduct 10% of all sales for Guild funds. Any items not sold must be collected & taken home with you, as we have no room for storage.

Any fibre related donations will be gratefully received.

Show and tell

We had some lovely items to admire last month so please bring your latest projects to share with us. 

Library will be open

For browsing, loans &  returns…. thank you Maya/ Bev.

Equipment hire

If anyone wants to hire equipment please email Guild Secretary in advance. So we can be sure equipment required is on site. 

House keeping

Free coffee & tea will be available during the day. Bring your own lunch and lovely cake is gratefully received and a big thank you for last month’s contributions. 

Always an important notice 

Our guild days are so special, we look, we learn, we listen and we eat cake! 

All contributions are gratefully received and a big thank you for last month’s delights.

There will be announcements and information from Adam.

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WINTER WEAVING and ACTIVITY DAYS

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Weaving and activity day

Saturday 28th February will be last of our winter weaving days for this season.  We will cover some of the basics about planning a project, choosing the yarn and the right reed, working out how much yarn you'll need.  Also we'll be covering some troubleshooting and finishing.  

If anybody wants to have a go at weaving with pick-up sticks Coral will bring notes and plenty of spare pick-up sticks.  Or you can just bring what they are working on, share with others and get some hints and tips.  

Also, if anyone has one of Coral's band looms from the December passementerie workshop, please could you bring it back so we can get them set up again for skill share day in March.

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Next meeting 

A note from Louise - our programme co-ordinator

I am looking forward to our March meeting and Skills Share Day. 

We have lots on skills to share and the sign up sheets will be available on the membership table at this meeting

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