Our afternoon meetings are held at the United Reformed Church in Western Road, Romford on the second Saturday in each month except August.
Annual subscription £45.00
Admission for visitors £5.
Visitors are welcome to attend up to three meetings over a two year period without an obligation to join.
PROGRAMME Spring and Summer 2022
AFTERNOON MEETINGS 1.45 to 4 pm
Jan 8th Elizabeth Tarr. “Memories and Mythology”
Feb12th Michele Carragher “Costume in tv and film”
March 12th Nicola Jarvis. “The Needle’s Excellency”
April 9th Lucy Martin “Hand Embroidery in a Contemporary Context”
May 14th Unfortunately, our speaker is unable to join us so we will use this opportunity to hold a more relaxed and sociable stitch along. We have some crown brooch kits left over from the show so these will form the basis of new name badges for you to create This will be in time for you to wear your brooch at the forthcoming Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations and for our newest members to get to know us better. All you need to bring is your basic sewing kit.
June 11th Founders Day: Show and tell presentation and Founders’ Cup Competition
July 9th Diana Springall “Embroidery as a Way of Life”
WORKSHOPS 10 am to 4 pm
January 22nd In-house Skills shared by our own members
March 26th Alex Waylett “Indian Tiles”
April 30th Wendy Dolan on Zoom. “Klint Inspired Machine Embroidery”
June 25th Anne Griffiths “Shibori dyeing”
Residential Weekend at High Leigh.
15th-17th July 2022.
Tutor: Michele Caragher