An opportunity to create your own hand-stitched textile art pieces, whether purely decorative or functional. Help will be available on materials, design and stitching so the finished work is uniquely yours. We may use both fabrics and simple embroidery stitches in unconventional ways, so come and enjoy being creative!

September
October	20
November	17
December	15
January	19
February	16
March	16
April	20
May	18

Recent work

oct2026: Just before the summer break we played with the idea of adding real shells to our pieces. Congratulations to Diana, Cherry and Sue on producing these lovely designs.

jul2026: In Stitched Textile Art this year we have been having fun making hangings, panels, goddesses and hanging books. As always, everyone interprets the instructions in their own individual way to produce a lovely varied set of work. We look forward to more stitching fun next year, starting in October.

apr2026: Gill M has recently completed a lovely stitched map of where she lives in Holybourne. She has also made a goddess (named Gloria I believe) who looks like she has been enjoying some very good red wine.

mar2026: In February we made stitched goddesses, either statues to stand on a surface or pocket versions to accompany people in tricky situations. They look cute together and each one has her own reassuring character.

feb2026: We spent some time investigating what we could do with running stitch.

Jenny made a textile frame to display a childhood photo while Carolyn has stitched a map of the part of Alton where she lives.

feb2026: Where we did marking with inks on paper and then stitched into them.

2026: Jenny has just finished this piece of Banjara work which she has made into a mat using lovely muted colours. Since starting back this year we have been looking at what you can do with simple running stitches, and there is still more to explore. Keeping it simple, but effective.

Some of the works done in 2024-5 by members working on a ‘Four Seasons’ theme to make textile hangings which convert into concertina textile books...