In 2006 a group of us in Usk decided to organise a Tapestry for Usk. A community venture is what we envisage, with as many people as possible taking part in its creation, from the fund-raising to the the stitching. 

To this end we were fortunate to obtain a start-up grant and support from Monmouthshire Rural Community Action to set the idea in motion.

We were impressed by the tapestry that people in Abergavenny produced as a Millennium project. The Abergavenny tapestry took over 5 years to complete, from the first idea to the last stitch, so we know we are in this for the long haul.

However, we don’t envisage the Usk Tapestry being anything like as big as Abergavenny’s and, obviously, ours will be entirely different in design, as it will be, literally, THE FABRIC OF USK.

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