DRAFT programme 2012/2013
Saturday 22nd September 2012 1.30pm AGM
Guest speaker – Polly Plowman, British Button Society : A history of button-making in England
Thursday 11th October 2012 – Trip to the Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, London
Friday 19th October 2012 – 7.30pm
Guest speaker – Libby Todd : Contemporary costume design
Saturday 20th October 2012 – 10am to 4pm
Workshop : Libby Todd - ‘Life at Sea’: design your own piece of textile art
Friday 16th November 2012 – 7.30pm
Guest speaker : Jeanette Durrant – ‘Fancy work and Flowers’ – Victorian embroidery
Saturday 17th November 2012 – 10am to 4pm
Workshop : Jeanette Durrant – ‘Rich and Crazy’ – crazy patchwork
Saturday 8th December 2012 – 2pm
Winter social
Friday 18th January 2013 – 7.30pm
Guest speaker : National Trust textile conservation (to be confirmed)
Saturday 19th January 2013 0 10am to 4pm
Workshop : Judith Ellis – ‘Long stitch Bookbinding’
Saturday 16th February 2013 – 2pm
Spring social
Friday 15th March 2013 – 7.30pm
Guest speaker : Maggi Rutterford – ‘Ethnic textiles’
Saturday 16th March 2013 – 10am to 4pm
Workshop : Maggi Rutterford – ‘Contemporary kanthas’
Friday 12th April 2013 – 7.30pm
Guest speaker : to be confirmed
Saturday 13th April 2013 – 10am to 4pm
Workshop : Jenny Furlong – ‘Creating a landscape with machine embroidery’
Friday 17th May 2013 – 7.30pm
Guest speaker : Liz Almond – ‘Blackwork journey, new beginnings’
Saturday 18th May 2013 – 10am to 4pm
Workshop : Liz Almond – ‘Contemporary blackwork’
Friday 14th June 2013 – 7.30pm
Guest speaker : Norwich Puppet Theatre – ‘The art of puppet making’
Saturday 15th June 2013 – 10am to 4pm
Workshop : Sue Leonard – ‘An introduction to stumpwork’
Saturday 13th July 2013 – 2pm
Summer social
