Monthly Meetings 2023
11 January, 2023
Zoom only
7pm – 9pm
Anne Brooke
#4theloveofstitch
This talk covers a brief history of Anne’s journey but mainly focuses on 2021 to the present day , the development of #sew4thesoul during the year, and how Anne became more obsessed with stitch.
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8 February, 2023
Zoom only
7pm – 9pm
Andrea Chappell
Pleats Please!
It’s a generational thing.
It started with my grandad, an Argyll and Sutherland Highlander, handing down his regimental kilt to my mum, then onto me. Mum wore hers and made ours, in the 60s and 70s and her timeless fashion has fostered my love for kilts ever since.
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8 March, 2023
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
7pm – 9pm
Angie Hughes
Creative icebreaking
Angie is a textile artist and tutor, who lives and works in Ledbury, Herefordshire. She has been interested in textiles since she left school although only discovered creative embroidery in 1994 when she began studying City & Guilds at Malvern Hills College
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12 April, 2023
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
7pm – 9pm
Linda Miller
In stitches
For the past 30 years Linda has been making one-off, framed and unframed machine embroideries using an industrial Bernina 950 sewing machine and her work is exhibited throughout the UK, Europe and the USA. Linda has pieces held in the Southern Arts collection and within the permanent textile and dress collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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10 May, 2023
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
7pm – 9pm
Jane Robinson
A textile journey in stitch and mixed media.
Jane is a textile artist in Worthing, West Sussex. She prints and dyes her own fabrics, and then creates art with a combination of hand-stitch and sewing machine. Her inspiration comes from a variety of sources, including rocks and fossils, plants and leaves, and designs from other cultures. The colour and sparkle of India have a particular influence on her work.
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14 June, 2023
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
7pm – 9pm
John Allen
Are they tapestries, are they carpets, are they art?
John Allen has been a Textile Designer specialising in printed, woven and knitted fabrics for over 25 years.
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12 July, 2023
Iffley Village Hall
7pm – 9pm
Summer Social
This is an in-person event so you will not be able to join via Zoom. Always an enjoyable evening when we bring along examples of our work, share a supper, and generally get to know each other better.
9 August, 2023
Iffley Village Hall
7pm – 9pm
Stitchathon
Following the success of last year’s Stitchathon, join us at Iffley Village Hall for an evening of Stitching Fun!
Details to follow.
13 September, 2023
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
7pm – 9pm
Jayne Emerson
My life in textiles
Jayne’s studio is a treasure trove of vintage and reclaimed fabric and up-cycling is an integral part of her practice.
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11 October, 2023
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
7pm – 9pm
Anne Griffiths
Stories in Stitch
Anne was born in London and worked as an IT consultant until 1998, when she moved to Oxfordshire and gave up full-time employment to pursue her interest in art and particularly textiles.
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8 November, 2023
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
7pm – 9pm
Karen Nicol
24/7 Stitch
Karen Nicol is an embroidery and mixed media textile artist working in gallery, fashion and interiors with a London based design and production studio established for over twenty-five years. She specialises in Irish, Cornelly, Multihead, beading and hand embroidery.
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13 December, 2023
Zoom only
7pm – 9pm
Julie French
Stitched on the Wild Side
Using the sewing machine as a tool for continuous line drawing, Julie’s work explores movement and texture with often unpredictable outcomes, which have been likened to ink illustration.
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