Come along and stitch yourself into history by contributing to the World's Longest Embroidery! The record is currently held by Margaret S. Pollard (Great Britain) for stitching scenes from C. S. Lewis's Narnia stories, 1,338ft in length, and the Guild intends to beat this feat by inspiring people to contribute stitches to our great embroidery which is travelling to a number of venues around the UK.

The attempt on the world record is organised by the Embroiderers' Guild and in association with the National Trust, which supplied 600 metres of traditional calico cloth woven at Quarry Bank Mill. Anchor threads, needles and scissors for the project have been donated by Coats Crafts UK.

The embroidery is available for you to see and add to at the UK venues hosting the Guild exhibitions art of the STITCH 2003 and SAMPLE, Stitch 2004 and other venues. Full details of dates and venues are now available on the web site.

Visitors of all ages at these events are invited to stitch themselves into history by adding to the embroidery. Add your name too to ensure your participation in this historic and fun event is properly documented.

With the help of members of the public, so far approximately 250 metres have been stitched, meaning that we are well on target to break the existing record by the time the piece is measured up at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace in October 2004!

For further information about the World's Longest Embroidery, please contact the Embroiderers' Guild on +44 (0)20 8943 1229 or [email protected]