Birmingham Embroidery and Textile Art
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Meeting 11th May 2026 : Ruth Duffy Inishowan and Beyond.
Ruth is a textile artist from Ireland who uses her work to tell stories about her environment , growing up and her longstanding links to the most northerly point of the Irish Coast, Inishowen and Donegal. Ruth combined information about the history and geography of the area and her own personal history and Irish heritage…
Meeting 13th April 2026. Stories From The Storeroom : Anne Haigh
Following on from Decembers meeting Anne gave a further talk tonight about the Embroiderers Guild using photos from their digitisation project. Please note these images are copyright to the Guild and not for reuse in any way without permission. Anne started with some of the oldest pieces in the collection two pieces of Coptic weaving…
Workshop 28th March 2026. Claire Leggett: Stitched Gardens.l
Claire began the day by explaining her approach as a painter. Just as you would layer up a background, foreground and final focused finishes, so you would colour your cloth, add stitches to create ‘visual noise’ and then finally focus on creating recognisable blooms, leaves and grasses. Claire demonstrated ways to colour the background cloth…
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