Exhibitors that joined us in 2023
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All Directions
Staffordshire Stand
Our exhibition shows work completed by ‘All Directions’, a creative stitched textiles group who meet in Lichfield to learn and explore new techniques to incorporate into their own work. If you would like to know more about the group, then please contact the tutor Jane Lockley. Jane@fairwayss.co.uk
Eclectica Textile Artists
Captured in Thread
Staffordshire Stand
United by a passion for stitched textiles, our name reflecting our work as a collective. We work independently to create contemporary work which is varied in process, scale and concept
The Lace Guild
Only displaying on Sunday
The Lace Guild is an educational charity managed by an elected committee of trustees. The Guild was founded in 1976 at the height of a resurgence in crafts of all kinds. Its objects are to educate the public in the craft of lacemaking, its history and use; to promote a high standard of lacemaking and through education, to encourage design, development and professional presentation of lace. Membership is open to all. Our accredited museum holds a large collection of lace and lace related artefacts. In addition, The Lace Guild contains a comprehensive library of lace making and design related books and magazines from across the world available for members to loan.
Project Linus
Premier Bar
Project Linus UK is a network of volunteers who make comfort blankets for sick, traumatised and disadvantaged children to give them a sense of comfort and security.
Ruth Duffy & Lindsay Fellowes
Alternative Strands
Staffordshire Stand
Mixed media textile artists demonstrating and exhibiting some of their latest work. This includes art techniques, print, stitch and collage.
Stitched Together
4 Local Groups
Staffordshire Stand
We welcome everyone with an interest in embroidery, stitch and textiles. Find your local independent group for monthly meetings, talks and workshops.
StitchyWooWoo
StitchyWooWoo designs and makes exciting, unusual and unique Textile Kits for all levels of ability and stitching techniques. Pop along and see all the goodies. Talks and Workshops given by Sally Hutson.
Traverse
Between the Lines
Traverse is a group of textile artists, working with varied styles, mediums and techniques. Our name evolved from looking or moving sideways, finding different perspectives and we are currently exploring a new theme ‘Between the Lines’ in felt, paint, print, metal and stitch.
Betty’s Sewing Box
Staffordshire Stand
Betty’s Sewing Box is a bricks and mortar shop in Ashbourne, we stock and sell quilting fabric including Liberty Cotton and Liberty Lawn. We make and sell craft kits using our own fabric and supporting local crafters. We have a large workroom where we offer a range of textile based workshops.
Cathy Reavy – Threads Workshop
Staffordshire Stand
Gaining inspiration from nature and travels around the world. Cathy develops her own designs, which she teaches others to re-create on her hand embroidery workshops in the beautiful Peak District Village of Alstonefield, near Ashbourne. Now with her own YouTube channel, the majority of Cathy’s workshops can be bought in kit form, each of which includes a step-by-step online video tutorial.
Crazy Mary Crafts
Staffordshire Stand
Mary has a passion for textiles and is an experienced teacher. She runs workshops for patchwork, quilting and embroidery guilds, crafting circles and community groups and also leads school textile projects. She is a regular tutor at Festival of Quilts and here at Quilt & Stitch Village.
Jeudis
Reconstruction
Exhibition Hall
The title for this exhibition is “Reconstruction”. This has been interpreted in different ways by the members of the group, from re-vamping pieces already in existence to producing new pieces inspired by the title.
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Staffordshire Patchwork & Quilters
Exhibition Hall
Staffordshire Patchwork & Quilters are a friendly, local group who meet on the 1st Thursday of the month (except August & December) at Walton Community Centre, Stone, to listen to a speaker and share our love and enthusiasm for patchwork and quilting. We have just celebrated our 40 year anniversary.
Second Turning Textile Group
Second Turning, Second Time
We are currently a group of twelve skilled creatives based in Bradmore, South Nottinghamshire. We have been creating high quality innovative and exciting two and three dimensional work together for over 30 years.
Un:Bound
Un:bound; Reconnected
An established group of textile artists that came together to support each other’s creative development. This eclectic group meet monthly to discuss and work on shared and individual projects. Their emphasis is on encouraging each other to discover their own personal voices and be the best they can.
Cinnabar
On the Margin – ponds & paths
Staffordshire Stand
A new body of work from Cinnabar – our individual interpretations of the title ‘On the Margin’ using textile, stitch and mixed media.
Cinnabar: Judith Burnett, Liz Duck, Francine Wilkins, Julie Williams.
Guild of Silk Painters
An Introduction to the excitement of Silk Painting
Exhibition Hall
The Guild of Silk Painters will show their work and demonstrate techniques. Come and visit our stand and try your hand at silk painting.
