Kingston - Who Do You Think You Are?  Embroiderers' Guild Kingston

Saturday 24 September to Saturday 8 October 2011

Venue: Kingston Museum

Kingston Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. So our exhibition is designed to present a view of Kingston past and present combined with a retrospective of our group's activities.   An embroidery, like any art work, is a reflection of the maker of the work and of the society, culture, traditions and history which shaped the maker.  Through textiles and stitch we hope to portray our long association with Kingston, showing the influence of the town's history, architecture and people.  

There will also be a small homage to Constance Howard, who taught at Kingston in the war, with some original work by her and members' reminiscences of her on display.

1509 and All That ~ Exhibition 2009

19 September - 3 October 2009

Venue: Kingston Museum

In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned King of England. Five hundred years later, Kingston & District branch of the Embroiderers' Guild marked this anniversary with an exhibition of members’ work at Kingston Museum.

Members of the public and local dignitaries came along to meet some of our embroiderers and see how we use stitch to commemorate this important date.

Among the work on display was a collaborative venture by our members. The famous Holbein painting of Henry was divided into sections; members were allocated one of the sections and reproduced it (left) using their own choice of stitch technique.

Details of our next exhibition in 2011 will be published here in due course.

 Stop press:

We are delighted to announce that our portrait of Henry VIII created for our exhibition now has a permanent home at Hampton Court Palace. The portrait has been hung in the Clore Centre for visitors to admire and has already attracted much attention and admiration. The Centre can be accessed without having to pay an entrance fee to the Palace.