Temari is an ancient and beautiful Japanese craft that involves embroidering the surface of a handmade ball with stunning designs. An experienced embroiderer, covering textile art from blackwork to temari, Nicola Davis enjoys stitching that blends mathematics and symmetry with unexpected twists of colour. She believes embroidery is a unique medium through which to explore… Read More »Talk: Temari balls, by Nicola Davis

Jo is a contemporary textile artist, designer and tutor. In this workshop you will learn a variety of techniques to create your finished textile piece. There will be plenty of inspiration available for you. Free motion embroidery is an exciting technique where you are able to 'draw' with the sewing machine - also known as… Read More »Workshop: Free Motion Landscapes, with Jo Hill

Please note start time: 11 am. After AGM business in the morning, we will be starting on the stitched ornaments for our tree in the Leamington Christmas Tree Festival. This year's decorations will be Scandi-style felt "baubles".  They will be in a limited colour range to keep everything unified. Patterns and materials will be issued… Read More »AGM and Member Activity

Textile artist and tutor, Suzette, delivers workshops and talks throughout the UK as well as for French General in south-west France in 2023/24. In 2019 Suzette's work Draw My World In Words was selected for the inaugural Fine Art Textile Award Gallery at The Festival Of Quilts. She is one of the co-organisers and curators… Read More »Textile Connections: Zoom Talk by Suzette Smart

Suzette will take you through the steps to transfer vintage imagery onto fabric and ways for creating small collages with this technique. You will be shown ideas for developing your pieces of work further with the addition of fabric, lace and hand stitching. It’s a perfect technique for making textile books, and Suzette will show… Read More »Image Transfer: Workshop with Suzette Smart

Chloe Patience is an award winning textile designer who specializes in unique hand embroidery and embellishment for the fashion and interiors market on a freelance basis. Chloe also offers bespoke services to the public. After gaining her BA( Hons) and M(Des) Postgraduate degree in Textiles at the Glasgow School of Art and Edinburgh College of… Read More »My Passion for Textiles: Zoom Talk by Chloe Patience

The aim of this workshop is to take an abstract design that you will make up yourself and then embroider. In addition: adding colour and shape to canvas with pens, fabric inks, etc Embroidery techniques: Turkey Work Amish Plush Work Couching (encouraging you to pleat, and experiment with the technique) Beading techniques - sewing lines… Read More »Three-Dimensional Stitch: Zoom Workshop with Chloe Patience