Events List
Stephanie Peters
UK Craft Events List
Compiled on Saturday, June 06 1998
This list is normally posted here and on my web page
(http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/UKevents.htm) once a month.
Please email me at eve...@sandbenders.demon.REMOVE_NOSPAM.co.uk (delete
'REMOVE_NOSPAM' from address when replying) with details of _any_ UK
craft events.
I've tried to get everything right - but the occasional mistake might
slip in, so please confirm with organiser/venue.
Events are entered in this list at the compiler's discretion.
Details of lace days and lace events are on the Lace Guild's web page
(http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk)
One-Day Events
* Exhibition of work
Location: Halfpenny Embroidery Centre, The Old Toll House, 1-5
Parson Lane, Clitheroe, Lancs
Details: Exhibition of customers' work to raise funds for the
Rachel Kaye-Shuttleworth Textile Collection at nearby
Gawthorpe Hall
Date: Sunday, 17 May 1998
Times: Normal business hours
Contact: 01200 424478
Price: Visitors are asked to vote for their favourite
embroidery, and donate at least 20p per vote cast
URL: http://www.halfpenny.ndirect.co.uk/
* St Christopher's Family Fun Day and Craft Fair
Location: Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Rd, Penge, London, SE20
Details: In aid of St. Christopher's hospice
Date: Saturday, 06 June 1998
Times: 1pm - 5pm
Contact: 0181 778 9252
Price: <unknown>
* Paint Effects Workshop
Location: Boydell Galleries, 13 Station Rd, Erdington,
Birmingham.
Details: One day workshop, where you can learn to master the
following in a small, friendly group:
Rag Rolling
Sponging
Liming
Distressing
Colour washing
All materials are supplied except a small project to
paint that you should bring along. An instruction
booklet and complimentary coffee are also included.
Please wear old clothes and bring a packed lunch.
Date: Sunday, 07 June 1998
Times: 10 am to 3 pm
Contact: Gill Bowler, Stencil Craft, 115 Boldmere Road,Sutton
Coldfield, West Midlands. B73 5TU 0121 354 7070
Price: 25.00 (5.00 deposit required to secure a place)
URL: gi...@nobkin.demon.co.uk
* Stencil Workshop
Location: Boydell Galleries, 13 Station Rd, Erdington,
Birmingham.
Details: One day workshop, where you can learn to master the
following: Design and cut your own stencil
Stencilling with wet paint and
crayons
Embossing with stencils
Stencilling fabric
Stencilling on tiles or glass
All attendees will receive an instruction booklet,
stencil pack and complimentary coffee.
Date: Sunday, 05 July 1998
Times: 10 am to 3 pm
Contact: Gill Bowler, Stencil Craft, 115 Boldmere Road,Sutton
Coldfield, West Midlands. B73 5TU 0121 354 7070
Price: 25.00 (5.00 deposit required to secure a place)
URL: http://www.stencil.co.uk/
* Machine Knitting Get-Together
Location: Chepstow Leisure Centre, Gwent
Details: Please knit a jumper with a "pussy theme" for
competition, in aid of the Cat's Protection League
Date: Saturday, 25 July 1998
Times: 10am- 5pm
Contact: Alice Wilmhurst 01594 562161
Price: 2.00
URL: alic...@aol.com
* Craft Fayre
Location: Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough
Details: Part of Coulby Newham's 20th birthday celebrations.
We are looking for craft workers to join us. All crafts
welcome.
Date: Saturday, 08 August 1998
Contact: Jacqui Grey at Langdon Square Community Centre,
weekdays/office hours Tel:-01642/599723
Price: <unknown>
URL: Nem...@aol.com
* Craft Fair
Location: St Peters Church, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk.
Details: Variety of craft stalls -Paintings, Knitted
wares,jewellery, cards, hampers, wrought ironwork,
glasswork, etc. plus much more
Date: Saturday, 22 August 1998
Times: 9am - 4pm
Price: Free
* Rubber Stamp Show
Location: New Earswick Folk Hall, Hawthorn Terrace, York 2
miles North City Centre
Date: Sunday, 23 August 1998
Times: 10am -4pm
Contact: Artstampers World PO Box 32, Kettering NN16 8YE Tel:
01536 481778 Fax: 01536 521412
Price: <unknown>
Multi-Day Events
* Poetry on the Breeze
Location: The Fan Museum, Greenwich
Details: Chinese made fans. The exhibition addresses questions
such as the differences between Chinese made fans for
China and those made for the Western markets.
Start Date: Now open
End Date: Sunday, 07 June 1998
Times: Tues - Sat 11 am - 4.30 pm, Sun noon - 4.30 pm
Price: Adults 3.00, concessions 2.00
* Wessex Flower Craft Show
Location: Wilton House, Salisbury
Start Date: Now open
End Date: Sunday, 07 June 1998
Contact: ICHF, Dominic House Seaton Road Highcliffe Dorset BH23
5HW Tel: 01425 272711
Price: <unknown>
* Textile Art Group Suffolk
Location: Tudor House Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Details: Textile artists in embroidery, weaving, quilting, hat
designing and fine art.
