Programme 2026/2027
Friday 16 October at 7.30pm
Talk by Yiva Saleem on Wire Jewellery
Saturday 17 October at 10 am
Workshop by Jane Wood on Needle Turn Appliqué
Saturday 21 November at 10 am
Workshop by Angela Kennedy on Mounting Embroidery
Saturday 5 December at 10 am
Tuesday 27 October
Social Stitching at the Station Hotel, Port Erin at 10.30 am
Monday 9 November
Social Stitching
Sharing Christmas Lunch/party. Celia Kay to lead a
project to make a Cathedral Window Decoration
Friday 8 January
Social Stitching
Saturday 16 January at 10 am
Completion of group project/Social Stiching
Wednesday 3 February
Social Stitching
Saturday 20 February at 10 am
Beginning Free Motion Machine Embroidery* by Catherine Reid
Monday 26 April
Social Stitching
Friday 19 March at 7.30pm
Talk by Lorna Bateman on 3D Embroidery/Stumpwork
Saturday 20 March at 10am
Sunday 21 March at 10 am
Workshop by Lorna Bateman on Stumpwork at the Braaid Hall
Friday 16 April at 7.30pm
Talk by Myra Gilbert on Wearable Art
Thursday 4 March
Social Stitching
Saturday 17 April at 10 am
Workshop by Wendy Dawson on Kawandi
Friday 7 May
Social Stitching
Friday 14 May at 7.30pm
Talk on Manx Samplers by Yvonne Cresswell
Saturday 15 May at 10 am
Workshop by Helen Sargent on designing your own Sampler
Tuesday 15 June
Social Stitching
Thursday 24 June to
Sunday 27 June
Exhibition at the Villa Marina, Douglas
Friday 16 July at 7.30pm
Show us your oldest UFO
Saturday 17 July at 10 am
Fund raising/Charity Day. Activity by Janet Williams
Thursday 29 July
Social Stitching
Wednesday 11 August
Social Stitching
Friday 3 September
Social Stitching
Friday 17 September at 7.30pm
AGM followed by Demo by Alexandra Waylett
Saturday 18 September at 10am &
Sunday 19 September at 10 am
Workshop at the Braaid Hall by Alexandra Waylett on Sumptuous Soldering
* Knowledge of Machine Embroidery is required
Workshops run from 10 am to 4 pm including a lunch break
The location and time of Social Stitching meetings are notified to members
about 2 weeks beforehand.
To book a place on any workshop, contact Janet on thewilliamsiom@gmail.com
Click here for the workshop booking form.
Wednesday 16 December
Social Stitching