Programme

PROGRAMME MAY 2025-MAY 2026 Monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at St Mary’s Church Hall, Ilex Way, Goring, BN12 4UZ. Coffee and tea is available from 2pm, and the speaker usually starts around 2.30. Non-members are welcome to attend as a guest. Where an afternoon is described as Sit-and-sew, you can bring something you’d like to work on during the session, such as sewing, knitting, crochet, beading etc. Some sit-and-stitch meetings have a ‘stitch corner’ where a member demonstrates a technique that anyone can join in with. Scroll to the end of the programme for details of day-workshops and outings, and the three monthly sub-groups. Please note: if you are looking for 2026 details, make sure you scroll right to the bottom of the list.
DATE
Tuesday 13^th May 2025	AGM Pop-up exhibition of work by the three sub-groups (Traditional embroidery, Mixed Media and the Thursday Workshop group) and this year’s day-workshops.
Tuesday 10^th June 2025	Speaker: Liz Ashurst. ‘Inspiration from Eastern Europe, including folk art and landscape’. www.lizashurst.co.uk
Tuesday 8^th July 2025	Speaker: Helen Sill. ‘Gujarat Journey: The Art and Heritage of Gujarati textiles’. Helen leads specialist embroidery holidays in India https://helensill.com
Tuesday 12^th Aug 2025	Summer tea-party Sit-and-sew: bring something to work on and stitch in company.
Tuesday 9^th Sept 2025	Speaker: Kirsty Macleod. ‘The Red Dress’. An international collaborative embroidery project, created from 2009 to 2023 https://reddressembroidery.com/
Tuesday 14^th October 2025	Sit-and-sew. Bring your own work, or join in with ‘stitch corner’. ‘Stitch Corner’ with Chris and Anne: Embroidered Tamari Balls Decorations for the Findon Christmas Tree Festival
Tuesday 11^th November 2025	Speaker: Dr Lynn Hulse, specialist in the teaching and design of historic needlework. A talk about May Morris, daughter of William Morris and Head of Embroidery for Morris and Co. www.ornamentalembroidery.com
Tuesday 9^th December 2025	Christmas meeting Sit-and-sew. Bring your own work, or join in with ‘stitch corner’. Stitch corner: Folded Stars Display of members work
Tuesday 13^th January 2026	Sit-and-sew: bring something to work on and stitch in company.
Tuesday 10^th February 2026	Speaker: Sarah Maddison: Stitching my way through Life. Landscape embroideries by an army wife who has lived all over the world. www.sixtyfourpackingcases.com
Tuesday 10^th March 2026	Sit-and-sew: bring something to work on and stitch in company.
Tuesday April 14^th 2026	Speaker: Jane Law: Costumes for films. Jane has been involved in making costumes for films, including Cinderella, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Young Victoria. www.janelaw.co.uk
Tuesday 12^th May 2026	AGM Pop-up exhibition of work by the 3 sub-groups (Mixed Media, Thursday Workshop group and Traditional Embroidery group).

DAY-WORKSHOPS Speak to Liz Ganney if you would like to attend a day workshop, or look for the sign-up sheet at a Tuesday meeting. A deposit is usually required to secure your place.
Date	Workshop	Venue
15^th July 2025	Workshop with Kate Findlay: Bluebells and Birch Wood Landscapes. Make a woodland scene using collaged layers of fabric and a little bit of “confetti” too if desired. Learn how to use free-motion embroidery to finish the piece. https://artsfindlay.co.uk/	Glebelands Community Centre, Greystoke Road, Ferring.
Saturday 4^th October 2025	Workshop with Wendy Dolan: ‘Inspired by India’. Print with Indian wood-blocks, add colour-washes with fabric paint, and finish with free-motion embroidery and/or hand-stitch embellishment.	Glebelands Community Centre, Greystoke Road, Ferring.
11^th March 2026	Sarah de Rousset-Hall, Royal School of Needlework tutor. Hand-stitch workshop, details to be confirmed.	Glebelands Community Centre, Greystoke Road, Ferring.
OUTINGS Speak to Chris Hodges if you would like to go on a trip, or look for the sign-up sheet at a Tuesday meeting. A deposit is usually required to secure your place.
Saturday 31st May 2025	William Morris Gallery and Walthamstow Fabric market	Outing by train and bus.
September, date tbc	The D-Day museum and the Overlord Embroidery at Southsea.	Travel arrangements tbc.

Traditional Embroidery Group.

The group shares traditional hand-stitch techniques and projects. Meets on the first and fourth Mondays of the month (unless it is a bank holiday) from 2-4pm at the Friends Meeting House, 34 Mill Rd., Worthing BN11 5DR. Contact Anne Turner if you are interested.

Mixed Media Group.

The group experiments with different mixed media techniques, for example print, batik, paper-making, dyeing, heat-processes, 3D constructions etc. (the sessions may or may not involve stitch). Meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 11am to 4pm at Glebelands Community Centre, Greystoke Road, Ferring. Contact Jane Robinson if you are interested.

Thursday Workshop Group.

Meets on the third Thursday of the month in the Marriott Scout Hut, Mulberry Lane, Goring, from 10-4. The group works on different techniques or projects from Stitch Magazine or elsewhere. The group also undertakes group projects for charity, for example making Dignity quilts for the hospital and fiddle-quilts for people with Alzheimer’s etc. Contact Linda Hoddy if you are interested.