Programme 2024/25

Autumn Term 2024

7th Sept – Speaker Rachel Whitworth – “Stitch Stories at Bowes Museum” (1 – 4pm)

5th Oct – AGM, Stitch Sampler Competition and group project workshop (1 – 5pm)

2nd Nov – Speaker Chris Lloyd – “Paton and Baldwins: Wonder Factory” (1 – 4pm)

7th Dec – Christmas Social and Group Project Workshop (1 – 5pm)

Spring Term 2025

4th Jan – Speaker Susie Hart, CEO of Artizan International (1 – 4pm)

1st Feb – Sarah Jackson – Folk Art Applique Workshop (1 – 5pm)

1st Mar – Speaker Hellen Edwards – “A life in Stitch and Zero Feed Dogs” (1 – 4pm)

5th Apr – Competition “Wagons Roll”. Donna Cheshire – Mini Seascapes Workshop (1 – 5pm)

Summer Term 2025

5th May – Speaker Olga Prinku – “Dried Flower Embroidery” (1 – 4pm)

7th June – Day Out – venue to be confirmed

5th July – Louise Goult – Decorative mending (Boro) workshop (1-5pm)


Darlington Stitch and Create is an Independent Stitch Group (ISG) affiliated to the Association of Northern Stitch Groups (ANSG) and the Embroiderers’ Guild. We meet at:

Elm Ridge Methodist Church Hall
Carmel Road South, Darlington DL3 8DJ

First Saturday of the month from 1.00pm

– please check our programme for any variations to dates and times