Past Programmes of Meetings and Workshops
2024
Jan 10th - 'Couture Embroidery - Worth' by Anthea Godfrey at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Jan 25th - March 3rd Continuing the Thread WTEG exhibition at City Space The Arc, Winchester
Feb 14th - 'The Story of Folded Secrets' - Ruth Smith at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
February 15th Workshop Folded Secrets Keepsake Book with Ruth Smith to be held at Littleton Village Memorial Hall, The Hall Way, Littleton SO22 6QL
March 13th - WTEG - Be creative - small group activities led by WTEG members at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
April 10th - Embroidering the Everyday - Cas Holmes at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
April 11th - Workshop[/b ] Mixed media workshop with Cas Holmes to be held at Littleton Village/Memorial Hall, The Hall Way, Littleton SO22 6QL
May 6th - Fryern Funtasia - WTEG will have a stand selling some beautiful pieces of work at this open air extravaganza on Fryern Rereational Ground.
May 8th - My journey with Felt - Claire Bullock at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
May 9th - Workshop Nuno travel cloth with Claire Bullock to be held at Littleton Village/Memorial Hall, The Hall Way, Littleton SO22 6QL
May 21st - Behind the Seams Presentation with dresses from Strictly Come Dancing to be held at Littleton Village/Memorial Hall, Littleton SO22 6QL
Open to non-members - more information will be added as it becomes available.
June 12th - From Winchester MacMillan Nurse to Professional Textile Artist - Katy Rundle at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
July 10th - Working in Series - Kate Findlay at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
July11th - Workshop with Kate Findlay - Mini Wild Gardens to be held at Littleton Village/Memorial Hall, The Hall Way, Littleton SO22 6QL
Sept 11 - Be Creative - activity led by the committee at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Oct 9th - AGM at Fryern Pavilion/ Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
2023
Jan 11th - Talk - What is textile conservation? by Rebecca Bissonet. www.rbtextileconservation.co.uk
Jan 12th - Workshop - machine embroidery with Sheila Barrow - www.wessexguildofcraftsmen.co.uk/member/sheila-barrow
Feb 8th - MEMBERS ONLY Talk by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn - Inspired to Stitch. www.doubletrouble-ent.com
Feb21 & 22 - Workshop - 'Bond, build and layer' with Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn
March 8th - WTEG - Be creative - small group activities
April 12th - Talk by Liz Ashurst 'Inspiration Eastern' www.lizashurst.co.uk
April 13th - Workshop - Folk Art and Embroidery with Liz Ashurst
May 10th - Talk by Naomi Beevers 'Finding my Wings' www.nbtextileart.com
May 11th - Workshop - Reel Birds with Naomi Beevers
June 14th - Talk by Susan Kay-Williams 'History of the RSN' www.arthistoricallondon.com/susan-kay-williams
June 9th - The Red Dress with Kirstie Macleod at Otterbourne Village Hall -
July 12th - Talk by Emily Jo Gibbs 'A Creative Journey
July 13th - Workshop - Textiles And silk organza with Emily Jo Gibbs. Weeke Community Centre, Taplings Road, Winchester SO22 6HG
www.emilyjogibbs.co.uk
August 26 & 27 - WTEG Open Studios at Fryern Community Centre
Sept 13th - Be Creative - activity led by the committee at Fryern Pavilion / Fryern Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Oct 11th - AGM and talk by a member, Embroideries of Winchester Cathedral, at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre
Oct 28 & 29 - Workshop - Painting for the Terrified with Richard Box www.richardbox.co.uk at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Nov 8 - The Tent Makers of Cairo - Joan and John Fisher at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Dec 13th - Christmas tea and Dorothy Carbonell competition - 'Red' at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre
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January 12th - Talk given by Anne Richards, 'Just add to water - Textiles that shape themselves'.
ZOOM - members will be sent the link in the newsletter.
January 15th & 16th - Workshop with Richard Box, 'Drawing with a needle'. At Fryern Pavilion (Community Centre), Chandlers Ford.
February 9th - Talk given by Stephanie Smart - 'The House of Embroidered Paper'. At Fryern Pavilion.
February 10th - Workshop with Arlene Shawcross, Textures with velvet - at WEEKE COMMUNITY CENTRE, WINCHESTER.
March 9th - Members Day - mini group workshops led by members. At Fryern Pavilion.
April 13th - Talk given by Nicky Barfoot., 'From knitted nudes to quirky peeps. At Fryern Pavilion.
April 14th - Workshop with Nicky Barfoot - Modular magic, knitting one square at a time - at Otterbourne Village Hall
May 11th - Talk given by Julia Gahagan, 'It's a small world'. At Fryern Pavilion.
May 12th - Workshop with Julia Gahagan - Little village scenes - at Otterbourne Village Hall
May 19th - Members only Mini workshop 'Using an embellishing machine'
June 8th - Talk given by Anne Crutchley, 'Passementiere'. At Fryern Pavilion.
