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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See below for details of the second workshop this year,

followed by the 2027 programme.

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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

Followed by two slides shown on the day.​​

The remaining photo from the afternoon, is the fund raiser.

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WORKSHOP​

​The second workshop in 2026 will be on Saturday 26th September​, 10am to 4pm

at Bowburn Community Centre,with Heather Lewis, teaching shaded canvas work. ​​

Fee is £35 + £40 for a complete kit (18tpi antique canvas, threads, needles and instructions)

The finished design is 8cm x 12cm.

​Application forms can be obtained from either your groups secretary or

the course co-ordinator, Sheelagh Baker, ​

Sheelagh Barker: secretary.ansg2021@gmail.com

Applications will be accepted until 18th August 2026

Additional information is on the activities page.

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Dates for your diary 2027

20th March, day workshop with Liz Almond

24th April, AGM

25th September, Workshop (tutor tbc)

23rd October, Association Afternoon

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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.