Start Date: Now open
End Date: Wednesday, 10 June 1998
Times: 10am - 5pm
Contact: 01379 871570
Price: <unknown>
* Festival of Textiles and Needlecraft
Location: Escot Estate Park, Ottery St Mary, 9 miles Exeter, 6
miles Honiton off A30 signposted from Fairmile
Details: Join Textile Designers for a great day out set in
marquees in Escot Estate Park.
Start Date: Friday, 12 June 1998
End Date: Sunday, 14 June 1998
Times: 9.30 am - 5pm
Contact: Designer Festivals, Ridge Farm, Broadhembury, Honiton,
Devon
Price: 4.00 on the day, 3.00 if booked in advance
* Stitching Extravaganza and first International Celebration of Beading
Location: Longleat House, Wiltshire
Details: Includes Embroidery lectures/workshops on The Bayeux
Tapestry - Jan Messent Beware - Beads are addictive -
Carol Talbot The World of Braids - Rodrick Owen Putting
on the Glitz - Maggie Grey Design and Drawing for the
Terrified - Richard Box Stumpwork then and now -
Barbara and Roy Hirst Textiles as a Contemporary Medium
- karen Woods Embroidered Treasures from the Past and
Present - Lynn Szygenda How I Go Stitched Up Again -
Norman Willis Beading Workshops with Fran Stone, Marcie
Stone, Sue Jackson & Wendy Hubick Valerie Campbell
Harding. Kumihimo japanese Braidmaking - Jacqui Carey
Start Date: Friday, 12 June 1998
End Date: Sunday, 14 June 1998
Price: <unknown>
URL: in...@needle-craft.co.uk
* Lace Exhibition by Tamworth Lace Group
Location: Central Library, Tamworth
Details: Tamworth Lace Group are exhibiting lace (bobbin,
tatting, needle, tambour and crochet) made by members
of the group
There will be demonstrations of bobbin lace on Saturday
6th (9.30-1.00)
and Friday 12th June (10.30-3.30). (I plan to have
some tatting and
needlelace with me as well, in case anyone wants to see
how those are made.)
Start Date: Now open
End Date: Saturday, 13 June 1998
Times: library hours are 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Tuesday and Friday,
9.30 to 1.00
Wednesday and Saturday and 9.30 to 7.00 Monday and
Thursday.
Price: Free
* Textile Art by Embroidery 2000
Location: Regency Room, Towneley Hall, Towneley Holmes Road,
Burnley, Lancs
Details: An exhibition showing the skills and versatility of
modern embroidery.
Start Date: Now open
End Date: Sunday, 21 June 1998
Times: Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sun noon - 4.45pm, Closed Sat
Price: <unknown>
* Stitching Weekend
Location: Watton, Norfolk
Details: Led by the Cross Stitch Guild, this weekend is
organised by Wayland Stitching for Pleasure, part of
the Wayland Regeneration project.
Start Date: Friday, 26 June 1998
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 1998
Contact: Jan Godfrey 019583 881 709
Price: <unknown>
* Quilting and Cross Stitch Exhibition
Location: Pilton Community College, Barnstable, North Devon
Start Date: Friday, 07 August 1998
End Date: Sunday, 09 August 1998
Price: 2.00. All proceeds to Barnstable and District Cats
Protection League
* The British Quilt Exhibition.
Location: Harrogate, The Exhibition Halls, Great Yorkshire
Showground.
Details: Open competitive quilt and embroidery show
Start Date: Thursday, 20 August 1998
End Date: Sunday, 23 August 1998
Times: 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Contact: 01775 722900
Price: Adults £6 (£5 in advance) Seniors £5 (£4 in advance)
Children 8-16 £1
* Crafts Alive
Location: Henley-on-Thames, Stonor Park
Start Date: Friday, 28 August 1998
End Date: Monday, 31 August 1998
Contact: ICHF, Dominic House Seaton Road Highcliffe Dorset BH23
5HW Tel: 01425 272711
Price: <unknown>
* Traquiar Needlework Fair
Location: Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peebleshire, EH44 6PW
Details: Held in Traquiar, Scotland's oldest inhabited Historic
House celebrated for its seventeenth century needlework.
Start Date: Saturday, 12 September 1998
End Date: Sunday, 13 September 1998
Times: 10.30 - 5.30
Price: Admission 5.00 house and fair.
URL: traqua...@scotborders.co.uk
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Marie
In article <35a34e56....@news.demon.co.uk>, Stephanie Peters
<st...@sandbenders.demon.REMOVE_NOSPAM.co.uk> writes
>* Textile Art by Embroidery 2000
>
> Location: Regency Room, