Exhibitions and other resources

Exhibitions and Shows:

Leek Textile Week, 23 – 29 September. Over 40 events: exhibitions, workshops, talks, films and more celebrating the rich textile heritage of Leek and its Indian connections. More details here
Brockhampton Quilters , 14 and 15 September more details here
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. June ’24- June’25. Journey through the Hawaiian landscape in this unique collaboration showcasing the contemporary works of the Honolulu-based Poakalani Quilters, the London School of Hula and ‘Ori, the innovative designs of the fashion icon Manaola Yap and the visionary planetary futurism of Solomon Enos. Details here.
Natures Tapestry – Botanical embroidery Olga Prinku at Hidcote NT . Friday 29 March-Monday 30 September More info here

Forge Mill Needle Museum, Redditch There are several quilt and textile Exhibitions over the year. Please look at their website Forge Mill Exhibitions

Ashmolean, Oxford – Kabuki Kimonos, until Dec 2024
Fashion Textile Museum The Biba Story – 22 March-8 Sept
New London County Quilts & Bed Covers, 1750–1825 – the exhibition closed in May, but there is an excellent virtual tour of the exhibition available via the site.

There are many more exhibitions further afield in Embroidery Magazine

A Banbury textile Artist Taylor Brooker https://tbrookerart.co.uk/
Work by textile artists based in the East Midlands The Living Threads Group
Fashion and Textile museum showing an exhibition of 150 years of the Royal School of Needlework
Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank
Monthly sign up for free projects, sewing, patchwork, knitting etc gathered
Textile Artist.org ‘A place for textile and fiber artists to be inspired, learn from the best, promote their work & communicate with like-minded creatives.‘
DMC stitch tutorials
Hand & Lock, London’s premier embroidery house, has some useful short video guides to stitches
Textile Tales blog: A collection of writing, research, and intriguing stories about the history and heritage of luxury fashion and textiles in France.

Haptic & Hue explores the way in which cloth speaks to us and the impact it has on our lives. Haptic and Hue
Making Stitches – Lindsay Weston
Textile Talk – The School of Stitched Textiles Podcast link
The Creative Genius – Kate Shepherd
Sew What – Historic Needlework and Who Stitched it with Isabella Rosner
Making Meaning – explores the meaning behind what we make

Watch this space for a list of textile and needlework books we have been kindly donated

Let us know of any books you have recently found interesting that may be of interest to other members

Workshop Spaces: