There is an interesting programme of events each year, aiming to cover members interests and new developments. Merseyside branch of the Embroiderers Guild is a happy, sociable group ready to welcome new members. If you are interested in joining, just turn up at one of the talks to enrole, or get in touch with our course booking secretary to book a place on a course.    

Contact course booking secretary Hilary McCormack  0151 261 1253 or Programme secretary Kim Parkman 0151 334 5319   ALL TALKS AND COURSES HELD AT ALL HALLOWS.

For information about the 2010 programme contact Sarah Lowes 0151 475 3114

20th February WORKSHOP by Lizzie Wall 'Spring Tree'.  A return visit from Lizzie where she will help us create a tree full of blossoms, suitable for hand or machine stitchers.

20th March TALK by Cherrilyn Tyler 'How Costume has Influenced my Work'      A well known speaker links her interest in clothes to her creative output.

24th April WORKSHOP by June Hodgkiss 'Canvaswork' A well respected tutor and stalwart of our Tapestry meetings teaches us everything we need to know.  Held in the small hall at All Hallows and starting at 11am.

17th April NORTHWEST REGIONAL DAY held at Manchester University and hosted by Manchester Branch.

15th May TALK by Danielle Broadbent 'A Passion for Church Embroidery'  A former Royal school of Needlework student puts the spoptlight on some beautiful work. This talk was cancelled earlier in the year because of the bad weather. 

19th June WORKSHOP Mary Spence  'Machine Embroidery for the Terrified'  ever wanted to have a go, or brush up on your skills? An experience teacher shows you how.

17th July TALK by Maggie Relph ' The Road to Patchwork'  Maggies tales are always friendly and interesting, plus she will bring her African Fabric shop.

21st  August WORKSHOP with June Hodgekiss 'Casal Guidi'  traditional floral raised work with pulled threads  (Cancelled due to illness).

SUBS DUE 1ST SEPTEMBER

4TH SEPTEMBER TEA PARTY held at Ullet Road.  Come along and enjoy traders stalls, raffle, cakes and afternoon tea in this lovely Church Hall.

16th October Branch AGM and TALK.  Valerie Hughes  WATER, SNOW and ICE    Six costumes and four wall hangings based on the Penine landscape-intriguing!

16th October  NORTH WEST REGIONAL AGM 2010 COUNTY HALL PRESTON

13th November WORKSHOP Alison Mercer 'Stitched Sketchbooks'  Create a book from a variety of papers and fabrics, using stitch to bind and decorate the book.

4th December CHRISTMAS PARTY at Ullet Road Celebrate the festive season with mince pies, traders, raffle, cake stall and real log fire, plus Christmas card competition and traditional Embroidery competition.

Ruby Porter has asked us to show the new exhibition dates for the Sreepur Village this coming year.

EXHIBITIONS in  2010 OF BANGLADESH TEXTILES                                                 in support of the Sreepur Village Orphanage and Womans Refuge 

Liverpool Town Hall, from 16th to 27th August open 10.00 until 4.30

The Coachhouse Calderstones from18th to 24th October open 10.00 until 4.00 

2009 PROGRAMME,    What we did last year.....

17 January  Lecture by Elizabeth Wall  "My Work and other Animals"  Dazzling animal Art Quilts. Venue is at All Hallows.                               

This was an excellent start to a New Year and to a new ,warm, welcoming site.
Elizabeth Wall gave an amusing and inspiring review of the work she does now. She uses fabrics and free machining to produce beautiful panels. Recent commissions have been ecclesiastical.

Without a doubt we should have a workshop.

 21 February  Workshop with Monica Selway "Origami for Embroidery"  Learn how to paint and handstitch tissue paper.  All Hallows.

The first workshop in our new location was led by Monica Selway, using origami techniques on painted tissue.
Playing with colour is always fun,  the hard part was folding the squares into complex origami shapes.  Monica led us through this skilfully, we all experienced the AHHH! moment when the paper suddenly folded itself.
We learned more about construction and embellishment, finally producing pieces which pleased and  intrigued.
A lovely day for all.

21 March  Talk by Vivienne Brown  "Liberating the Liberty Bodice"  Highly entertaining reworking of an old garment.  All Hallows.

