The UK'S most exciting Textile Art Show
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Madeira/Stitch Competition
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Highlights of the 2008 Show
Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch offers the very best in textile art with cutting edge displays, expert demonstrations, latest supplies & inspiring catwalk shows.
See textile art from a range of exciting textile artists with the opportunity to find all the very latest materials and supplies plus lots of tips and advice from the experts! This year's show is sure to be inspirational with a whole host of colleges and displays, plus our eagerly awaited Catwalk Fashion Show hosted once again by Brenda Killigrew and the Inkberrow Design Centre, enabling talented students and exhibitors the chance to showcase their creations.
Glimpses of China - £1,500 of Prizes Were Won!  
Stitch Magazine joined forces with Madeira UK Ltd for the Stitch/Madeira Competition 2008. Whether you worked by hand, machine or mixed media or were a beginner or an experienced embroiderer, you could enter. All entrants were displayed and judged at the show. Click here for details of the 2008 winners .There is another chance to see the fabulous winning entries, plus the ‘Best of the rest’ from this competition at Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts Cardiff, Brighton & Liverpool and Sewing for Pleasure, Birmingham.
Talk to our Experts
We bring you a talented range of textile artists including Dionne Swift demonstrating her wonderful Devoré/burn out work; talented machine embroiderer Jenni Cadman with her magnificent canvases inspired by the Dorset landscape; Royal School of Needlework trained Jennifer Spindler and beautiful weaving by Adam Jordan. Plus, we are pleased to welcome the QGBI's Contemporary Quilt Group; the Yorkminster Broderers with modern pieces for the Minster and Designs for Life, an art/science collaboration with the Oxfordshire Women's Institute and Diamond Light Source (a new UK based science project). These are just a small selection of the many experts from textile groups, solo artists and Guilds who will be on hand to advise and inspire!
'Showtime' Mrs Henderson Presents
Step back in time with our original costumes from the wonderful British film 'Mrs Henderson Presents', featuring outfits from the all-star cast including Academy Award nominees Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, plus Will Young and Thelma Barlow (Mavis in Coronation Street). See also, the spectacular showgirls' costumes from the Windmill Theatre, which controversially put naked girls on the stage!
Reclaim, Re-use, Recyle |
Catwalk Fashion Shows
These lively catwalk shows will once again be hosted by Brenda Killigrew and the Inkberrow Design Centre
and held at 11.00, 13.00 & 15.00 each day.
Reclaim, Re-use, Recycle
In a time when 'Saving the Planet' is a very topical subject, this exciting display brings together work from artists that choose to create objects of beauty from reclaimed materials. Whether it's the hateful plastic carrier bag, drinks cans, old clothing, car parts or water bottles, these artists translate our everyday rubbish into desirable pieces of art.
Waistcoat by Jaquie Harvey |
Out of the Shadows into the Light
In 2007 the Quilters Guild of the British Isles set a Guild Challenge, in conjunction with Makower UK, on a theme of 'Out of the Shadows Into the Light'. Entrants could make a quilt, a three-dimensional item or a piece of clothing, relevant to the theme and reflecting the Guild's move into a wider public arena. ICHF are pleased to be able to present the winners and entrants' pieces from the Challenge.
Poetry in Stitches 2
Poetry in Stitches
Tree Prayer by Mary Langley |
Following the enormous success of Poetry in Stitches 1, the National Needlework Archive invited professional and amateur textile artists to take part in Poetry in Stitches 2.
The object is to combine textile art with poetry, which is then exhibited together with the poem that inspired them. Here is your opportunity to see the pictures exhibited as a complete collection, before they are subsequently exhibited in smaller groups, or individually, in public places such as hospitals.
The Great British PicKnit
In 2007, Aardman Animations (makers of Wallace & Gromit) approached us to work with them on a brand new knitting project, featuring their character Shaun the Sheep to raise money for the Wallace & Gromit Children's Foundation. With the help of visitors to our shows and also the general public, through the UKHKA (United Kingdom Hand-knitting Association) and Simply Knitting magazine, we are proud to unveil 'Shaun the Sheep's Great British PicKnit', a life-sized knitted display featuring Shaun the Sheep and friends, plus many knitted goodies, far too good to eat!
Details may change due to unforeseen circumstances.
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