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Exhibitions and other resources

Exhibitions and Shows to visit:

  • Through Our Hands, Unpicking the Archives and Reworking Textile Traditions, 31st January until 11th May 2025, Leamington Spa Art Gallery. An exhibition by six artists using gallery artefacts as inspiration, with work by Laura and Linda Kemshall, Annabel Rainbow, Jennie Moncur, Steph Redfern  and Daniel Lismore.
    • ‘Threads Through Time’ An exhibition by Liz Mann at Upton House NT. Wednesday 25 September-15 November Link here

    • Solihull Creative Textiles Exhibition, ‘Living through the Decades’, 13- 30th November, The Core, Solihull, B91 3RG Link

    • 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.


    • Forge Mill Needle Museum, Redditch There are several quilt and textile Exhibitions over the year. The latest exhibition is textiles based on a visit to Packwood House NT. Please look at their website   Forge Mill Exhibitions  

              There are many more exhibitions further afield in Embroidery Magazine

    Websites:

    The V and A have many resources. Some embroidery links here. Click on the name:

    Mediaeval Embroidery, Embroidery Styles, Indian embroidery, Mexican Embroidery, Martha Edlin’s Casket, Age 11

    Podcasts:

    • 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 GeniusKate Shepherd
    • Sew What – Historic Needlework and Who Stitched it with Isabella Rosner
    • Making Meaning – explores the meaning behind what we make

    Books:

    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

    • ‘Forage and Stitch’ by Caroline Hyde-Brown

    Workshop Spaces: