Last updated:
03 September 2011
Events
We keep you informed on shows and events throughout the UK
Until 08 January 2012
What will she wear?
The Enduring Romance of the Wedding Dress
Fashion Museum
Assembly Rooms
Bennett Street
Bath
BA1 2QH
This display showcases and celebrates some of the finest wedding dresses from the Fashion Museum collection. The display will also include a previously unseen archive of photographs of couture wedding dresses from the 1930s. You can also join the Fashion Museum in the Tea Room at the Assembly Rooms for tea and cakes at one of the Royal Wedding teas when Fashion Museum Manager will give an illustrated talk on Royal Wedding Dress.
For further information –
www.museumofcostume.co.uk or tel: 01225 477789
Until 5 February 2012
Dress for Excess: Fashion in Regency England
The Royal Pavilion
The Prince Regent Gallery
Brighton
This fashion exhibition celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Regency Act by looking at the life of George IV as Prince, Regent and King through fashions of the late Georgian period. George loved fashion and design - the more opulent and extravagant the better and the exotic, oriental design of the Royal Pavilion, which was his seaside residence, bears testament to this.? His coronation was the most expensive in British history and his coronation robe will be on public display for the first time in 30 years (on loan from Madam Tussauds, Merlin Entertainment Group).
The exhibition will include men and women’s fashions from a tailored dandy’s costume and military uniform worn at the Battle of Waterloo to elegant high-waisted cotton muslin gowns and beautiful silk garments, highlighting style influences from the period and themes from George’s life. This new exhibition space, the Prince Regent Gallery, is dedicated to George himself, and his clothes, includes a beautifully printed banyan (an early form of indoor coat or dressing gown) from the 1770s and huge breeches worn towards the end of his life as his waistline expanded.
For more information - visit
www.brighton-hove-pavilion.org.uk or tel: 03000 290902.
Until 5 March 2012
Shirley Craven and Hull Traders
Revolutionary Post-War Fabrics and Furniture
Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Market Square
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 2PP
Ongoing until 5 March
This is the last chance to see this exhibition. Hull Traders was a post-war design company based in Lancashire, producing big, bold textiles in eye-popping colours specializing in pop-tastic fabrics and furniture. Shirley Craven was the company’s leading designer and her abstract designs capture the exuberance of the swinging sixties. Other famous artists who designed for Hull Traders include Eduardo Paolozzi, Ivon Hitchens and Althea McNish, Britain’s first and most distinguished textile designer of Afro-Caribbean descent. This exhibition is the first retrospective of Hull Traders. It’s a Hull Museums exhibition and is curated by leading design historian Lesley Jackson, author of Shirley Craven and Hull Traders - Revolutionary Fabrics and Furniture 1957-1980.
For further information -
www.harrismuseum.org.uk or tel: 01772 258248.
SEPTEMBER
3 September - Quilts from the British Isles
(ongoing until 23 December 2011) Quilt Museum and Gallery, York
This exhibition highlights quilt making in some of Britain’s more remote areas like the Channel and Farne Islands and the Isle of Wight. Running in parallel until 29 October, will be a 10th anniversary exhibition from By Design and from 1 November there will be on show some traditional patchwork made by past and present members of the Traditional Quilt Group.
For further information -
www.quiltmuseum.org.uk or tel: 01904 613242
16 - 25 September ‘Curiouser’ by the Brunel Broderers, Silk Mill Studios, Frome
For further information –
www.brunelbroderers.co.uk
16 – 18 September Stitch & Creative Crafts Show
Sandown Park
Esher
The Autumn kicks off with the Stitch and Creative Craft Shows in Manchester and Sandown Park. The shows cover all aspects of quality stitchcraft including cross stitch, sewing, card making, embroidery, knitting, patchwork, quilting, scrapbooking, ribboncraft, papercraft, stamping, beading, painting, dressmaking, tapestry, decoupage, crochet and many more popular stitch and creative crafts.
For further information –
www.stitchandcreativecrafts.co.uk or tel: 01822 614671
16 September Quilts from the British Isles, Quilt Museum and Gallery, York
Ongoing until 23 December
16 - 30 September ByDesign, Quilt Museum and Gallery, York (until 29 October)
For further information –
www.quiltmuseum.org.uk
22 – 25 September Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts
Westpoint
Exeter
This popular show returns once again to Exeter will be showcasing some of the sumptuous costumes from the hit series, Downton Abbey. Continuing the theme of costume dramas, the new Quilters Guild of the British Isles collection, The Romance of Words is helping to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’. Poetry in Stitches will continue the collaboration of words and craft with the last round of this ever-popular project from the National Needlework Archive. BRAND NEW to this year’s show the Drop in ‘Sewing Cafe’ will be embracing the ‘make do and mend’ culture that is sweeping the nation and offer customers the chance to use a sewing machine by the hour.
For further information -
www.ichf.co.uk or tel: 01425 277988
27 September - Eastern Region Textile Forum, Dragon Hall, Norwich
Ongoing until 9 October
29 - 30 September Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts,
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
This show will be showcasing some of the sumptuous costumes from the hit series, Downton Abbey. Continuing the theme of costume dramas, the new Quilters Guild of the British Isles collection, The Romance of Words is helping to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’. Poetry in Stitches will continue the collaboration of words and craft with the last round of this ever-popular project from the National Needlework Archive. BRAND NEW to this year’s show the Drop in ‘Sewing Cafe’ will be embracing the ‘make do and mend’ culture that is sweeping the nation and offer customers the chance to use a sewing machine by the hour.
For further information -
www.ichf.co.uk or tel: 01425 277988
OCTOBER
2 October London Antique Textile Fair
Chelsea Old Town Hall, London SW3 5EE
The Textile Society is holding its London Antique Textile Fair where dealers from the UK and Europe will be offering a vast range of quality textiles and costumes and related items. There will be wonderful ethnic rugs and fabrics to decorate your home, vintage clothes and accessories to wear, antique costumes, textiles and trims to treasure forever. A day out to enjoy!
For further information -
www.textilesociety.org.uk or tel: 0207 359 7678
6 – 9 October Knitting and Stitching Show
Alexandra Palace
London
The Knitting and Stitching Shows are one of the definitive and best exhibitions for lovers of textiles in the UK and Ireland. As the name suggests, it covers knitting and stitching but SO much more; felt-making, Shibori dyeing, jewellery-making, card-making, mixed media... the list goes on! There is so much to see and do you’ll find it hard to fit everything into one day; hundreds of exhibitors selling specialist supplies that you can’t find in the shops, galleries from leading artists and groups, plus hundreds of workshops to introduce you to lots of new subjects!
For further information -
www.twistedthread.com or tel: 020 8692 2299
13 - 15 October Creative Crafts Show, The King’s Hall, Belfast
Your favourite craft show returns again to The King’s Hall this October. And to welcome you they’ve introduced new things to see and do including Knitting-Know-How where you can exchange handy hints and tasty tips with local knitters plus Beading Bonanza - exciting brand new bead workshops providing something special for everyone!
For further information -
www.sccshows.co.uk or Tel: 01822 614671
27 - 29 October Chichester Quilters Quilt Show, St Paul’s Church, Chichester
For further information – Chichester Quilters, tel: 01243 811544
27 - 30 October Crafts for Christmas and Hobbycrafts, SECC, Glasgow
Put some fun and creativity back into your Christmas shopping and find presents for even the most hard-to-buy for relatives and everything you need to make this an extra special Christmas. Get ideas and top tips for a wide range of creative crafts including papercrafts, felting, beading, stamping, parchment craft, decoupage and calligraphy. Plus With daily on-stand demonstrations and mini workshops, you’ll find plenty of inspiration!
For further information -
www.ichf.co.uk or tel: 01425 272711
28 - 29 October Textiles in Sussex (East Sussex Guild of Weavers Spinners & Dyers), Lewes
For further information –
www.esgwsd.org or tel: 01273 477032