Treat yourself to a wonderful day out at an inspiring quilting or textile exhibition. See what’s on around the country with our handy listings guide.
What to see and do now
Step by Step Exhibition
Until 7 July
Contemporary textiles, By Gillian Cooper and Kay Leech.
10.30-16.00 Wed-Sun Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road Sedbergh, LA10 5LW
Dunoon Community Quilters 40th Anniversary Show
11 May
Highlighting 40 years of quilting in Dunoon. Sales table of handmade goods; local trader Jinty and Baa present. Combine a day ‘doon the watter’ with the appreciation of our quilts!
Admission: £3 10.00-16.00 Dunoon Burgh Hall, 195 Argyll St, Dunoon, PA23 7DD Contact: Rosemary argyll@quiltersguild.org.uk
Stories in Stitch
18 May-29 September
The Barnard Castle Museum’s Fashion and Textile Gallery will play host to a new capsule collection of textile artworks, most of which have not be shown before.
Admission to The Bowes Museum is £13.50 for local members (residents of County Durham and Darlington), £15.50 for members (residents elsewhere), £18.00 for a day ticket, £19.80 for a day ticket including gift aid. Under 18s, full time students and carers are free. The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NPwww.thebowesmuseum.org.uk
Bonnyrigg Quilters Exhibition
1 June
This exhibition of
members’ quilts and other work will include a raffle, tombola, sales table, trader and refreshments.
Admission: £5, to include refreshments 10.00-16.00 St. Matthew’s Church Hall, 36 Carnethie Street, Roswell, Midlothian, EH24 9AT Contact: Clare 07903 142348
02 Textiles present an exhibition of new work, ‘Seamless Flow’
6-11 June 10.00-17.00 The Courtyard Gallery, The Ballroom Arts, 152A High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5AQwww.02textiles.co.uk
Textile Connections Exhibition
2-7 July
First major exhibition of textile art by the new group Textile Connections.
10.00-16.00 The Guildhall, Guildhall Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1PR Contact: rosemary_tyler@yahoo. co.uk
Samphire Quilters Annual Exhibition
12-14 July
Sales tables, charity tombola, traders and refreshments. There is nearby parking and disabled access.
10.30-16.00 (Friday & Saturday) 10.30-15.30 (Sunday) St Nicholas Chapel, St Ann’s St, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1LT Contact: Angela Simpson 07388057128, Helen Mace 07939149043 or Sue Hatcher 07717673089
Heffle Quilters Biannual Show
13-14 July
Quilts, raffle, tombola, traders. All proceeds to Breast Cancer N
