Monday 10 November 2025 online talk
Hannah Crump – Finding Myself through Nature and Thread
https://www.juniper-forest-embroidery.com
Having struggled to understand her place in the world since childhood, discovering embroidery and a love of nature gave Hannah a new sense of identity. Suffering with anxiety from an early age and recently diagnosed with autism, finding balance in her daily life by engaging with the natural world has been invaluable. Her embroidery designs are heavily influenced by our role in the natural world and how engaging with nature can improve our physical and mental health.
 

Monday 8 December online talk

Suzette Smart – Textile Connections

https://suzettesmart.com

Suzette has been described as a stitch storyteller as whatever the piece of stitch there is always a tale to tell.  Ideas and themes are drawn from connections within a landscape and the paths that lead through and home. This creates a strong sense of place within each piece of work.  Suzette will share some of the inspiration and techniques she uses to create her multi layered and heavily stitched pieces of work.

 

January 2026 – no meeting

 

Monday 9 February 2026 – online talk

Anne Haigh - From a Cushion to a Robe via a Bull - Digitizing the Embroiderers’ Guild Collection

https://embroiderersguild.com/ 

In October 2023 the Embroiderers’ Guild commenced the huge but joyous task of digitising their collection. A chance to find out more about the Embroiderers’ Guild Collection and the further progress they have made to photograph and digitise images that will then be available online via ArtUK for all to study and enjoy in glorious detail.

 

Anne Haigh, the Trustee leading the Digitising the Collection Programme will provide an overview of what the project has involved, progress to date, glimpses behind the scenes and what is planned next. Be prepared for amusing stories of practical challenges overcome and some exquisite embroidery eye candy.

 

Monday 9 March 2026 – online talk

Zara Day - It’s never too late to be who you might have been

https://www.instagram.com/zara_day_embroidery_design/?hl=en

Zara will talk through her journey of establishing her bespoke embroidery business, Rosemaryrose, about the work and techniques. How she pivoted the business through lockdown to create online embroidery courses and to what direction Rosemaryrose is now heading looking at using sustainable fabrics and threads.

 

Monday 13 April 2026 – Tylers Green Village Hall

Stitch a Name Badge

Join us for a fun evening making yourself a new textile name badge.  The theme for the badges is Black and White but beyond that you can be as adventurous as you like!  If you already have an idea of how you would like to make your badge please bring along any materials you will need.  Otherwise, all fabrics and threads will be provided along with any assistance required.  Please bring your needles and scissors and any other sewing equipment you may need.  

 

Monday 11 May 2026 – Tylers Green Village Hall

Learn a New Stitch or Develop an Old Favourite 

Plus a demo by Ros Cooper on Gelli Plate printing

We will be looking at stitches you might not have used before and also exploring how far you can go developing some old favourites.  If you haven’t finished your name badge from last month, please bring it with you.  Plenty of materials and threads will be available but please bring your sewing kit.  

 

Ros Cooper, one of our very talented members, will also be giving us a demonstration.  Whilst she was looking for new ways to use gelli printing she stumbled upon printing botanicals on tissue paper which she then stitches into both by hand and by machine.  In a short session she will demonstrate the process and share some of her experiments and samples.

 

Monday 8 June 2026– Tylers Green Village Hall

Judith Castle - Portrait of a Life, Embroidered

https://www.judemooncastle.co.uk/

An artistic embroiderer with a passion for textile art and portraiture.  After studying Creative Embroidery in the 1970s, I rekindled my craft in 2015.  My work, blending freehand machine embroidery and storytelling, has earned recognition at the Royal Academy and beyond.

 

When I’m not stitching or painting in Marlow Bottom, I enjoy gardening and golfing at Castle Royle.  Sharing my journey and insights, I now give presentations to art and embroidery groups, inspiring others to embrace the endless possibilities of textile art.

 

 

Monday 13 July 2026 – Tylers Green Village Hall

Play our Design Game

We have devised a simple game that explores design, intended to be a fun and light hearted evening  looking at  the thorny subject of design. There will be an opportunity to discuss wild and wacky creative ideas amongst which we hope to find some ingenious solutions and challenge creativity. The joy is that you don’t have to make them.

 

August 2026 – no meeting

 

Monday 14 September 2026 – Tylers Green Village Hall

Stitch Project

Proposal for an exciting stitch project for the group to join in with. Further details will be given later.

 

Monday 12 October 2026 – Tylers Green Village Hall

AGM and Show and Tell

A short AGM will be followed by a members Show and Tell.  Please bring along any textiles you would like to share.  They can be pieces you have made yourself, ones you have been given or items you might have purchased on holiday.