Exhibitions and Shows to visit:
- ‘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
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Ashmolean, Oxford – Kabuki Kimonos, until Dec 2024
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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
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
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Work by textile artists based in the East Midlands The Living Threads Group
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Fashion and Textile museum showing an exhibition of 150 years of the Royal School of Needlework
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Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank
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Monthly sign up for free projects, sewing, patchwork, knitting etc gathered
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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.‘
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Hand & Lock, London’s premier embroidery house, has some useful short video guides to stitches
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 Genius – Kate 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: