We had another busy meeting in November with 30 members joining us at Oakbank for a very informative and inspiring day. Our chair Ali Currie gave an informal demonstration of the traditional approach to silk shading techniques using long and short stitch. This was followed by Lucy Freeman’s talk ‘Painting with Thread’ . Lucy shared […]
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Our members enjoyed a great workshop in October led by tutor Sue Crawley from Sunshine Designs. We learned about the history of various Japanese stitches followed by a relaxing workshop making a Sashiko pin cushion.
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Celia Joicey, Dovecot Studios Director started the Stitch Colour Cloth 2025-2026 season with a talk about their current IKEA Museum’s Magical Pattern exhibition. It was a fascinating subject and Celia also shared the process and challenges of curating such an exhibition . The Magical Patterns exhibition explores six decades of textile design by IKEA and
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In addition to our regular programme of events as members of Stitch Colour Cloth we also have opportunities for one off events, such as the visit to AllanbankMill Steading on Sunday 1st June 2025. The following was contributed by our member Jill Simpson with photographs by programme secretary Caron Ironside Allanbank Mill Steading is the
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Following on from our extremely successful exhibition in May at Perth Theatre our community stitch project has been finished and presented to the theatre. Perth Theatre and Concert Hall have displayed the artwork in the conservatory from the High Street entrance. Thank you to everyone who stitched a square and to the committee members for
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