Next Meeting

Tuesday 2nd October 2018

A Festive Hands - On


You will need to bring :

Usual sewing kit.

Fabric scissors / Pinking shears

Paper scissors

Pen and pencil

Ribbon,buttons / beads

Northwich in Stitch visited

Yesterday I visited the Stitch Show in Northwich.

View my last post for details.

It proved to be well worth driving up to see it. You can also browse the Museum for a small charge.

There is a cafe and a gift shop.

Stitch Exhibition

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Northwich in Stitch

21 July - 4 November

An exhibition of textile and mixed media work by the Breakaway group, inspired by items in the museum collection, local waterways, structures and the Northwich Union Workhouse which once occupied the museum building. 

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Details

Start:

21 July 

End:

4 November 

Event Categories:

Adult Event, Event, Exhibition, Family Event

Venue 

Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse

162 London Road,  Northwich,  CheshireCW9 8AB United Kingdom

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Phone:

01606 271640

Website:

http://weaverhall.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/

Alice Kettle

Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness

1 Sep 18 - 1 Mar 19
Mon-Wed 10am-5pm, Thurs 10am-9pm, Fri-Sun 10am-5pm

The Whitworth The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M15 6ER

Thread Bearing Witness is a major new series of large textiles, and other works, to be shown at the Whitworth, that considers cultural heritage, refugee displacement and movement, while engaging with individual migrants and their creativity within the wider context of the global refugee crisis. »

https://bit.ly/2KO6BxV

Battle of Britain Lace Panel

Battle of Britain Lace Panel: Then and Now

7 Jul - 4 Nov 2018
Wed-Sun (and Bank Holiday Mon) 12.00-5.00pm

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection Gawthorpe Hall Padiham Lancashire BB12 8UA 

In this RAF centenary year, Gawthorpe Textiles Collection are displaying their original Battle of Britain lace panel alongside a contemporary response to the panel by textile artist and lacemaker Carol Quarini. Carol received a Textile Society professional development award to develop this work. »

https://bit.ly/2KNtFNd

j.waterson@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk 

Tel: 01282 773963

Frodsham World Textile Day

What you’ll find at World Textile Day North

FREE admission to our exhibition of woven, printed and embroidered textiles.
29 th September 2018 ,10-00 am - 4-30 pm
Frodsham CommunityCentre.

FAIR TRADE MARKET from makers, workshops and villages around the world

• 11 am PRESENTATION. Jim Gaffney – textile trader, collector and traveller. Many Hands Make Light Work: Incredible Handmade Asian Textiles.
• 2 pm A FAVOURITE TEXTILE. Our experts discuss one of their most treasured textiles. Plus: a short talk.
• £3 per session or £5 for both, tickets at the door
• Our specialist world textiles traders
• Disabled access
• Free parking

View/print PDF document: World Textile Day North 2018

www.worldtextileday.co.uk

Delicious refreshments from the Frodsham Community Association

• Once again we’ll have delicious savories and cakes all day long, courtesy of our wonderful hosts from the Frodsham Community Association.
• These ladies really know how to bake, so come hungry!
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