18 April  Workshop with Laura Sharp  "Hand embroidery and applique" Former star pupil of our own Liz Shelbourne, Laura's exquisite images of toys have already been professionally featured on wrapping paper and other gift items.  All Hallows.

25 April North West Regional Day.  Rheged Visitor centre, near Penrith

16 May  Lecture by Barbara Howell   "Celtic Design"  This much admired Quilter and Author also brought her shop, "Something Special" to All Hallows.

This was an excellent lecture. Barbara Howell showed Celtic inspirations and some of the intricate, glowing cushions and hangings that are her response to shapes and colours seen in products of the time.
It was easy to be tempted by the range of unusual fabrics and hand-dyed threads that were available.
Her latest book is a gem of designs and ideas for your own experiments

20 June  Workshop with Carole Coleman  "Amulet Purses"  Free machine embroidery by an experienced Jewellery maker.  All Hallows. 

18 July  Talk by the Gaffneys  "Batik- the people behind the cloth"  Fascinating talk by the widely travelled couple held at  All Hallows.

Diane Gaffney showing some of the beautiful old Batik fabrics from Indonesia at our July Meeting.  We enjoyed her knowledgeable talk and thought the fabrics were fantastic.  More photos on the Workshop page.

15 August  Workshop by Barbara Meynell   "Batik Silk Landscapes"  Hills, skies, and waterfalls painted with wax and silk paints.  All Hallows.  More photos on the Workshop. page

14 June 2008 Workshop, Ruby Porter, Mountmellick Work, Metropolitan Cathedral

19 July 2008  Lecture, Carol Coleman, Textile Treasures, Metropolitan Cathedral

Carol Coleman gave a very good lecture on her progress as an embroiderer.From a beautiful wedding gown to small pendants her work is exquisite and highly desirable.

Weekend course 20 and 21 September two day workshop), Marge Quinn, Beadwork, Metropolitan Cathedral

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4 October 2008 AGM followed by lecture, Vicky Williams, Costumes I Have Made and Worn, Ullet Rd

15 November 2008 Workshop, Magie Relph, Ndbele Patchwork, Ullet Rd

A very successful day. with an excellent tutor.
the Ndebele images are exciting and good to work with, especially in applique.
These are samples of designs and work produced.

An excellent lecture by Barbara. Many beautiful quilts,strikingly original, in a wide variety of fabrics, stitched by hand and machine. We were able to touch&wonder.

June 16  2007  Day Course  `Ply Split Braiding`  with Averil Otive                   Metropolitan Cathedral

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October 6  2007 Branch AGM  followed by a talk  `Embroidery and Art in the  community`  with Norma Heron.   Competition  `Traditions Ancient and Modern`             Unitarian Church,  Ullet Road

Jean Mather receiving the trophy for her embroidery based on windows.

Norma Heron gave an inspiring lecture on her work with Arts for Health and other commissions.
Stories of her meeting the public were very interesting, as were the affectionate tales of work with school-children.
One of her major hangings can be seen in the foyer of the Liverpool Women`s Hospital,"The Pool of Life", showing details of the busy port of Liverpool.

We had a wonderful day in Liverpool Town Hall on the 19th April.  Delegates were welcomed from all over the North west to hear inspirational lectures from Rachael Howard and Alice Kettle.  The setting was superb and the catering excellent, providing a great atmosphere for all the delegates.

The Christmas party 2008, was in the lovely church hall on Ullet Rd. George tended a roaring fire for us, there were stalls, exhibitions and a lovely tea laid out.
Ex-chairman, Gillian Roberts received a gift and flowers after the end of her three year term . She also gained the prize in the Christmas card competition.
June Hodgkiss  accepted the Kathleen Hooper trophy for the best piece of traditional embroidery.

We had a wonderful day with Alison, who turned up on the train despite flooding in her home area.We saw some of her own work which was stunning and she was fascinating to listen to.   On the day,she helped students to compose and stitch collage using found objects and ephemera.  We worked on stitched evocative pieces using a wide materials vocabulary.  This was a great course.  Alison led us through a selection process of the objects we had brought with us and made us think about what we were trying to express.  She also made us think about colour and how to progress a design.  We also burnt things with a heat gun, great fun! 

Here is Alison with one of her pieces.  She has promised to return next November to do a Book making course and we are looking forward to this.  Some more of the pieces produced on the day are on the workshop page.