• Kirstie McLeod – The Red Dress Project

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    The Red Dress Project is an award winning global collaborative embroidery project centred around a red silk dress. It is a platform for women’s voices to be shared and heard, […]

  • Sheila Davies – Aunties

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    “Aunties” (some of them related) and how they influenced me. Sheila has been a Primary and Secondary school teacher and has also lectured in her local college, teaching textiles and […]

  • Mair Edwards – Memories Remembered and Lost

    My work began with personal memories and has continued to be inspired by different historical and cultural ways of recording experiences. The work has evolved slowly over time with materials […]

  • Ruth Smith – Fabulous Festival Costume

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    Featuring traditional costumes from remote SW China and focussing on the elaborate embroidery techniques and textile traditions of the Miao and Dong minority peoples. For many years Ruth was a […]

  • Wendy Hermelin – Dancing Into Textiles

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    Listing Update: Please note that there is no charge for this talk as previously indicated Wendy says "I stitch, I dance, I walk and love being in the rawness of […]

  • Summer Lunch

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    Annual Summer Lunch; format to be advised

  • Summer Workshop – Denim Pockets

    This is our first day coming together to work on something for the exhibition next year.  The idea is that we all decorate a pocket from jeans or a jacket […]

  • Sarah Madison – Stitching My way Through Life

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    Stitch in all forms has been part of Sarah's life since the age of 11, thanks to the creative women around her; it’s been an enduring passion and has been […]

  • Annual General Meeting

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    Join us for a stitch day and our AGM. Lots of tea and perhaps some nice biscuits! Please note that the original speaker is now unable to attend.