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Beautiful goldwork embroidery

Machine embroidery panel detail inspired by lichen

Textile greeting card using reverse applique techique

Machine contemporary quilt inspired by Ground Zero

Machine embroidery for Capability Brown exhibition

Winchester Embroiderers' Guild welcomes contemporary and traditional textile artists, embroiderers and craft enthusiasts

Next Meeting - Hilary Charlesworth

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 12th June at St Barnabas Church. The meeting will start at 2 pm, doors open and help with setting up from 1:30 pm. The speaker will be Hilary Charlesworth, who will be talking about Painting with Yarns - Woven Tapestry. The following day she will be giving her workshop on Tapestry Weaving. We still have one or two vacancies for this workshop with Hilary Charlesworth, who will be exploring woven tapestry. The cost is £25.00.  If you would like to take part in the workshop please contact Karen.

National Day of Stitch

A few members have been very busy preparing the strips for embroidery for the National Day of Stitch. Don't forget WEG will be celebrating stitch at C&H, Winchester from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 22nd June 2019.

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The lastest edition of the SEW Region Newsletter can be found here. 

Stitching Group

stitching groupThe Stitching Group will resume later in the year if there is sufficient interest. We are considering a different date and a different venue - if you would be interested in attending a morning session once a month please let Eliza know. 

 

Sales Table

Thanks to everyone for donating to the sales table and please don’t stop giving, anything however large or small is welcome and if you need any help with picking up or transporting please contact Teresa. Give donations to Teresa and she will add them to the sales table. Due to everyone’s generosity both with supplying and buying from the sales table we are going to have a donations box for you so you can browse and then drop your contribution into the donations box rather than having to be ‘observed’. Please give what you feel is appropriate for the items you have. There is no minimum or maximum and we just ask that items that may be a little more special such as say gold threads are considered in the level of donation if you can.

Get involved at WEG

Find out how you can be involved with WEG.

There are lots of interesting workshops following our talks

Ask Ann Wheeler if you can bake a cake

Help with keeping the website up to date by ensuring that there are regular contributions and  compiling the list of What's On

Forthcoming Events and Competitions

Don't forget Knit and Stitch at Ally Pali 11th -14th October 2018. Tickets for our coach have all gone now!

Windsor and Maidenhead Members' Exhibition - Elizabeth House in Cookham Rise, running fro 17th September to 12th October 2018. Open weekdays 9-3pm and 11-3pm at the weekends

Threads Through Revelation at Guildford Cathedral 22nd August to 12 October 

 

About Us

The branch is based in Hampshire and was founded in 1963. It is affiliated to the internationally recognised Embroiderers’ Guild, which embraces all areas of embroidery and is proud to be recognised as a voice for raising the profile of textile and stitched art. Don't let the "Guild" in our name put you off - there is nothing stuffy or exclusive about us! Textile art covers so much more than just fabric and thread and Winchester Embroiderers' Guild is a lively branch with over 70 members, who have a huge range of interests, experience and skills. Our members enjoy getting together and hearing speakers talk about all sorts of embroidery, textiles and related subjects including:

traditional and contemporary embroidery

mixed media and patchwork

lace, felt and beading

historical and ethnic work

We welcome everyone from complete beginners to experienced textile artists. You can be a traditional hand-stitcher, a machine textile artist who enjoys working on bold and contemporary designs or anything in between. You do not have to be a practising textile artist, just having an interest in textile art will suffice. 

There are monthly meetings as well as a number of workshops every year and an informal stitching group that meets in the morning before branch meetings. We also have two active Young Embroiderers’ Groups who meet in the school holidays. We hold regular competitions, challenges and exhibitions. Click here to see a beautiful embroidery of Winchester completed by Guild members in 1988 that is displayed in the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.

Visitors are always made most welcome at our meetings and we hold occasional coffee mornings for new members. Please contact the branch for more information about visiting or joining Winchester Embroiderers' Guild.