Gathering Threads
Walls & Gardens
In July 2022 we were invited to visit the Walled Garden at Wollaton Park, Nottingham. The air of calm, together with the variety of lovely plants we found there inspired our work for this Exhibition.
Material Girls
We are a group of likeminded friends with interests in all genres. Each year we have a project where members produce an item on a given theme from a pack of identical materials. This year our theme was Lapland Magic.
Ros Peedle
Tiny Christmas Quilts
Paddock Pavilion
It’s never too early to prepare for Christmas! Using small scraps of fabric and sparkly embellishments, Ros will demonstrate how to make these tiny quilts to hang on your tree. You could make a treeful!! Hand or machine work.
Wymeswold Threads
Moving On
Exhibition Hall
Wymeswold Threads members meet to share their love of creating textile art with a variety of materials and techniques. This exhibition is characterised by its diversity and imagination, with Thread as the common theme.
2022 Exhibitors
All Directions
Our exhibition shows work completed by ‘All Directions’, a creative stitched textiles group who meet fortnightly in Lichfield to learn and explore new techniques to incorporate into their own work. If you would like to know more about the group, then please contact the tutor Jane Lockley. Jane@fairwayss.co.uk
Alternative Strands
Two artists have joined together to present individual explorations of mixed media. They tell their stories through print, paint, thread, stitch, fabric and frankly anything else that fits.
Bookart
Bound Together
Meeting on a regular basis, we individually create books that demonstrate a wide and eclectic mix of stitch and mixed media. We transpose the ordinary humble book into a feast of design, texture and colour.
Cathy Reavy
Threads Workshops
Gaining inspiration from nature and travels around the world. Cathy develops her own designs, which she teaches others to re-create on her hand embroidery workshops in the beautiful Peak District Village of Alstonefield, near Ashbourne. Now with her own YouTube channel, the majority of Cathy’s workshops can be bought in kit form, each of which includes a step-by-step online video tutorial.
Cinnabar
Petals, Pods & Seeds
Staffordshire Stand
Petals, Pods and Seeds in Pattern, Print and Stitch.
Cinnabar: Judith Burnett, Liz Duck, Francine Wilkins, Julie Williams.
Crazy Mary Crafts
Staffordshire Stand
Crazy Mary Crafts provides textile workshops and residential stitching weekends; plus school projects and community based textile art. Many of Mary’s projects are also available as kits to complete at home.
Eclectica Textile Artists
Colour, Cloth, Stitch
We are a small group of textile artists, united by a love of fabric and stitch, working independently to create contemporary stitched textiles. Our name reflects our work as a collective, varied in process, scale and concept.
Embroiderers Guild: 4 Local Stitch Groups
We welcome everyone with an interest in any area of embroidery, stitch and textiles. Find your local independent group for monthly meetings, talks and workshops.
Shopping at Quilt & Stitch!
We have so many Traders joining us, who are all ready to offer you all the Fabrics, Tools, Accessories & much more!
Gathering Threads
2020 Vision – Close to Home
2020 Vision, Close to Home – perfect eyesight or reference to the year 2020? This theme offered scope to inspire a variety of interesting work. Little did we know how ‘close to home’ we would all be!
Guild of Silk Painters
An Introduction to the excitement of Silk Painting
Exhibition Hall
The Guild of Silk Painters is a non-profit organisation who meet where and whenever possible to share knowledge and promote the art of silk painting in all its many guises.
Jeudis
Connected by Thread
This eclectic exhibition explores diversity of individual styles and visions in the development of traditional textile crafts as art, through consideration of form, line, colour, shape and perspective, with thread as the common factor.
Karen Lane
The Fabric and Fibre of Nature
Karen Lane is a mixed media Textile Artist and Feltmaker based in North Lincolnshire. Nature provides an unending source of inspiration for her work, from trees and leaves to fossils and found objects. Karen teaches a variety of workshops in both Textiles and Feltmaking in the UK and in France.
Louise Claire Textiles
ECO Fabrics
Louise Claire brings to the 2022 show a beautiful selection of Eco Fabrics, hand dyed French lace, craft packs and Lavender seeds. For upcycling inspiration on repurposing fabric for craft projects come and visit us.
Material Girls
The Quiet of the Night
We are a group of friends who have an interest in many genres, but our main aim is to enjoy ourselves. We have a real mixture of talents and skills which are aided by guest tutors and knowledge gained from external workshops. Each year we have a project where members produce an item from a pack of identical materials on a given theme. Over the years our themes have included Stately Homes, Happy Moments, Communication and Films. Last year our theme, which we exhibited, was Gates and this year it will be ‘In the Quiet of the Night’.
Project Linus
Project Linus UK is a network of needle workers who make new patchwork quilts. These are given as a gift to sick, traumatised and needy children to give them a sense of comfort and security.
