Lord Mayors visit to see the Commonwealth panels on display at the Rep Theatre, Birmingham  18th January

Several  of our members took part in the production of panels representing all the Commonwealth countries that took part in the Games last summer.

After they had been on display at the athletes village at Birmingham University during the Games, they are now on display at the Rep Theatre in Birmingham.

Here are a few images of the panels on display being shown to the Lord Mayor and showing some of our members who were involved.

Our thanks to Gill Gregory and Anne Haigh from Birmingham Embroidery and Textile group, who coordinated the panels and event.

Bargello Magic Workshop - Gail Tutcher - 21st Januay 2023

Eleven of us had a wonderful relaxing day learning to do Bargello Embroidery. It was even better that all we had to take was a pair of scissors. Everything else was provided

Gail first of all gave us a slide show , giving us a short history of this type of embroidery. We were then shown many different patterns, how to stitch them , the best way to use colour and then how our new found knowledge could be used to create a four way design.

Here are our pieces

I was so taken with the technique that I completed my first sample last night

Thank you Gail