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Next meeting-  will be held

Meetings of Merseyside Embroiderers’ Guild have been cancelled until further notice.

Monthly Zoom meetings are taking place. Members please check your emails for up-to-date information.

All Talks and Workshops are held in All Hallows Centre, Greenhill Road, Liverpool L18 6JJ (unless otherwise stated)

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Chair’s Chat for August 2020 is available, just follow the link…

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MEG Newsletter Issue Three, July 2020 available here

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Shortlisted in Festival of Quilts 2020 – well done Maggie Pearson!

Stunned to have been shortlisted in the Contemporary Quilt category of the Festival of Quilts which is virtual this year.

My entry “Stronger Together” was made entirely with upcycled/recycled linen, disused identity badge lanyards and natural dyes. Our individual, community and global identities are increasingly fragmented, defining “in” and”out” groups, often defined by an identity lanyard.

But, in the words of Walter Payton “we are stronger together than we are alone” and in the words of the English MP Jo Cox who was assassinated during the UK EU Referendum in 2016 “we have more in common than that which divides us”.

Thanks to all those who found me lanyards! 😊 — at by Maggie . Naturally.

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Ruby has sent an update from Sreepur during lockdown. To see how the community is coping and some lovely photos just click here ……

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Two of our members had embroideries exhibited at the Embroiderers’ Guild HOME exhibition at the Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate. The titles  were BORN AT SEA by Hilary McCormack and CALL THIS HOME? by Maggie Pearson. Both displayed below…

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It was National Stitch Day 2019 on Saturday 22nd June and Vicky, Hilary, Liz, Karen, Brenda and Dilys met up in the magnificent setting of the Great Hall in Speke Hall, Liverpool for an afternoon of stitch. Brenda brought the Endeavour cloak and we had our MEG banner as examples of stitch. We were working on the slips for our ongoing Tudor Speke project. Visitors showed a lot of interest in our work and some had a go at some stitching. Photos available to view, just click here…

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Our Endeavour exhibition in Sefton Park Palm House has now ended. We have some photos of this exhibition , just click here to see them..

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We have photographs!! Photos of all the exhibits from our  sensational Endeavour exhibition may be viewed here…

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CONTEMPORARY THREADS, a new textile arts group based in Liverpool

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NW Regional Day 2018 was held in Leyland on Saturday 21st April 2018 and Merseyside Young Embroiderers’ won First, Second and Third prizes in the YE Kathleen Mansfield Award!! Well done Merseyside YE!! And congratulations to our YE Leader Val Heron!! Have a look at some photos of the day here….

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Dilys Parry, one of our members, generously organised a trip to Kendal on Saturday 3rd

June to view the Quaker Tapestry. We had a very enjoyable day with sunshine all the way! The Quaker Tapestry Exhibition Centre staff were very friendly and informative, and the cafe served delicious food as well! Unfortunately we were not permitted to photograph any of the embroideries, but many thanks to Gill Roberts for the lovely photographs of our group.

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Copyright of uncaptioned images is that of the creators, in all instances the names are known to Embroiderers’ Guild

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