Meetings and Workshops
Our meetings take place monthly on Saturday afternoons at:
St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham, RG41 1EH from 2.30
We are a very active group and our meetings range from talks from Textile artists, mini workshops, show and tell with a sales table and raffle. Please check out our programme below
We also welcome non-members to the meeting at a small charge of £5 per meeting
We also hold Saturday workshops take place between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm at St Paul’s Parish Rooms.
Places for the workshops must be booked and paid for in advance. These are open to members and non members. Workshops will be priced individually.
To check workshop availability and to book places please contact wokinghameg@outlook.com
Programme
All meetings are open to visitors at a cost of £5 per visitor please contact us via the contacts page if you would like to book on to a session
Full day workshops will be priced individually.
Saturday 29th June 2024
House of Embroidered Paper - Stephanie Smart
St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham RG41 1EH at 2.30
In 2017 Stephanie formally established her own fashion label The House of Embroidered Paper
Stephanie’s working practice combines that of a fashion house and a fine art studio. Each garment produced is a work of paper textiles, created using only paper and thread; inspired by period and place, history and story.
Saturday 6th July 2024 Full Day Workshop
St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham RG41 1EH at 10.00 – 4.00
The morning workshop will run from 10am to 12.45pm and you will learn how to make recycled paper pulp, form it into sheets and how dyes and other materials can be incorporated. You will be able to take your sheets home to dry.
The afternoon workshop will run from 1.15pm to 4pm and you will explore ways of incorporating paper of various sorts into a textile piece
Saturday 27th July 2024
Stitch in the Park
Howard Palmer Gardens, Howard Road, Wokingham RG40 2BX from 2.30
Meet at the park for a general stitch session, show and tell and CAKE if the weather permits Let’s relax and share some of the creativity from the past few months. Please bring your own drink and chair
Saturday 17th August 2024
Shweshwe Fabric - Trish Grammer
St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham RG41 1EH at 2.30
African fabrics! Shweshwe fabrics are vibrant coloured fabrics which are fantastic for quilting.
Trish will be talking to us about where they come from and how they are made.
Saturday 28th September 2024
AGM, Show and Tell, Sales Table and Raffle
St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham RG41 1EH at 2.30
Saturday 26th October 2024
Goldwork and the Coronation - Sonja Galsworthy
St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham RG41 1EH at 2.30
Sonja will share her knowledge of goldwork embroidery and explain her history as a professional embroiderer trained at the RSN including the most prestigious jobs worked for the Kings Coronation last year
No Meeting in November
14th December 2024
A little bit of Christmas - mini workshop
St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham RG41 1EH at 2.30
We will be having a mini Christmas themed workshop with a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie
25th January 2025
A Japanese Embroidery Journey - Cath Wilson
St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham RG41 1EH at 2.30
The Japanese Embroidery Centre curriculum covers 10 phases a stitcher should work through before they are considered advanced. This talk covers the content of the phases and my journey through them.
Programme
We are now looking at the programme for next year. So, if you have a suggestion please email us Contact Us
2024 - 2025
Programme Dates
Travelling Books
Wokingham Embroiderers has been running a Travelling Books project for several years and many members participate. It is a ’round robin’ with A5 sketch books circulating around contributing members.
Each member begins with their own sketch book, creating a page and a cover for the book. Some members even make a bag for their travelling book. It is then passed onto another person in the group until each member of the group has completed a page.
Then our travelling books continue to circulate until eventually all pages contain work by our textile artists. At this point they are returned to their owners and if they wish the member starts a new travelling book.
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