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• County - London
• Title - The Knitting & Stitching Show London
• Dates - 10th-13th October 2019
• Details -

The Knitting & Stitching Show is the UK’s biggest textile art, craft and design event. It takes place at Alexandra Palace, London from 10-13^th October.

30,000 visitors come to learn new skills, view spectacular galleries by leading contemporary textile artists, top up their supplies and mingle with like-minded crafters.

2019 highlights are: 250+ workshops and talks; a dedicated Dressmaking Studio; free craft demonstrations; drop-in knitting and crochet lessons; artists live at work; The Craft Village featuring boutique companies and comfortable places to relax; catwalk shows; a Prosecco Bar; and 350 exhibitors selling essential supplies.

The show’s Textile Galleries are always a talking point. Headline artists for 2019 are Daisy Collingridge, Georgina Bellamy, Jen Cable, Karine Jollet, Marian Jazmik, Sisse Fog Odgaard and the winner of the inaugural Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award.

Free shuttle buses run from Wood Green and Alexandra Palace train stations every 20-30 minutes.

Opening times:

Thursday-Saturday - 9.30am-6pm

Sunday - 9.30am-5pm

Standard adult tickets £16.00 (concessions £14.50), VIP tickets £32.00. A £1.95 fulfilment fee applies per order for Print at Home tickets and £2.50 for postal tickets. Full Terms and Conditions are available on the show website.

www.theknittingandstitchingshow.com/london/

Tickets: 0844 873 7343 (+44 115 896 0102 if calling from outside the UK).

• Full address including postcode

Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace Way
Wood Green, London
N22 7AY

West Midlands

'Social Quilts' Vintage Patchwork Exhibition

Saturday 9th November 2019

A diverse selection of patchwork made to educate and celebrate, displayed throughout the church with pop up tea shop and handmade local crafts for sale.

Open from 10:30 - 4:00 Free Entry to event

For more details contact jane.cobbett@yahoo.co.uk or www.janecobbett.btck.co.uk

St Barbara's Church, Rochester Road, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6AG

Exhibition

Treasured Threads: Unpicking Gunnersbury’s Quilts

Venue: Gunnersbury Park and Museum, Popes Lane, London W5 4NH

15 October 2019 – 12 January 2020

Open Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 – 16:00

This free exhibition takes an in-depth look at one of Gunnersbury Park Museum’s most remarkable items; a pieced and appliqued quilt created in around 1825 by a family in Acton, west London.

Comparing the Acton Top with other historic quilts from the museum collection, the exhibition investigates how quilting developed from the late 1780s to the 1850s and explores associated technological and social changes. The exhibition is accompanied by a programme of talks and workshops.

Admission free

Website: **LINK**

Email: info@visitgunnersbury.org

Telephone: 020 3961 0280

Special Event

The Great Gunnersbury Quilting Bee

Venue: Gunnersbury Park and Museum, Popes Lane, London W5 4NH

Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 November, 10:00 – 16:00

A celebration of all things quilting and stitching at a packed weekend of activity to complement Gunnersbury Park Museum’s special exhibition Treasured Threads: Unpicking Gunnersbury’s Quilts. Highlights include pop-up exhibitions, hands-on workshops and expert talks.

For the full programme and to book tickets for talks and workshops please see **LINK**

Admission free (charges apply for special workshops and talks)

Email: info@visitgunnersbury.org

Telephone: 020 3961 0280

'Comfort From Kindness' WW2 Canadian Red Cross Quilts exhibition

October 17th-19th 2019 Bath & Wells Showgrounds ~Shepton Mallet,Somerset BA4 6QN

The quilts are from the collection of the late Anna Mansi presented by her husband Tony Mansi.Exhibited in the new display area for quilting in the Mendip Hall of the Bath & Wells Showground, Shepton Mallet,Somerset, as part of the Craft4Crafters trade show.Show open from 10-5pm each day.Tickets: Adult advance £7,Concessions £6.On the day adults £9,Concessions £8.Available by phone 0345 3040222 or via website www.craft4crafters.co.uk From Tony Mansi 'In Her Name~The Anna Mansi WW2 Canadian Red Cross Quilts Collection'. Further information ,contact a.mansi2@ntlworld.com

Essex/Suffolk Border

Essex & Suffolk Quilters Quilt Show

12th-13th October 2019, 10am-4pm Saturday and 10am-3pm Sunday

An exhibition of members' work, a charity raffle of two quilts, craft stall, bag tombola, refreshments and traders

Raffle tickets can be purchased in advance from poppypatchwork@live.co.uk

Admission £3 accompanied under 12s free

Ardleigh Village Hall, Station Road, Ardleigh CO7 7RS

Severn Valley Quilters Exhibition of members work

Thornbury Methodist Church Hall, Castle Court, Thornbury, Bristol BS35 2AQ

South Gloucestershire

Friday 21^st February 2020 2pm - 5pm

Saturday 22^nd February 2020 10am – 4pm

Disabled Access

Admission £3

Traders; Sales Table; Tombola; Refreshments

Proceeds to Western Air Ambulance

Contact for queries : severnvalleyquilters@gmail.com

Title: Quilters Exhibition & Fabric Sale

Date: Sunday 19th January 2020

Venue: Nantwich Civic Hall, Market Street, Nantwich, CW5 5DG

Time: 10am - 4pm

Event Details:

Admission: £3 (£1.50 after 1pm)

• Exhibition: 'Then and Now' by textile artist Sue Warburton represents her creative journey in quilts
• Traders & Group Exhibitors
• Refreshments, Disabled Access

Organiser: Tracy Fox

email: nantwichfabricsale@hotmail.com

website: **LINK**

facebook: **LINK**

The Knitting and Stitching Show Harrogate

The Knitting & Stitching Shows are the UK’s biggest textile art, craft and design events and are created by twistedthread. The events offer hundreds of workshops, demonstrations and interactive features, curated galleries showcasing the work of leading textile artists and groups from all over the world, and hundreds of specialist craft companies selling essential supplies.

Dates: 28^th November-1^st December 2019 from 10am-5.30pm (5pm on Sunday)

Venue: Harrogate Convention Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate HG1 5LA

Ticket prices: Adult advance £15.50 (concessions £14.00)

Ticket line: 0844 209 7325

Website: www.theknittingandstitchingshow.com/harrogate/

Suffolk

21st to 23rd February 2020

Friday 21st 10 - 4pm

Saturday 22nd 10 - 4pm

Sunday 23rd 10 - 2pm February 2020

Cotton Club Quilters present their SILVER ANNIVERSARY QUILT SHOW

Our twelfth biannual show will feature many vibrant, exciting quilts and many other items in a large venue with trade stalls, demonstrations, raffle and tombola as well as delicious refreshments. All proceeds will be for The Blossom Appeal who seek to provide a state of the art one stop breast care unit at our local hospital.

admission £4.00 under 18s free - PLENTY OF FREE PARKING please note- new venue this year!

contact Marion Barnes 07711 040908 or visit our website www.cottonclubquilters.co.uk

Wickham Market Primary School

Dallinghoo Road

WICKHAM MARKET

Woodbridge

IP13 6DX

Edited By Marion Barnes 1 on 02/10/2019 09:03:59