Cross Stitch Craft Group

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Join Ariadne’s thread every other Thursday 10.30am-12.30pm in the café area (dates may vary, please check our website calendar for confirmation). A large embroidery frame will be set up in the café area for members of the group to work on the design together. New participants are welcome to join in. No experience is necessary, all needles and threads will be provided. Ariadne’s thread hopes that the completed tapestry will one day find a suitable home in a museum of Ukrainian cultural heritage. Ariadne’s Thread Group was set up to provide access to culture, heritage and social activities to vulnerable communities in particular those displaced by conflicts and those with disabilities. The current piece being worked on is “Blue Cornflowers”, a tapestry which began life as a participatory needlework for local Ukrainian women in Kingston on 23 May 2022. What started as a regular activity during Ariadne’s Thread’s Monday meetings at Baking Ideas in Tolworth, very quickly developed into a broader collaboration with refugees stitching smaller pieces from across Europe. This is an ongoing project. Half of the tapestry is completed and so far over 160 people from different backgrounds, ages and abilities have contributed to this cross-stitching effort. For more information and contact details please go to http://www.ariadnesthreadgroup.org.

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