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We have curated some of our favourite links here. Some could be for you to participate in and some just to inspire you! We can take no responsibililty for links that no longer work, but do let us know so that we can remove them. How Picasso's 'Guernica' changed Kerry James Marshall's life Fibre Arts Take Two Friday Feature Artist:  Coulter Fussell Friday Feature Artist: Fibre Arts Take Two with Helen Geglio Garment sculpturle by Shae Bishop Vote for the School of Stitched Textiles Bursary Winner The RA take on Frieze London Fibre Artst Take Two Friday Feature Artist: Tina Marais Home away from Home  Redbridge Tales of the Weird: An Autumnal Festival   Saturday 1 – Sunday 2 November At the British Library and online Voices for Change: Stories from the Environmental Movement Thursday 23 October, 19.00 At the British Library and online The Wordsworth Lecture: Romantic Ecology Rebooted  Monday 27 October, 19.00 British Library The Map and the Echo ...

If you would like us to include your group on this page and in our newsletter, please use the contact form on our website to send us the information. Southend Seaside Stitchers Southend Seaside Stitchers (formerly South & East Essex Embroiderers Guild) meet twice a month in Westcliff-on-Sea with a mixture of mini workshops, speakers and bring your own project sessions. They welcome all stitchers and textiles enthusiasts to their meetings. For more details, please see their  Facebook  and I nstagram   pages or email    southenendseasidestitchers@yahoo.com Romford Embroiders They meet monthly on a Saturday afternoon at the United Reformed Church, Western Road, Romford Find out more about Romford Embroiderers here. Essex Silk Painters Essex Silk Painters is a vibrant local chapter of the National Guild of Silk Painters. They meet in Toot Hill near Ongar on the first Saturday of every month (except January) for day-long workshops. Some days have ...

We offer free patterns as we come across them. Please note that we can take no responsibility for links that do not work.   We have a choice of two patterns from DMC this week, both with the same theme; a cross-stitch advent or embroidery advent - the choice is yours, or do both! Download the cross-stitch pattern here. Download the embroidery pattern here. This week's Christmas design is a needle felted gingerbread star tree decoration. You could change the colour of the fibre and thread to match your Christmas colour scheme. Alternatively, use the template to cut the star shape from felt and use embroidery thread to stitch the detail.  Download your pattern here. This week's Christmas themed design is a swiss darning Christmas tree. This design can also be used for cross stitch, intarsia, crochet or any other technique that uses a block diagram. The pattern uses crewel wool to stitch the design. Download your pattern here. Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing some Chri...