Textiles and Stitch Around Marlborough have just completed its exciting second year of speakers, workshops and outings since it left the Embroiderers Guild in 2021.
Our current membership, which comes from a wide area of Wiltshire, has a wonderful variety of interests and therefore we have tried to include something for everyone.
This last year we welcomed speakers who have talked about felting, free machine embroidery, hand stitching, patchwork & quilting, applique and spinning and weaving. We have had “in house” workshops and those with tutors. The highlight of the year was last October when Kirstie Macleod brought The Red Dress (www.reddressembroidery.com) to Lockeridge, an event we will never forget. We also had a private viewing of the Robert Shaw Collection of Textiles at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
Looking forward we have an exciting programme of speakers (natural dyeing, history of a silk mill, South American costumes to name but a few), workshops (natural dyeing & eco printing, stitched selfie, and several “in house” workshops) and a 3 day exhibition of members’ work in June 2024 details of which you will find on our website: https://textilesandstitch.co.uk/events/
Membership for 2023-24 for the Textile and Stitch Around Marlborough is now open . The annual subscription will be £57.50 and this must be paid in August for year. The membership form can be found on our website: https://textilesandstitch.co.uk/membership-form-2021/ where you will also find details for the bank transfer. If however you would like to check if it’s the right group for you, come along as a visitor for £6, listen to the speaker and have a chat over a cuppa.
The next meeting of Textiles and Stitch Around Marlborough will be on Monday 4 September at the Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge, nr Marlborough, SN8 4EL. Our speaker will , be Lizzie Godden and her talk will be entitled, “Eco printing and Embroidery”. Doors open at 13.30 for a 14.00 start.
If you have an interest in textiles, stitch or anything related we hope you will consider joining our group.
If you would like to find out more explore our website:
https://textilesandstitch.co.uk/ or email Lindsay Sherwood at frenchknots2014@yahoo.co.uk.