Welcome to the Association of Northern Stitch Groups

 

ANSG Spring workshop ​​​

Our workshop was at Bowburn on Saturday March 22nd 2025

with Tanya Bentham when members enjoyed a day stitching dragons, sheep and a leopard.

We used laid and couched work, also referred to as Bayeux stitch.

Tanya was a very well organised tutor who spent time demonstrating the techniques

used to both the whole group and to individuals throughtout the day.

The designs were stitched on an evenweave woollen fabric using hand dyed crewel

wool to replicate the traditional style of working this ancient technique.

The  members worked hard all day and had a most enjoyable stitching session

with a very lively tutor.

One finished piece, completed by Jill Marshall, is showing above.

Find her work at www.opusanglicanembroidery.com

Photos below showing work stitched on the day.

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ANSG AGM 2025

The Annual General Meeting of the Association of Northern Stitch Groups

1.45 pm Saturday April 26th 2025

Bowburn Community Centre.

    Agenda

1. Welcome and opening remarks.

2. To receive apologies for absence.

3. To agree the Minutes of the AGM held on Saturday April 22nd 2024.

4. To consider matters arising from the AGM Minutes.

5. To receive the Chairman’s Report.

6. To receive the Treasurer’s Report.

7. To vote to  approve the ANSG Accounts for the year ended December 31st 2024.

   8. To accept the proposed changes to the constitution, distributed in advance of the meeting.

   9. To elect the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the ANSG Committee for the forthcoming year.

       The Chairman is stepping down from the committee, both the Treasurer and Secretary

        are willing to stand for re-election.

  10. To elect new members to the committee, who have been proposed and seconded.

  11. To receive questions from the floor (which should normally be received by the Secretary 14 days  

        in advance of the meeting.)

  12. To confirm Saturday April 25th as the date for the 2026 AGM.

 

Sheelagh F. Barker

Secretary – Association of Northern Stitch Groups

secretary.ansg2021@gmail.com

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                                                               Programme of Events

12.45 pm      Members are invited to arrive at the Centre, browse the stalls, eat their lunch, and enjoy light                                       refreshments – please remember to bring your own mug!

1.45 pm        The AGM will commence with the Chairman, Pauline Oldershaw, opening the meeting.

2.30 pm       Kevin Thornhill will talk about “The History of Wedding Dresses”

                     and have a selection of his dresses on display. 

3.30 pm       The meeting will close, with the drawing of the raffle and members will have a final

                     chance to browse the stalls before leaving.

4.00 pm      The event will close.

 

​ISG's Programmes for 2025​

The following 2025 programmes can be found on the ISG's Programmes page (click More, top right).

Alnwick Creative Stitchers, Darlington Stitch and Create, Hexham Textile and Stitch Group,

Newcastle Embroidery and Textile Art, Northeast Seaside Stitchers,

Ponteland Friendly Stitchers, Richmond & Leyburn Creative Stitchers and

Wearside Creative Stitchers.

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​The Association Afternoon 2024

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The  Association Afternoon was held on October 26th at Bowburn Community Centre. 

Our annual get-to-gether for the ISGs, was well attended and we enjoyed an afternoon of

catching up with old and new friends.

The gathering was welcomed by our chair, Pauline, who gave us an update on our friend Diane,

wishing her a speedy recovery. All groups were encouraged to forward their 2025 programmes

to Sheila, for inclusion on the web site. All members will be able to access the information

if they would like to attend other groups meetings. Pauline extended her thanks to all the

committee members for organinsing today and welcomed Kate from

Kates Kloths (www.kateskloths.co.uk).

She also mentioned the need for more  ANSG committee members!

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​The fund raiser for this event was stitched greeting cards ,

which reached over £100 towards funds. The raffle was well supported as well as the book stall.

 

The Mystery Stitch Packs (including fabric, buttons, threads and ribbon) were distributed, and

after seeing a lot of puzzled faces, dice(?) and paper were also distributed. Victoria went on to

explain her creative thinking behind getting us started.

 We were all encouraged to complete the fabric and then suggestions were made about

what we could make it into. Book cover, scissor case, needlecase, greeting card, glasses case. ​

 It was suggested that we bring along our finished pieces to the AGM in 2025.

The activity was a hit, our thanks go to Victoria (with help from Kate).​​​​​​​​​​​​

 

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