June 9th - Workshop with Vanessa Rolf - 'Mapping in Stitch' - a hand stitching workshop
July 13th - Talk given by Consuelo Simpson, ' 'String, string, string and a bit of rope'. At Fryern Pavilion.
August 3rd - Members only - Summer Picnic - 11.00am - 3.00pm
August 27 & 28 - WTEG as part of Hampshire Open Studios at Fryern Pavilion.
September 14th - Mini Makes - led by the Committee.
October 12th - AGM - short talk
October 15 & 16 - Workshop with Richard Box, 'Drawing for the Terrified' At Fryern Pavilion
Nov 9th - Talk by Alice Kettle - Stitching Stories www.alicekettle.co.uk
Dec 14th - Christmas tea and Esme Parker hand stitch competition - 'Winter'
2021
May 12th - Zoom talk given by Diana Springall, 'What do you Mean by Embroidery'.
June 9th - Zoom talk given by Richard Box, 'Richard's Adventures in Drawing, Painting and Embroidery'.
July 14th - Members Picnic, our first face to face gathering, starting at 11.00am.
Postponed due to Covid restrictions - new date 21st July.
September 8th - Talk given by Carol Naylor, 'A Passion for Colour'. At St Barnabas Church.
September 9th - Workshop with Carol Naylor, 'Sky and Seascapes'.
Unfortunately Carol Naylor is unable to attend either day. We have managed to book another speaker for September 8th, Chrissie Juno Mann,. She is an international award winning embroiderer 2018 and a qualified Royal School of Needlework tutor. Her talk is entitled, 'My Work and Animals in Stitch'.
Chrissie's website is https://www.cloudjuno.co.uk
October 9th and 10th - Workshop with Richard Box, 'Poppies'. At Fryern Pavilion (Community Centre), Chandlers Ford.
October 13th - AGM . At FRYERN PAVILION (COMMUNITY CENTRE), SO532LE
November 10th - Talk given by the author, Tracy Chevalier, entitled 'Embroidery in the Cathedral'. At FRYERN PAVILION
November 11th - Workshop with Rosi Robinson - Discover the magic of batik - at WEEKE COMMUNITY CENTRE, WINCHESTER.
December 8th - Christmas Social. At FRYERN PAVILION - and what fun we had making our pin rings.
Jan 10th - 'Couture Embroidery - Worth' by Anthea Godfrey at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Jan 25th - March 3rd Continuing the Thread WTEG exhibition at City Space The Arc, Winchester
Feb 14th - 'The Story of Folded Secrets' - Ruth Smith at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
February 15th Workshop Folded Secrets Keepsake Book with Ruth Smith to be held at Littleton Village Memorial Hall, The Hall Way, Littleton SO22 6QL
March 13th - WTEG - Be creative - small group activities led by WTEG members at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
April 10th - Embroidering the Everyday - Cas Holmes at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
April 11th - Workshop[/b ] Mixed media workshop with Cas Holmes to be held at Littleton Village/Memorial Hall, The Hall Way, Littleton SO22 6QL
May 6th - Fryern Funtasia - WTEG will have a stand selling some beautiful pieces of work at this open air extravaganza on Fryern Rereational Ground.
May 8th - My journey with Felt - Claire Bullock at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
May 9th - Workshop Nuno travel cloth with Claire Bullock to be held at Littleton Village/Memorial Hall, The Hall Way, Littleton SO22 6QL
May 21st - Behind the Seams Presentation with dresses from Strictly Come Dancing to be held at Littleton Village/Memorial Hall, Littleton SO22 6QL
Open to non-members - more information will be added as it becomes available.
