About us

We are a growing group of stitching enthusiasts who meet up on a weekly basis to stitch and improve our techniques and knowledge. Originally known as "Periana Stitchers" we started the group in early 2007 and met in Jan's house in Periana. 
When we outgrew her room, we renamed ourselves to reflect the new larger venue at La Viñuela, Andalucia, Spain, in a hall generously provided to us by the Ayuntamiento.
Group members enjoy various types of needlecrafts and meetings are currently held weekly on Tuesdays.

What we do

We have regular workshops, now held on Fridays in the same hall, where members share their skills by teaching others in new techniques, which seem mainly to revolve around patchwork and quilting, but have also covered silk flower embroidery and machine embroidery, and we have plans for more diverse activities in the pipeline such as fabric dyeing and painting . See some of our past workshops.  There is a growing band of ladies interested in crochet work, making interesting woven crochet rugs.
As part of our regular meetings, we participate as a group in making quilts which are donated to local charities including Cudeca (a cancer care charity) and CAS (an animal charity) to be raffled to raise funds for those charities, usually making these to coincide with events around Christmas time. Ann Stamp usually drives these projects along once the decision has been made on a quilt design and most members make a block or two, Ann usually collates them, and makes up the quilts. Often various members add the quilting or sew the binding. See our Charity quilts HERE.

In 2008 we successfully held our first exhibition, with a special quilt being made to raise funds for a local children's charity Anne-Axarquia.  The Viñuela Mayor presented the funds raised, to a representative and beneficiaries of the charity, in front of local TV cameras in the Mancomunidad Rooms in Torre del Mar, and a report appeared in the Costa del Sol News.  A report of the exhibition and photographs can be seen HERE.

We have just held an equally successful 2nd exhibition in October 2010, raising 1,200 Euros by selling tickets for a raffle, prizes included two large quilts made by members of the group and a large dressed doll, also made and donated as a prize by Doreen one of the  group members, for the same children's charity Anne-Axarquia.  Photos and further reports of this show can be seen by clicking HERE.

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