Sew Happy Patchwork & Quilting Classes
What’s on @ Sew Happy
Escape to a world of colour and texture. Relax and meet new friends, learn a skill while creating gifts for family and friends, or furnishing your home with matching accessories. Learn Patchwork and Quilting techniques by making.
Staffordshire Patchwork and Quilters
We are a friendly, welcoming group of patchwork and quilters who meet on the first Thursday of the month at the Walton Community Centre, Stone, Staffordshire at 6.45pm. We usually have an interesting speaker, a raffle and refreshment. Admission £4. We like to hold several workshops or sit and sew days throughout the year too.
The Quilters Guild of the British Isles – Region 11
The Quilters Guild is an educational charity open to all. It promotes quiltmaking in all its forms across the UK and the preservation of its heritage in order to ensure a future for the craft.
Traverse
Senses
Traverse is a group of textile artists, working with varied styles, mediums and techniques, our name evolved from looking or moving sideways, finding different perspectives. ‘Senses’ explores our individual approaches to the sensory world in felt, paint, print and stitch.
Wylde Oake Artistry
Bursting at the Seams
Through the use of mixed-media carapaces, of varying scales, the exhibition speaks of and invites conversation surrounding differing body image issues caused by socio-cultural pressures, particularly in the menopausal or post-menopausal era. The work further seeks to re-examine what it is to be beautiful in the modern era.
Wymeswold Threads
Starting Out
Wymeswold Threads is a newly formed group whose members have a broad range of experiences. We create textile art using a wide variety of materials and techniques. Our exhibition is characterised by its diversity and imagination – thread is our common theme.
2019 Exhibitors
Stitched Memories
Would you like to get involved?
Textile artist Tilly Rose would like your help!
I am looking to create a display wall of little stitched patches that will help create a few smiles, lots of chatter and evoke a few treasured memories of times past. You may want to use a theme ie a day out with the family, seaside fish and chips, fruit cake and a cup of tea, Grandad’s garden shed, the smell of summer….or you may want to just add a patch of stitched threads in a rainbow the list goes on…. It is open to ALL abilities.
Do you fancy joining us in making a patch and joining in with the fun?
Requirements – Each patch needs to be 5″ square and can be hand or machine stitched using any type of design you wish. You may even wish to add in other techniques such as quilting, mixed media or embroidery.
The idea is to provoke a memory through colour, pattern, texture, print, or even using found or forgotten objects from days gone by.
Any of the following can be used –
- All types of cloth – new or vintage
- Old clothing
- Old haberdashery items ie. hook & eye
- Vintage papers
- Press studs
- Buttons
- Lace
- Ribbon
- Beads
- Old quilt pieces
- Old broken jewellery pieces
- Yarn snippets
- Hand stamped cloth
- Old keys, charms, coins
- Old tickets, handwriting, postcards etc
If you would like to join in with our display then you can send in a little patch to:
Tilly Rose Stitched Memory Patches
British Quilt and Stitch Village
c/o Nikki Reeves
Uttoxeter Racecourse
Staffordshire
ST14 8BD
Patches can also be handed in on the day you visit.
I am hoping to donate all patches to charity after the event to help support the valuable work with dementia patients.
All Directions
Cathedral Windows – New View
Vendulka & Olivier Battais
Carole Holme
All Things Gold and Beautiful
Cathy Reavy
Threads Workshops
Cinnabar
Four Go North
Crazy Mary Crafts
Crumbs & Mile-A-Minute
Eclectica
A Pop of Purple
Embroiderers’ Guild
Guild of Silk Painters
An Introduction to the excitement of Silk Painting
Inspirational Women
Veldulka & Olivier Battais
The Living Threads Textile Group
Connections
Further details of our forthcoming exhibition, 21st October to 1st November, and workshops can be found on our webpage:
Louise Claire Textiles
Exploring Embroidery & Fabric Manipulation
Maggi Birchenough
pennylaneflowers@ymail.com
Material Girls
Gates
Modern Quilting with the Quilters Guild
Mrs Ros Peedle & Mrs Heather Hasthorpe
On the Surface
Inspired by Text
Project Linus
The Quilters Guild of the British Isles
Region 11
Sew Happy Patchwork & Quilting Classes
Rachel Warren
Stitch in the Middle
Town and Country
Traverse
Revealed
Un:Hinged
Permission Granted
Wombourne Quilters
Medallion Challenge
2018 Exhibitors
All Directions
Carole Holme: Goldwork Embroidery
Trained at the Royal School of Needlework, Carole’s aim is to inspire and promote hand embroidery techniques through teaching, demonstrating and exhibiting. Carole’s contribution to teaching hand embroidery was recognised when she received a Commendation from the Beryl Dean Award for Teaching Excellence.
