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A Royal Engagement
11 September – 18 December 2010
A new exhibition featuring the work of the Dean Castle textile team. The exhibition takes its inspiration from an impressive tapestry which is on display at the castle.
Please see press release for further details or email Carol.Keohone@east-ayrshire.gov.uk.
Textile Fridays
Duchy Square Centre for Creativity, Princetown, Dartmoor
Last Friday of the month
Open to anyone with an interest in textiles of any kind, and run from 10-4, though people can stay for as long or short a time as they wish. Attendence is free, though a contribution for coffee/tea is appreciated!
The October Textile Friday will also offer a textile traders' fair that will be open on Friday 29th October and Saturday 30th October.
Further details from: Duchy Square Centre for Creativity, 01822 890828, or Jane Deane. Alternatively email Jane Deane: jane@janedeane.co.uk
Handmade 2010 @ Chelsea Old Town Hall
27 - 30 October
Wed 27 (preview evening) 5pm - 9pm
Thurs 28 12 noon - 8pm
Fri 29/Sat 30 11am - 6pm
Last date for applications 30 April 2010
WonderWool Wales 2011
If anyone is interested in the possibility of a package of coach transport and accomodation to visit WonderWool Wales in 2011 would they please email Paul Hunt at Skylark Holidays to indicate their interest.
Masham Sheep Fair
25-26 September
Masham, North Yorkshire
There is a WoolCraft competition. Click here for the schedule
It is a weekend of sheep, wool and old time fair events - sheep shows, sheepdog demos, sheep racing, harvest flower festivals in church and chapel, trips round the two breweries, craft stalls etc.
London Antique Textile Fair
organised by The Textile Society
26 September 2010
Kensington Town Hall, W8 7NX, 10.30am - 4.30pm
The fairs raise money for textile student bursaries and a museum bursary. £5,000 was awarded last year and after the London fair it is hoped to increase this amount.
Please see the following press releases here and here
You are invited to visit the Moon Rain Centre website at and the blog, where you will find information on upcoming tapestry and textile arts exhibitions, international fibre arts events, recent community projects, workshops, commissions and The Living Tapestry Workbook. This is a step-by-step tapestry weaving manual that clearly illustrates Thoma Ewen’s technical insights developed over thirty-five years of professional experience designing, weaving and teaching tapestry. The Workbook communicates the ancient indigenous understanding that weaving is a sacred path with a vital contemporary role to transmit beauty, harmony and peace. Thoma Ewen is artistic director of Moon Rain Centre.
Should you have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the Centre at info@moonrain.ca.
ASF Shetland
(formerly Ann Sutton Foundation)New textiles mini-tour for the North Isles of Shetland
The tour is four days and takes in various places of interest in Shetland including the last weaving mill, the wool brokers, textile museum and then events and visits in the North Isles
See here for further details about the ASF Shetland
Farfield Mill
Programme of future workshops and events is now available
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