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Programme
2025-26
Annual General Meeting
Thursday 4th September 2025 at 7.30pm
New Bury Community Centre IP32 6TD
STARS Business - Reports, Elections, etc.
Stars 2 and Stars 3 - Show and Tell of what has been done within each group
Judging of 2024-25 Chair’s Challenge
Launch Group Project
STARS Autumn Members' Day
Saturday 20th September 2025
Honington and Sapiston Village Hall
Activity - Shirley Casey - Watbo
Members can do their own project.
October Meeting
Speaker: Yvonne Brown
'I found some textiles on my travels....a whistle stop tour through India, Vietnam, Jordan and Japan' with Japanese textiles from Ellyn Wilkinson on show
+ Launch of 2025/26 Chair's Challenge
Introduction of (optional) textile Christmas Card Exchange
Thursday 2nd October 2025 at 7.30pm
New Bury Community Centre IP32 6TD
November Meeting
Speaker: Alyson Midglow-Marsden
'Down Under and Left a Bit'
A review of work and projects since Alyson moved to Aotearoa, New Zealand
Thursday 6th November 2025 at 7.30pm
New Bury Community Centre IP32 6TD
Christmas Social
Shared Supper and a Textile Quiz with new Quiz setters: Suzanne M and Teresa H
+ Textile Christmas Card Exchange (participation optional)
Thursday 4th December 2025
New Bury Community Centre IP32 6TD
HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2026 starts here!
January (via Zoom) Meeting
Speaker - Julie French
'A Stitched Journey'
Julie explores movement and texture with often unpredictable outcomes, which have been likened to ink illustration. “I create drawings and paintings with machine thread, mostly onto furnishing fabrics and mainly using animals as inspiration.”
Thursday 8th January 2026 at 7.30pm
Zoom Link provided free for members.There will be a small fee for non-members via Eventbrite site
Talk - Liz Tapper
'Measuring Millimetres' - shows the process involved in recreating a Napoleonic era military dress coat in gold work.
.Thursday 5th February 2026 at 7.30pm
Zoom Link provided free for members.There will be a small fee for non-members via Eventbrite site
Speaker - Sarah Turnbull
'Using Drawing as a tool for developing Textile Art'
Sarah will include some practical exercises as part of her talk.
Thursday 5th March 2026 at 7.30pm
New Bury Community Centre IP32 6TD
Workshop with Sarah Turnbull
STARS Spring Members' Day
Saturday 21st March
STARS 2 - Display work and members can ask how it's done
Honington and Sapiston Village Hall
​​Group Activity - to be decided
Thursday 2nd April 2026 at 7.30pm
May Meeting
Speaker: Penny Evans
'Metamorphosis - a Textile Journey'
About her Moth Costume made with group, Creative Stitch
Thursday 7th May 2026 at 7.30pm
New Bury Community Centre IP32 6TD
June Meeting
Speaker: Anne Griffihs
'Stories In Stitch'
Illuminated texts, Haiku and Alice Exhibition
Thursday 4th June 2026 at 7.30pm
New Bury Community Centre IP32 6TD
July Meeting
Speaker: Emily Notman
'Textile Florist - From Then to Now'
Emily’s passion for Fine Art and Textiles is reflected in her processes which involve layering paint, dyes, bleach, and ink along with intricate embellishments. Discover more about her journey and how her artisticprocess has evolved over time.
Thursday 2nd July 2026 at 7.30pm
New Bury Community Centre IP32 6TD
Workshop with Emily Notman
'Wall Hanging'
Friday 3rd July 2026
For details, click here
August Meeting
Thursday 6th August 2026 at 7.30
Speaker or Outing - suggestions welcome!
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