Cinnabar
Devon Banks
Cinnabar have been inspired by the unique hedgebanks of Devon to produce a new and exciting body of work for the Quilt and Stitch Show.
Eclectica
We are a closed group of textile artists, currently nine, living and creating in the Midlands. We work independently to produce original works and meet monthly to exchange ideas, discuss work-in- progress and upcoming exhibitions. The name Eclectica reflects our work as a collective – hugely varied in processes and scale and wide-ranging in concept. A group of
individuals with our own style but bound by a love of fabric and stitch.
We are interested in design, new techniques and new ideas as well as the traditions in textiles from around the world. Many of us travel quite widely and this enables us to tap into the richness of different cultures and the wonderful variety of the visual world. We use fabric and stitch to express a personal response to respective experiences, leading to the diversity of the work developed.
Members
Angie Attwood
Catherine Brierley
Janet Carpenter
Sarah Edwards
Marion Plumb
Stephanie Redfern
Janet Rose
Anne Watts
Rita Weston
The Embroiderers’ Guild
The home of Stitch and Textile Art – The international voice for Embroidery
No longer just the domain of fabric and thread, textile art now embraces (amongst other things) the world of mixed media, dyeing with rust and plants, print and videos. We hold a historical collection, aid research, support students of all ages, and publish “Stitch” and “Embroidery” magazines. Members around the country are involved at whatever level they choose in meeting regularly to listen to speakers, often in their local Branch, attend workshops, learn new skills or build on existing ones, and participate in local, regional and national projects.
Members are encouraged to participate in any area of interest at any level, whether young people learning to stitch, a professional artist extending the boundaries of textile art, or someone who simply appreciates fabric and thread. We believe that textiles are as relevant today as they have ever been, and there is a place for both the traditional, fine hand stitching alongside the bold and contemporary machine work.
The Embroiderers’ Guild exists to build awareness of stitch and textile art. We educate, encourage, inspire, and promote the achievement of excellence. This is a continuing journey. You may enter at any point.
We hope to show you that even though we are called a “Guild” there is nothing stuffy or exclusive about us! We welcome beginners and those who already stitch or are interested in textiles and textile art.
The Guild of Silk Painters
Material Girls
Our work includes machine and hand embroidery, a lot of mixed media, felting. knitting and beading. In that mix, there will be a small amount of quilting.
Each year we have a project where members produce an item from a pack of identical materials on a given theme. The only rule is that a piece of everything in the pack must be used. Over the years our themes have been Stately Homes, Autumn, Happy Moments, Communication, Landscapes and Films. This year our theme is ‘The Four Seasons’ and we would like to exhibit this work alongside one of the packs. This work will not be completed until the end of March so I am unable to show you that or even tell you what sort of work will be included.
Out Of The Fold
Our new exhibition of work for 2018 is called Out Of The East and we are delighted to be exhibiting at Uttoxeter this year.
For further information about our group – outofthefoldtextilegroup.blogspot.com
Project Linus
Traverse
The members of Traverse are:
Jan Seys
Dia Martin
Deb Day
Cath Tyler
Bernice Hopper
Becca Birtles
Our work
The title of our first exhibition is ‘Destinations’ and our textile and mixed media work reveals different perspectives on that theme – some based on maps, views of the Earth from Space and real and imaginary landscapes. The Latin origins of the word, destinare, ‘make firm, establish’, led to it meaning ‘being destined for a place’ and we hope that this, our first exhibition, will begin to establish our place in the world of textile art.
West Bridgford Embroiderers’ Guild
Stepping Up and Out – in Nottingham and beyond
This year’s exhibition draws inspiration from anything in the surrounding area. Members have been given free rein to interpret the theme in any way they wish, the only provisos were that the work has been completed in the past year and includes some stitch.
The group piece, Doors and Gates, is made up of individual canvases, all the same size and orientation and interpreted by members as they wish.
wbeg.org.uk
Wombourne Quilters “Moving towards Modern”
Exhibition of modern quilts by Wombourne Quilters, South Staffs
As a group, we decided to set ourselves a challenge for our show in 2017 and we called it “Moving towards Modern” – to make a small modern quilt, approximately one metre square.
We looked at a range of Modern quilts made by members of Wombourne Quilters, the techniques and ideas used, as well as plenty of images in magazines, books and online. This was followed by a very lively discussion on the definition of Modern Quilt, what it meant and were we all modern quilters anyway – we are making our quilts in the present, using the latest fabrics, colours and current trends.
While some found it fun and exciting, others found it more challenging to make the move towards modern but every finished piece proved most successful.