JULY 2019
23rd to 28th
TOPstitch exhibited at the Wymondham Arts Centre
“TOPstitch – Elevating the Stitch”
“TOPstitch”, new to the Wymondham Arts Centre, is a 15 strong group of contemporary and traditional textile artists and stitchers who meet to encourage and inspire each other, experiment and develop creatively. TOPstitch’s art and work is based on a strong ethos of design and originality. Their exhibition showcases the diversity and talents of the group members raising the profile of embroidery and textile work as an acknowledged and respected art form through greater public awareness.
MAY 2019
TOPstitch at Peterborough Makit Fair
TOPstitch will be exhibiting at the Peterborough Makit Fair on May 18th.
Our exhibition includes:
- another opportunity to view our black and white seed heads
- see examples of our recent work
- see Work in Progress
- see some of our sketch book work
FEBRUARY 2019
TOPstitch at the Forum in Norwich
We were very pleased to have been invited to exhibit during Makers Festival in the Forum.
Our exhibition included:
- another opportunity to view our black and white seed heads
- examples of our recent work
- Work in Progress
- some of our sketch book work
2018 – The Eye of the Needle Exhibition
at Cley Nature Reserve Gallery:
Some individual images:
In the summer of 2014
TOPstitch held their first public exhibition of work at The Old Vicarage, East Ruston which proved to be a very successful and enjoyable first outing. The theme of the exhibition was based on the gardens which gave enormous opportunities for the use of a wide variety of embroidery techniques
by Marianne Charlesworth
May 2015
Following on from this we were invited in May 2015 to take part in The Holt Society celebrations of 50 years since their formation and our members spent time in the town finding more unusual aspects to depict in stitch.
Jean Tate – “A Holt Cottage”
Dilys Harvey “Church Floor Tile”
June 2015
In June 2015 we had a stand at the newly created Art Fair East where our main theme was images of the city of Norwich
Viv Tuddenham “Norwich Cathedral” – Work in Progress
Frances Overy – “Market Square”
