North Kent Embroiderers Guild

Programme for 2011 - 2012

All meetings start at 2pm at:

St Andrews Arts Centre, Royal Pier Road, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2BE

Membership fee: £28.00 per annum plus £2.00 door fee per visit
Visitors fee: 2 visits at the door cost of £4.00 to regular meetings and thereafter £6.00 per every subsquent visit, unless the visitor becomes a member.

 

2011 - 12

15th October 2011 Ideas for our Silver Anniversary Exhibition to be held in Spring 2012 plus further pages for Betty's Book
19th November 2011

Peasant buttons
with Jane Perry

17th December 2011

Christmas Party and the competition is to make a bell not more than 4" in height
21st January 2012 Blow away those Christmas blues with a Hands On Afternoon – bring your stitching
2nd - 5th February 2012 Creative Stitches Show @ Bluewater. NKEG will have a presence
18th February 2012 More about the Rochester Cathedral Embroiderers
with Olga Garner
17th March 2012 Recycling
with Sue Pritchard
2nd - 13th April 2012 Celebrating 25 years of North Kent Embroiderers' Guild exhibition at The Blake Gallery, Civic Centre, Gravesend DA12 1 AU between 9.00am and 5.00pm
21st April 2012 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
with Gina Ferrari
19thMay 2012

Contemporary embroidery and the relevance of drawing
with Diana Springall

This is our celebration meeting - to celebrate 25 years of North Kent Embroiderers Guild
16thJune 2012 The Ruff Lady
with Jill Flower
Regional Day 2012  
7th July 10.00am to 4.00pm.

University of Sussex Fulmer Brighton

Speakers
Susan Payne - 'Suits you Sir!' - the story of a 17th century jacket
Alice Kettle Machine embroideer

For further information contact Embroiderers Guild
21stJuly 2012 Hands On afternoon
5th- 8th September 2012 Creative Stitches Show @ Bluewater. NKEG will have a presence
15th September 2012 2.00pm Branch AGM
22ndSeptember 2012

Region AGM  Steyning Grammar School near Worthing.

11th - 14th October 2012 Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace
20th October 2012 'A look Back in 30 years of Textiles'
with Arthur Ridley
17th November 2012 Christmas Four Corners
15th December 2012 Christmas Party and the competition is to make a Christmas label in any medium no bigger than 4" x 2"

Regional Day

29th June 2013

Stitchfest at Ardingly

Dayschools

2012

Please note, Dayschool venues and times differ from monthly meetings. Check individual details.

5th May 2012
10am – 4pm

Subject to be confirmed
Tutor – Surjeet Husain

Venue: St John's Centre, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent DA13 0AA

14th July 2012
10am – 4pm

Flower Pounding
Tutor – Linda Rudkin

Venue: St John's Centre, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent DA13 0AA

22nd September 2012
10am – 4pm

 

Goldwork
Tutor – Jenny Adin

Venue: St John's Centre, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent DA13 0AA

Please email info@northkentembroiderers.co.uk for information.

Email: info@northkentembroiderers.co.uk