Embroiderers' Guild - the UK's leading crafts association
sharing opportunities for discovery and creativity
Apt 41 Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU
T: 020 8943 1229 - F: 020 8977 9882 - E: administrator@embroiderersguild.com
Check out the range of exciting upcoming events at the Guild! Download our Treasures/Cloth and Gold flyer for more information, or contact 020 8943 1229.
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Find out about our special Summer School exploring embroidery techniques from the Tudor and Stuart periods. Select from practical workshops, Blackwork Patterns on Linen and Sumptuous Goldwork Surfaces. Also includes 'Image of Kingship' lecture and a programme of visits. More information... | A lecture by Jennifer Scott, Assistant Curator (Paintings), The Royal Collection, Wednesday 3 September 7.00 - 8.00pm. Tickets for the lecture are available at £8.00 each. | An exhibition of embroideries from the Embroiderers' Guild Museum Collections, 11 August - 7 September 2008. Opening times: 10am - 4.30pm, Monday - Friday except bank holidays, plus special additional opening times: Saturday 16 and 23 August: 10 - 4.30pm; Saturday 6 September: 10 - 4.30pm. Free entry (to Guild). |
Join Lesley Robin in February 2009 on an exciting new journey to Rajasthan. More information and booking form...
Our acclaimed international open exhibition representing the role of stitch in contemporary artistic practice shows work by 54 artists from thirteen different countries. More information and tour venues...
Visit our online gallery of embroideries entered in the Annual Members' Competition, exhibiting a wealth of ideas and a rich variety of hand embroidery on the theme of 'Journeys'.
Two Embroiderers' Guild Scholarships of £1000 each are awarded annually to embroiderers to develop the practice of embroidery. More information and entry form...
The Embroiderers' Guild and Coats Crafts UK announce the winner of their New Designers Associate Prize in 2007, Rebecca Shreeve. Find out more...
Book now for City & Guilds Stitched Textiles courses at the Embroiderers' Guild - we offer Hand Embroidery with Jenny Bullen, Stumpwork with Kay Dennis, and Machine Embroidery with Pam Watts. Find out more...
The Embroiderers' Guild is delighted to collaborate with key partners Creative Exhibitions and Coats Crafts. | |
Find out about the Knitting & Stitching Shows, organised by Creative Exhibitions, where you can see the Embroiderers' Guild this autumn. | Coats Crafts sponsor the Embroiderers' Guild's various activities and publications, including art of the STITCH. Visit their website for further information about Coats Crafts UK and Coats Crafts. |

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STITCH and Embroidery
on the web
Bookshop
order online from a huge range of specialist embroidery and textile titles
Hand and Lock Embroidery
2008 International Conference Embroidery...In Fashion ~ Hand and Lock Prize for Embroidery 2008
The Textile Directory
interactive textile community ~ directory ~ Spellbinding Textiles competition ~ textile showcase
Art in Action
international festival of arts and crafts, Thu 17 - Sun 20 July 2008 ~ this year's event ~ about Art in Action
Branch Treasurers Beginners' Pack
available in
download area - revised August 2007
Visiting
If you are planning to visit the Embroiderers' Guild, please remember you need a prior appointment.
Contact us on 020 8943 1229, or .