Hello and welcome to the East Surrey Textile Group
We are a group of friendly and enthusiastic stitchers (from beginners to very experienced) with a great programme of speakers and workshops for all things textile related. These talks cover all types of textile art and embroidery – traditional, modern and experimental, felt-making, patchwork and quilting, historical textiles, work from around the world and many other fascinating topics. For details of our programme of speakers and workshops, please see the 2026 Meetings and 2026 Workshops pages.
The new programme for 2026 is now out. Visit the Meetings and Workshop pages for details.
I hope you visited our exhibition in St Lawrence’s. Here are some photos. There are more on our Gallery page
The next exhibition is in the Hub in Reigate, 53 High Street, RH2 9AE, from 30 June right through July. Our theme is Earth, Sea and Sky
We held three morning courses in Merstham library where an enthusiastic group learned Kawandi, a hand quilting technique which created colourful pieces. We will be offering more courses later in the year in Merstham, Redhill and Reigate. Keep an eye out on library website
Young Quilters workshop April Comfort Blankets
June Meeting Woodhatch Community Centre Reigate RH2 &LS
Our annual membership fee (£52.00) includes all meeting charges and visitors are welcome to come along for a fee of £5.00 per meeting.
Please contact our Treasurer, Jennifer, if you are interested in joining our group – TreasurerESTG@gmail.com
If you are interested in coming along to a meeting, please contact Rosie, our Membership Secretary (and pay in cash on the evening) – Membership.ESTG@gmail.com
We also have a thriving East Surrey Young Quilters and Textile Group (ESYQTG) for children aged eight to eighteen who meet approximately six times a year on a Saturday for a range of exciting workshops. We also take the opportunity to hold various ‘pop-up’ events for young people. For more information, please email Alison Palmer and also please see their dedicated page and gallery on this website for more details of their upcoming workshops, meeting venue and for examples of their amazing work. Also, several members of the ESYQTG entered quilts into the junior section of the Festival of Quilts – please see the gallery page.
Images from ‘Seasons’ Exhibition, a celebration of the year in stitch and textiles
Stitch-Ins – each week some members take the opportunity to meet together and stitch and chat, and if you are interested in joining or starting a house group, please contact us and we will see if there is one you can join or some other members looking for a group
Other membership benefits:
Members receive a monthly newsletter with details of meetings, events, reviews and group news.
Member exhibitions – a chance to exhibit (and sell) your work and view the work of fellow members.
The chance to meet, talk, be inspired and to inspire other textile enthusiasts.
Exclusive workshops with experiences tutors in small groups (see details on our events page)
Thank you – to all of our members for letting us use images of their work (some greatly magnified) across this website. We would love to give all of you credit for your work and please can you let a committee member know which work is yours and we will be more than happy to note this on the appropriate image.
