Our first Members’ Day of the year on Saturday 6th January was fun, relaxed and creative. Judi and Wendy, our Members’ Day organisers, did a brilliant job of putting together a project for creating small fabric patches suitable for use… Read More »2024 off to a great start …
We rounded off 2023 in great style – after our very successful exhibition at the Compton Verney Textile Fair in November, we created a stunning Christmas tree at St Marys, Warwick which was decorated with our fine collection of embroidered… Read More »A farewell to 2023
We’ve had a pretty busy year, and have now seen the fruits of some of our labours in the prestigious Textile Fair at Compton Verney, which drew a large number of visitors, and lots of compliments about our extensive exhibition.… Read More »Compton Verney, Christmas trees and more …
Anne Griffiths’ talk last week-end shed a different light on textiles – a Diamond Light, in fact! (sorry) Diamond Light Source is the name of the UK’s national synchrotron facility, whose advanced scientific facilities help to keep the UK at… Read More »Science meets Textiles
A few items that we hope to be seeing ‘live’, along with lots more, at Compton Verney in November. Shay marks the end of the Stitch Challenge with this scroll, which illustrates a whole year’s worth of stitches: What wonderful… Read More »September round-up
Our monthly Stitch Challenge feature has now retired. It had some loyal followers, and it was a treat to see your samples. To round things off, Liz sent in a glimpse of her finished ‘Stitch Challenge’ book. Well done, Liz,… Read More »Stitch Challenge retires
Margherita has kindly sent photos of her samples from the last two months’ Stitch Challenge. This is Seed Stitch – an experiment to see if the image worked in reverse, although it needed the border to make it show up… Read More »A round-up of finished work
Where to start? Annette kept us fizzing with ideas and techniques all week-end. The plan was to make a small hanging depicting elements of whatever story we wanted to tell, whether focusing on a special place, a personal journey, an… Read More »Stitch Stories Summer School with Annette Emms
Coral Stitch Coral stitch is also known as German Knotted Stitch and Snail Trail. It is primarily a line stitch but it also creates good spirals and circles, a little like couching. This month’s samples are courtesy of Wendy H,… Read More »July Stitch Challenge
In her talk on Friday, textile artist Kate Slaughter shared with us how she discovered, created and experimented with colour and texture in her work and the wide range of techniques she has developed, as well as her teaching career… Read More »Fabulous fabric hearts