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Our  group has welcomed many of the former MEG members and we also  look forward to welcoming new members from all walks of life with an interest in any type of stitchery or a desire to learn all about what we do. Whatever your textile and stitch craft interests are, or levels of ability, the varied programme and opportunities offer something for everyone. Read more  some About Us here. Or Membership Registration here.

Next meeting will be held on-

Saturday 21st September 2024

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Saturday 21st September 2024

***Launch of the New Group Project***

Venue: All Hallows Centre, Greenhill Road, Liverpool L18 6JJ 

Our group have been asked to make an altar frontal piece to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of  All Hallows Church. The altar frontal has been designed by Gill Roberts and will be a group project. There will be an introduction by Rev Cannon Nicola Milford, and Gill Roberts will be here to answer all your questions about the project. We hope as many members as possible will be involved with the project and  kits to stitch will be distributed to members.

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Just Announced! Meeting dates for 2025  (Just click here to view)

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Saturday 19th October 2024

Talk by Sarah Lowes “My Needlework Journey: from loathing it to loving it” to be held in All Hallows Centre, Greenhill Road, Liverpool L18 6JJ from 2pm-4pm. Cost – £5 for members and £8 for visitors

Sarah Lowes, who recently moved to the Yorkshire Textile Triangle, is, among other things, a professional writer. Expect an entertaining tale of her disasters and triumphs as she worked her way from a most reluctant stitcher to an embracer of new an exciting ideas and inspirations in her work.

Kim Parkman, our Joint Chair, held a workshop in July which saw us bringing lots of colourful scraps of fabric which hold special meaning for us. We spent an enjoyable morning constructing log cabin patches.

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Pauline Lythgoe has enjoyed creating Dorset buttons following Miranda Farby’s workshop in February.

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Needed:- Groups or individuals to sew bees of all shapes, varieties and characters on to 10cm x10cm hessian patches for Peter Carney’s LET IT BEE banner, and in line with the World Museum’s latest exhibition on bees. Banner needs to be completed by July, and hessian patches are available by contacting bloom@scouseflowerhouse.com or phone 07990518107. Please drop completed patches off at Walton Hall Park Community Garden (postbox on the gate), Everton Community Garden ( Tues 10am-1pm or Fri 1pm -4pm), World Museum (Tues – Fri) or Old Police Station, 80 Lark Lane (open Mon-Fri 10am-4pm).

You can join Scouse Flowerhouse from their website at scouseflowerhouse.com.

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Our April Workshop was led by the ever-popular tutor Gill Roberts. We began to create  “Wrapped and Stitched Trees” under her expert guidance and had a very enjoyable day. You can see some photos of the day here…

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Early in December we held our Winter Party in All Hallows Centre. Just click here to see more photographs of the day.

It was good to see that so many members braved the weather to attend our Winter Social on Saturday. Although a shorter time than we usually have, it was enough to get together for a good chat, some Christmas food and a browse of the stalls and competitions. Our stitch competition produced a good number of pieces of work, all of them of such a high standard that voting was difficult. Congratulations to Eileen Sampson for her excellent example of blackwork, on winning the competition. We would like to thank not only our attendees but those who did so much behind the scenes to make it a success. Thank you to all of you for helping to make the jolly atmosphere on a wild and windy day. Please do keep an eye on our website for updates on the programme for next year. We look forward to meeting up in January and would like to wish you all a good Christmas break and best wishes for 2024.   Kim and Michele.

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At last we can see the completed banners for Merseyside Expressive Stitchers’ group. Many thanks go to all members who embroidered the beautiful squares, and thanks to those members who spent hours assembling the banners and doing the final stitching towards completion. We are very happy with the final result.

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Sunday 30th July 2023 was World Embroidery Day

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.Some of our committee are taking advantage of the sunshine with a coffee morning at Liverpool Cathedral. It was glorious!

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There is a lovely write-up about NW Regional Day 2021 in the April edition of CONTACT. Read all about it here! https://www.megonline.co.uk/nw-regional-day-write-up/

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North West Regional Day 2021 

Saturday 24th April 2021.

Our first ever Virtual North West Regional Day  was a triumph! We had 112 people registered and 103 attendees on the day, which was enjoyed by all. Our Speakers – Linda Miller, the acclaimed Machine Embroidery artist, and Michele Carragher, Principal Costume Embroiderer for Game of Thrones were magnificent. They both shared their work and were a great inspiration to us all. The Rose Bowl and Aurifil competition entries were up to the usual high standard and the winners were announced at the close of the day. The Rose Bowl was won by Sandra Kendal from North Lonsdale branch with PSYCHEDELIC LOVE and the Aurifil Award for Excellence was won by Diane Moore from Merseyside branch with A GLIMPSE OF VENICE. Congratulations to all the winners! Have a look at all the comments and reactions, also the Raffle Prize winners here https://www.megonline.co.uk/nw-regional-day-2021/

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