No. 2 – Anne Baldwin our Joint Chairman - Her journey to Felt Making.
Anne explained that, like many of us, she started stitching at a young age under her mother’s guidance working tablecloths, tray cloths etc….
After 6 weeks into her teacher training course she was advised that she had a talent for needlework and should change from her Geography course to Needlework – the start of a varied teaching career which included teaching evening classes in dressmaking and trying her hand at Glove making (excuse the pun)!
She eventually ‘had a go’ at a variety of courses which included Ruskin Lace at Brantwood and Alston Hall where she met a long standing member of Parbold branch who introduced her to the Guild.
Eventually she decided to take up Felt making and took a City & Guilds course which she thoroughly enjoyed. She had brought along a wide variety of items, including seamless bags, purses and much more to show us – a few sample pieces from her course work shown here.
Some of her bags and other samples are shown below -
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