Welcome to the Association of Northern Stitch Groups

 

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AANSG AGM 2026

This year’s AGM took place on April 25th at Bowburn Community Centre.

The Minutes of the 2025 AGM were accepted as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

The Treasurer gave a detailed account of the year’s income and expenditure and as the ANSG

is now in a good financial position the affiliation fees for the year 2027 will remain the same.

Linda Burgess, from North East Seaside Stitchers, was elected as the new Chairman with

the Treasurer and Secretary remaining in office for a further year. The rest of the committee,

apart from Alison Firby, will also serve for another year.

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Rachel Whitworth, a curator from Bowes Museum, was the guest speaker at the event.

She gave a most interesting and informative talk about the collections at the museum,

with particular reference to the embroideries. After a short introduction about the

history of the museum, John and Josephine Bowes collected over 15,000 items

over fifteen years, members enjoyed looking at images of the embroideries and learning

about the textile artists who created them. It was particularly interesting to view the

backs of the painted and stitched canvases and to see how the use of stitching brought life to the image.

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The first 3 images below, are courtesy of the Founders’ Collection © The Bowes Museum

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The remaining are some photos from the afternoon, including the book stall and the fund raiser.

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​The second workshop will be on Saturday 26th September​,

with Heather Lewis, teaching shaded canvaswork, details to follow.​​

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Many of the groups have programmes of events and workshops,

those that do, can be found on the ISG's programmes page.