We meet 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
Programme to April 2024
Please note: since the printed programmes were given out, more speakers have been added. They are listed here but won’t be on your printed version.
Tuesday January 10th: Monthly meeting. Speaker: Amanda Duke: ‘Those that do can also teach’. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday February 14th: Monthly meeting. Sit and sew / demonstrations. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday March 14th: Monthly meeting. Speaker: Rosi Robinson, batik artist. Title to be advised. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday April 11th: Monthly meeting. Sit and sew/demonstrations. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday May 9th. AGM. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday June 13th. Monthly meeting. Speaker: Esther Collins ‘Inspired by Nature: Exploring ideas and processes for making textile collage work’. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday July 11th. Monthly meeting. Sit and sew / demonstrations. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday 8th August. Monthly meeting. Sit and sew / demonstrations. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday September 12th. Monthly meeting. Speaker: Anne Kelly: ‘My Practice’. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday October 10th. Monthly meeting. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ. Sit-and-sew. Demo by Viv of the ‘Big Shot’ cutting machine: a chance to learn something new in an informal setting. Making decorations for our entry to the Findon Christmas Tree Festival.
Tuesday November 14th. Monthly meeting. Speaker: Sara Cook, Quilter. ‘Korean Bojagi’. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday December 12th. Monthly meeting: Christmas meeting. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ. Sit-and-Sew. ‘Stitch-corner’ led by Daphne: a chance to learn something new in an informal setting. Pop-up exhibition of work for the ‘Visions of Switzerland’ challenge.
Tuesday January 9th. Monthly meeting: Speaker: Gail Lawther. Title of talk to be advised. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday February 13th. Monthly meeting. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ. Sit-and-Sew. ‘Showcase’ exhibition of SCS member Eileen Blaney’s work. Stitch-corner: Beading with Valerie and Betty: a chance to learn something new in an informal setting.
Tuesday March 12th. Monthly meeting. Speaker: Wendy Dolan. Title of talk to be advised. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Day Workshops
9th and 10th November 2023. Two-day workshop with Jenny Adin-Christie. Jenny is a Royal School of Needlework tutor. There is a choice of designs that you can work on. Note: there are only a few places left, so please talk to Maria if you would like to attend.
15th March 2024: Day workshop with Gail Lawther, who is the speaker for our January meeting. Take a look at Gail’s website to see her work. https://gaillawther.co.uk/ Please talk to Maria if you would like to attend.
Other Activities
The monthly sub-groups (below) meet on different days of the month – see details below.
THE THURSDAY WORKSHOP GROUP
Now meeting on the third Thursday of the month (from 16th September) in the Marriott Scout Hut, Mulberry Lane, Goring, from 10-4. Before lockdown this group also met for an additional Thursday each month, and this may be reinstated if the group wants to meet more often. This member-led group works on different techniques, or projects from Stitch Magazine or elsewhere. Projects are usually mainly stitch-based. 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. See more detailed programme here: Thursday-Workshop-programme-21_22.pdf Contact Linda Hoddy if you’d like to come along.
TRADITIONAL EMBROIDERY GROUP (sometimes referred to as TRADS)
This group meet to learn and enjoy traditional stitch techniques. Held on the first and fourth Mondays of the month (unless it is a bank holiday) from 2-4pm at the Meeting House, 34 Mill Rd., Worthing BN11 5DR. Subjects are decided within the group, but may include techniques such as blackwork, silk shading, Hardanger, cross stitch, crewelwork etc. For details and programme Contact Anne Turner
MIXED MEDIA
The group meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 11am-4pm at Glebelands Community Centre, Greystoke Road, Goring. 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). The group is limited to 20 and is currently full, but talk to Jane Robinson if you would like to put your name on the waiting list. The programme is subject to small changes as we go along, to reflect participants wishes, so rather than put the detailed programme here we will just share an outline of the things that we have done in 2021 and 2022. There will be a new programme from April 23-April 24.
2021: Tissue-paper lamination, paper-cloth backgrounds, folding fabric books, Layered backgrounds in machine embroidery, layered and painted backgrounds, embellished backgrounds, 3D flowers, Christmas decorations.
2022: Fusing plastics, mono-printing, altered books, Transfer foils, guilding flakes, synthetics with soldering iron, heat-gun techniques (lutrador, synthetic felt, organza), transfer techniques (transfer paints), Silk painting, 3D wire-formed birds and animals.
Last year’s main programme (2022)
Tuesday January 11th 2022: Monthly meeting. Speaker: Angie Hughes, Zoom talk . 2-4pm. A limited number of members can watch the talk in the hall.
Tuesday February 8th 2022: Monthly meeting. Speaker: Zara Day. Zoom talk, 2-4pm. A limited number of members can watch the talk in the hall.
Tuesday March 8th 2022. Speaker: Cobi Erskine: Japanese Textiles. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday April 12th 2022. Speaker: Susan D’Souza: ‘Textiles: Nature and Colour’. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday May 10th 2022. AGM. Exhibition of work by the sub groups (Traditional Embroidery, Mixed Media and the Workshop group). 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday June 14th 2022. Speaker: Carol Naylor: ‘A Passion for Colour’. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday July 12th 2022. Summer Picnic. Times and venue to be confirmed.
Tuesday August 9th 2022. Speaker: Mary Crabb: ‘Significant Figures’. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday September 13th 2022. Monthly meeting. ‘Sit and Sew’. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday October 14th 2022. Monthly meeting. Talk by SCS member Daphne Dedman on restoration of historic banners. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday November 8th 2022: Monthly meeting. Speaker: Heather Collins: My journey in fabric and thread’. 2-4pm at St Mary’s Church Hall, 16 Illex Way, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4UZ.
Tuesday December 13th 2022. Monthly meeting. Christmas meeting, Sit and Sew.
2022 Day Workshops
Goldwork for Beginners, Jane Robinson. Tuesday 18th October at Sompting Village Hall.
Southdowns Landscapes, Machine Embroidery: Julia Brown. Friday 24th June 2022.