Programme
2024-25
Annual General Meeting
Thursday 5th September 2024 at 7.30pm
Fornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ
STARS Business - Reports, Elections, etc.
STARS 2 and STARS 3 - Show and Tell of what's been done in each group
Display and Judging of 'Chair's Challenge 2023-24'
Launch of 'Chair's Challenge 2024-25'
October Meeting
Talk - Leah Higgins 'Understanding Colour'
Differences between Dyes and Paints; translation into colour practice working with textiles
Thursday 3rd October 2024 at 7.30pm
Fornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ
Workshop with Leah Higgins
Friday 4th October 2024
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Coach to Knitting & Stitching Show
Saturday 12th October 2024 - Fully booked.
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November Meeting
Thursday 7th November 2024 at 7.30pm
Members' Evening: Stitch and chat
Fornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ
Christmas Social including Mary's Quiz and Shared Supper
Thursday 5th December 2024
Fornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ
HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2025 starts here!
January (via Zoom) Meeting
Talk - Hanny Newton
Creative Goldwork and Beyond
Wedsday 8th January 2025 at 7.30pm (to be shared with the Threads group in East Suffolk).
Zoom Link provided free for members.There will be a small fee for non-members via Eventbrite site
CHAIR'S CHALLENGE 2024/25
Our Chair is asking for a piece of work, no larger than A4 in size, in any stitch technique, inspired by the poem 'Cargoes' by John Masefield. The two categories are: 'Hand Embroidery' and 'Machine Embroidery'. If your entry contains both, you need to decide which category you wish to enter. Entries will be displayed at the AGM in September 2025 and members will vote.
Talk - Gillian Cooper
'Fragments of the Past'
.Thursday 6th February 2025 at 7.30pm
Gillian is a textile artist and award winning City and Guilds tutor and has been studying for an MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology using her textile practice. Gillian will talk through her recent work explaining how archaeology and art inform her textiles and how she moved from being an accountant to a textile artist.
The Zoom Link has been provided free for members.There will be a small fee for non-members via Eventbrite site
Talk - Elizabeth Rutt
'One Thing Leads to Another'
A look at how her work has developed in recent years
Thursday 6th March 2025 at 7.30pm
Fornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ
STARS Spring Members' Day
Saturday 8th March 2023 10am - 4pm
Featuring a Silk Painting Demonstration by Karen Wood
Honington & Sapiston Village Hall - free entry.
​Reveal and discussion of the Autumn Challenge entries:
'What can you do with a Piece of String':
Thursday 3rd April 2025 at 7.30pm
Fornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ
Workshop with Alex Waylett
Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April 2025
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A few places are now available for non-members - see hereA
May Meeting
Thursday 1st May 2025 at 7.30pm
Talk by Vinny Stapley 'My Life in Textiles'
Fornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ
Workshop with Vinny Stapley
Friday 2nd May 2025
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June Meeting
Talk - Sarah Boardman
'Connections' - Sarah will talk about her work, how it relates to life and why she does it.
Thursday 5th June 2025 at 7.30pm
Fornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ
Workshop with Sarah Boardman
Friday 6th June 2025
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'First Steps' - an Introduction to Swedish Embroidery with Sarah Boardman
Honington & Sapiston Village Hall
July Meeting
Thursday 3rd July 2025 at 7.30pm
Fornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ
Talk - Marie Hamilton
Speaker: Marie Hamilton – Textile Tailoress, repurposing of treasured
textiles
August Meeting
Thursday 7th August 2025 at 7.30Talk - Ninya Mikhaila – Borne out with whalebone
Dressing demonstration of late Elizabethan clothing on a modele
lFornham All Saints Community Centre, IP28 6JZ