My Lords and My Ladies,
I am proud to announce the Renaissance of the Lochac Needleworker’s Guild, with a new name and a new charter to reflect its new incarnation.
Mistress Bess has had long discussions about new ideas and directions for the Company, and now it’s your turn to help, by signing up for the Company of Broiderers, supporting its events and activities, and by teaching and learning needleworking skills. This handout is hopefully the first on many, which will include Company news and information about needleworking areas, specifically information to help people participate in the various competitions and displays that the Company will sponsor from now on.
In this edition of the newsletter you will find, the current charter for the Needleworker’s Guild and the new proposed Charter of the Company of Broiderers. Please remember that the new charter is very rough still and needs more work before it can be presented to Their Highnesses. You comments and suggestions are very welcome.
Also in this newsletter, I’ve included an article on my method of making embroiderer shirts, since the Company’s next competition at Spring Coronet will be Decorated Shirts or Chemises.
You may be wondering why I’ve been doing all this stuff for the Broiderer’s Company and not our esteemed Guild Mistress, Mistress Bess. Well she is currently off to Europe for a week weeks to study lots of embroideries up close. I’m horribly jealous, but I know she’ll share everything she discovers with the guild on her return.
Happy stitching
Keridwen the Mouse....