Sarah Rayfield – Buckinghamshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

Weaving Class Open Day 13th May

Guild member Ariana Odell teaches weaving at Queens Park Arts Centre in the centre of Aylesbury. Find out more about her classes at their Open Day in May

Queens Part Arts Centre Open Day, Saturday 13th May. 11am to 3pm. Free entry.
Weaving class and craft workshops

Sustainability in action

President of Chorleywood WI modelling a naturally dyed, low-waste design jacket entirely made from re-used materials. (c) S Rayfield

Sustainability was the theme of guild activities this March. Member makes were shown off on the catwalk of the RE23 Sustainable … Continue reading

Woodland Walk Wrap

Helen modelling her bright yellow handwoven wrap. — Helen modelling her beautiful handspun, handwoven and hand-dyed wrap. (C) Helen Allen

Helen tells us all about her scarf that was selected for the RE23 Sustainable Fashion Show in March 2023. As she puts it, “The yellow scarf has been … Continue reading

Upholstered Rocking Chair – A Joint Venture

Stef Robinson was the well deserved winner of the Beale Cup at this year’s AGM. We asked her to tell us more about her super project.

Image shows a handmade wooden rocking chair with a drop-in seat upholstered with handwoven red and white fabric. — Finished rocking chair with upholstered seat in handwoven fabric.

Guild on show at Shelswell Festival

Village festival-goers had a chance to see what we do, and have a go at spinning, weaving and braiding when they visited the Bucks WSD guild stand at Shelswell History Festival in July 2022. The colourful display of samples attracted … Continue reading

Spring Activities and competition

There was egg-citement in the air during our March meeting, when members took part in egg-related activities and brought their competition entries for judging (details further down page). There was a choice of natural dyeing eggs using onion skins and … Continue reading

Alison’s Adventures in Knitting – January 2022 meeting

Alison Jolley gave a really interesting talk on the history of leisure knitting, told through her collection of knitting paraphernalia. Some of this collection has come to her through generations of knitters from her family, so there was a real … Continue reading

Bucks Art Weeks June 2021

We were delighted that Bucks Art Weeks went ahead this year. During June some of our members exhibited and sold their work at Freya Jones Art & Craft in Stoke Mandeville. It was a lovely venue with two other galleries … Continue reading