Running Stitch A gentle start to the Stitch Challenge this year, but one with many possibilities. Running stitch is the foundation of so many other stitches, and as you can see from Sue’s comprehensive sample, it lends itself to many… Read More »January Stitch Challenge
We had a brilliant start to 2023 with Kate Findlay’s inspiring Nature in Textiles talk (6th January) about her work and creative process. We learned so much through her images and short videos about how she sets about creating a textile picture,… Read More »Nature in Textiles and e-Textile Lanterns with Kate Findlay
The monthly Stitch Challenge is taking a little break over Christmas. (An opportunity to catch up with previous months’ stitches, perhaps … ) It will be back in the New Year, so do look out for the next stitch in… Read More »Stitch challenge is on holiday this month
The Warwickshire Stitchers ‘Quirky Birds’ have now flown from St Mary’s Christmas Tree Festival in Warwick to the Royal Priors Shopping Centre in Leamington. If you are passing please drop by to see our display in the Topman window. Follow… Read More »Display in Royal Priors Shopping Centre
It was good to see so many members at our “Christmas Jolly”. A satisfying number of ‘heirloom’ decorations were hung on the Christmas tree (we need a bigger tree!), which showcased members’ talents beautifully … … as did the… Read More »Christmas Members’ Day – tree decorations, gifts and makes
We’ve done it again! Our quirky birds decorated Christmas Tree has been awarded Highly Commended at the Christmas Tree Festival in Warwick, out of over 50 trees in St Mary’s Church. A huge ‘thank you’ to everyone involved.
Apologies that this month’s challenge is a little bit later than usual. However, worth waiting for … Cretan Stitch Jenny has provided this sample of Cretan Stitch – in a lovely variegated thread stitched between painted circles. The effect is… Read More »November Stitch Challenge
The birds have landed and found their perch on our Christmas tree, one of fifty in the church at St Mary’s in Warwick. The festival opens on Friday evening at the Victorian Evening at 5pm at St Mary’s… Read More »Christmas tree now decorated
Last weekend we staged another very successful exhibition in the Chapel during the Compton Verney Textiles Fair. There were many positive and encouraging comments from interested stitchers and non-stitchers alike, and all appreciated the hard work and skill involved in… Read More »Compton Verney Textiles Fair
Joanna O’Neill got us off to a good start with an entertaining talk about her creative journey in textiles, which began with City & Guilds Creative Embroidery – familiar to quite a few of us. Joanna is an engaging speaker,… Read More »Getting Creative via Zoom