Our two-day summer school this year is on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th August, at Leek Wootton. This workshop is suitable for those confident in free motion embroidery. Every student must know how to free motion embroider and be familiar with their own sewing machine.  Designed to take you through a series of innovative techniques using… Read More »Summer School: 3D Mixed Media Triptych with Alexandra Waylett

This year's AGM marks one full year since the inception of Warwickshire Stitchers - such a lot has happened since we wound ourselves up as a branch of the Embroiderers' Guild in 2021!  We hope as many members as can make it will come along to celebrate our first birthday. Morning: Business meeting - agenda… Read More »Warwickshire Stitchers AGM & Members’ Day

Rachel describes herself as an armchair eco-warrior in that she has practised environmentally aware principles all her life. She says, "I am horrified by the waste and the exploitation in the textile industry and find rails of utilitarian, identical clothing in high street shops depressing! I have always made and recycled my own clothes and household… Read More »Talk: Recycled Clothing and Anthropomorphic Dolls with Rachel David

Delicate silk ribbons create the most realistic petals, leaves and stems with just a few basic embroidery stitches. In this workshop we will be creating an eternal boquet of silk flowers mounted on a small canvas. The workshop will demonstrate skills and tips to make the most of these beautiful ribbons: Preparing your ribbons for… Read More »Workshop: Bouquet: Adventures in Ribbon Embroidery with Susanna di Milo

Discovering, venturing, focusing…How I discovered the wonderful world of contemporary textiles – the good, the bad and the embarrassing. Originally from Berkshire, I studied embroidery under Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn, graduating in 1999 with the Diploma in Stitched Textiles.  My stitching career since then has included exhibitions, commissions, talks and workshops. I am an… Read More »Zoom talk: From There to Here – Early Years, with Joanna O’Neill

Alexandrina was born in the Republic of Moldova, and studied in Romania, where she later married and had her son. Alexandrina says: "Around 2014 we moved to Malaysia, where my journey into embroidery began. I started by doing embroidery on the Gi(kimono) of my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu teammates, completing around ten of them. During that time,… Read More »Zoom Workshop: The Art of Tambour Embroidery with Alexandrina Dordea

We are delighted to have been invited again this year to exhibit our work at The Textile Fair, Compton Verney, which takes place over two days: Saturday 12th November - Sunday 13th November. The Fair attracts a large number of visitors, and it is always a fabulous opportunity to interest more people in the textile… Read More »Compton Verney Textile Fair

St Mary's Church Warwick is once again hosting its popular Christmas Tree Festival.  They say, "A magical display of decorated Christmas Trees has been sponsored by Warwick businesses, charities, community groups and schools."   The Festival opens on Warwick Victorian Evening, Thursday 24th November, and it will then be open daily, 10am-4pm, until Sunday 4th December.… Read More »St Mary’s Warwick Christmas Tree Festival

  Programme 10.00 - 12.00 Decorating the tree with our handmade decorations Sharing projects Quiz Secret Santa 12.00 - 12.30 Lunch 12.30 - 4.00 Stitching Together - create a useful storage container **If you are able to join us, please email dayschool@warwickshirestitchers.org.uk so we have an indication of numbers for arranging seating, and please read… Read More »Christmas Members’ Event

Kate's talk is a detailed look at the confetti technique and compositions from nature, with something about hand-dyeing too. She will show videos of the construction of work and detailed closeups of work in progress too.   

A wonderful creative workshop to make a stunning night-light, using a range of textile techniques, and make it light up by sewing in a circuit containing an LED light, with a switch and battery. Kits for the lanterns will be provided at £9 each

Boro mending has been used in Japan for centuries.  If a kimono was damaged in any way then a scrap of fabric would be used to patch it.  It would be covered in tiny stitches to hold it in place and strengthen it. Today, boro is used in a more decorative way- sometimes to mend… Read More »Members’ Day: Boro Mending