About Us
Textile Explorers is a group based in East Cheshire in North-West England catering for all abilities from relative beginners and enthusiastic amateurs, through to experienced stitchers with talks, workshops and social events throughout the year.
We welcome you to join from whereever you are in the world as we meet both in person and on Zoom – see our Programme, Events and Register pages for full details
We also hold regular workshops led by some of our speakers and other experienced tutors.
We have a regular friendly stitch group who meet on a Monday (see below).
We looking forward to welcoming you as a visitor or member to one or more of our events.
When and Where
We hold a mixture of in-person and Zoom meetings and workshops. We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm either in person or on Zoom (except August and December) and the 1st Wednesday of the month in October, November and June to hear talks by practicing Textile Artists about their work and textile journey. We will start our new year in September with a Zoom talk on the 2nd Wednesday in September.
Venue for talks – Marthall Village Hall, Sandlebridge Lane, Marthall, Cheshire, WA16 7SB
Venue for Workshops – Chelford Village Hall, Knutsford Road, Cheshire, SK11 9AS
Or Siddington Village Hall, Congleton Rd, Siddington, SK11 9JR
Membership
Full Membership gives you access to 14 talks per year – 7 “”In Person “ talks and 7 via Zoom.
If you live outside our area why not join us as a Virtual Member – 7 Zoom talks per year for a discounted rate.
If you live in our area but Zoom is not for you “In Person” Membership could be just the thing – 7 “In Person “ talks per year for a discounted rate.
Please see the Register page for details about our current membership packages and to become a member
Need more information or got a question? Then Contact us here.
Optional Extras
Informal stitch sessions:
Monday afternoons 1.30 – 3.30pm (weekly)
Monday stitch sessions in person at Chelford Village Hall, SK11 9AS – 1.30 -3.30pm, cost £3 a session.
At the slightly later time slot of 2.00 – 4.00 pm, the ZOOM stitch meetings will continue for those of you not able to attend in person, but will be independent of the in person meeting at Chelford.
Workshops
We also offer an extensive optional Workshop programme (for an additional fee), some are held in Cheshire and some are via Zoom. See our list of workshops here