Our final meeting before the summer break included our AGM followed by three members sharing their experiences of workshops and classes along with wonderful examples of the work they created as a result. As usual we started the meeting with an informal Stitch and Chat, catching up with each other, sharing hints and tips and […]
May Meeting – AGM and Member Tales Read More »
We had another great turnout for our April meeting. During the Stitch and Chat our Chair Ali demonstrated the construction of the puffs for the Calico Dress project – you can read more about it here and see some of the motifs already completed by our members. We were then taken on a fascinating journey
We had a super meeting on Saturday with over 30 members in the hall. We started the day with an embellisher demonstration by member Maureen Shepherd who brought along several beautiful examples of her work using the machine. Stitch Colour Cloth have two of these machines which we plan to make available to members to
March Meeting – Sophie Younger – Textile Conservation: A Stitched Legacy Read More »
We had a great turnout for our first meeting of 2026, 19 in attendance in the room with another 15 joining on online to hear our guest speaker, Vanessa Marr, talk about the Domestic Dusters Project. We hope some of our members will join in with this project stitching their own dusters. Dusters and red
January Meeting – Vanessa Marr Read More »
Our last meeting of 2025 began with a beautifully presented and delicious buffet provided by local social enterprise Giraffe . Members enjoyed the opportunity to catch up with each other and a visit from a special guest in red who distributed the Secret Santa gifts. Committee member Jill Simpson then led us in the activity,
December Meeting – Christmas Activity & Lunch Read More »
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
November Meeting – Lucy Freeman 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
September Meeting – IKEA Museum’s Magical Patterns Read More »
