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.
Japanese Sashiko Stitched Pincushion workshop Read More »
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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We are excited to announce that Stitch-Colour-Cloth has just opened their new exhibition! We have the pleasure of being welcomed by Perth Theatre this year. In honour of the Theatre’s 125th birthday this year, our exhibition theme is “125 Theatrical Threads”. We have a wide range of members’ work on display and also a community
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The 3rd Stitch-Colour-Cloth exhibition at St Matthew’s Church, Perth was a wonderful opportunity to share the work of our members, chat to visitors, sign up new members and launch the 10,000 Art Angels, The Children’s Global Tapestry for PEACE project. Our members certainly embraced the theme of “Curious Connections” resulting in a very diverse and
Curious Connections – Looking back on a successful week Read More »
After months of work behind the scenes, it is almost time: The 2024 Scottish Stitch and Textiles annual Gathering is happening this weekend, and Stitch-Colour-Cloth are excited to be hosting! There has been a lot of hard work between SST and SCC over the past few months. We have all done our very best to
We have been a little quiet on here lately, but this has a very good reason. Our committee have been extremely (!) busy because in just 2 weeks from now, we will be hosting the annual Gathering of Scottish independent stitching groups in Perth! Record numbers of participants are expected and we have an outstanding
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This past Saturday has seen our second meeting of the new curriculum. For our Stitch & Chat in the morning, we’ve had a record number of old and new members join. Such a wonderful atmosphere filled the room, as we all stitched, laughed and had some tea. It’s always great to see the variety of