June 12th - From Winchester MacMillan Nurse to Professional Textile Artist - Katy Rundle at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
July 10th - Working in Series - Kate Findlay at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
July11th - Workshop with Kate Findlay - Mini Wild Gardens to be held at Littleton Village/Memorial Hall, The Hall Way, Littleton SO22 6QL
Sept 11 - Be Creative - activity led by the committee at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Oct 9th - AGM at Fryern Pavilion/ Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
2023
Jan 11th - Talk - What is textile conservation? by Rebecca Bissonet. www.rbtextileconservation.co.uk
Jan 12th - Workshop - machine embroidery with Sheila Barrow - www.wessexguildofcraftsmen.co.uk/member/sheila-barrow
Feb 8th - MEMBERS ONLY Talk by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn - Inspired to Stitch. www.doubletrouble-ent.com
Feb21 & 22 - Workshop - 'Bond, build and layer' with Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn
March 8th - WTEG - Be creative - small group activities
April 12th - Talk by Liz Ashurst 'Inspiration Eastern' www.lizashurst.co.uk
April 13th - Workshop - Folk Art and Embroidery with Liz Ashurst
May 10th - Talk by Naomi Beevers 'Finding my Wings' www.nbtextileart.com
May 11th - Workshop - Reel Birds with Naomi Beevers
June 14th - Talk by Susan Kay-Williams 'History of the RSN' www.arthistoricallondon.com/susan-kay-williams
June 9th - The Red Dress with Kirstie Macleod at Otterbourne Village Hall -
July 12th - Talk by Emily Jo Gibbs 'A Creative Journey
July 13th - Workshop - Textiles And silk organza with Emily Jo Gibbs. Weeke Community Centre, Taplings Road, Winchester SO22 6HG
www.emilyjogibbs.co.uk
August 26 & 27 - WTEG Open Studios at Fryern Community Centre
Sept 13th - Be Creative - activity led by the committee at Fryern Pavilion / Fryern Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Oct 11th - AGM and talk by a member, Embroideries of Winchester Cathedral, at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre
Oct 28 & 29 - Workshop - Painting for the Terrified with Richard Box www.richardbox.co.uk at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Nov 8 - The Tent Makers of Cairo - Joan and John Fisher at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre, Chandlers Ford
Dec 13th - Christmas tea and Dorothy Carbonell competition - 'Red' at Fryern Pavilion / Community Centre
[b2022
January 12th - Talk given by Anne Richards, 'Just add to water - Textiles that shape themselves'.
ZOOM - members will be sent the link in the newsletter.
January 15th & 16th - Workshop with Richard Box, 'Drawing with a needle'. At Fryern Pavilion (Community Centre), Chandlers Ford.
February 9th - Talk given by Stephanie Smart - 'The House of Embroidered Paper'. At Fryern Pavilion.
February 10th - Workshop with Arlene Shawcross, Textures with velvet - at WEEKE COMMUNITY CENTRE, WINCHESTER.
March 9th - Members Day - mini group workshops led by members. At Fryern Pavilion.
April 13th - Talk given by Nicky Barfoot., 'From knitted nudes to quirky peeps. At Fryern Pavilion.
April 14th - Workshop with Nicky Barfoot - Modular magic, knitting one square at a time - at Otterbourne Village Hall
May 11th - Talk given by Julia Gahagan, 'It's a small world'. At Fryern Pavilion.
May 12th - Workshop with Julia Gahagan - Little village scenes - at Otterbourne Village Hall
May 19th - Members only Mini workshop 'Using an embellishing machine'
June 8th - Talk given by Anne Crutchley, 'Passementiere'. At Fryern Pavilion.
June 9th - Workshop with Vanessa Rolf - 'Mapping in Stitch' - a hand stitching workshop
July 13th - Talk given by Consuelo Simpson, ' 'String, string, string and a bit of rope'. At Fryern Pavilion.
August 3rd - Members only - Summer Picnic - 11.00am - 3.00pm
August 27 & 28 - WTEG as part of Hampshire Open Studios at Fryern Pavilion.
September 14th - Mini Makes - led by the Committee.
October 12th - AGM - short talk
October 15 & 16 - Workshop with Richard Box, 'Drawing for the Terrified' At Fryern Pavilion
Nov 9th - Talk by Alice Kettle - Stitching Stories www.alicekettle.co.uk
Dec 14th - Christmas tea and Esme Parker hand stitch competition - 'Winter'
2021
May 12th - Zoom talk given by Diana Springall, 'What do you Mean by Embroidery'.
June 9th - Zoom talk given by Richard Box, 'Richard's Adventures in Drawing, Painting and Embroidery'.
July 14th - Members Picnic, our first face to face gathering, starting at 11.00am.
Postponed due to Covid restrictions - new date 21st July.
September 8th - Talk given by Carol Naylor, 'A Passion for Colour'. At St Barnabas Church.
September 9th - Workshop with Carol Naylor, 'Sky and Seascapes'.
Unfortunately Carol Naylor is unable to attend either day. We have managed to book another speaker for September 8th, Chrissie Juno Mann,. She is an international award winning embroiderer 2018 and a qualified Royal School of Needlework tutor. Her talk is entitled, 'My Work and Animals in Stitch'.
Chrissie's website is https://www.cloudjuno.co.uk
October 9th and 10th - Workshop with Richard Box, 'Poppies'. At Fryern Pavilion (Community Centre), Chandlers Ford.
October 13th - AGM . At FRYERN PAVILION (COMMUNITY CENTRE), SO532LE
November 10th - Talk given by the author, Tracy Chevalier, entitled 'Embroidery in the Cathedral'. At FRYERN PAVILION
November 11th - Workshop with Rosi Robinson - Discover the magic of batik - at WEEKE COMMUNITY CENTRE, WINCHESTER.
December 8th - Christmas Social. At FRYERN PAVILION - and what fun we had making our pin rings.
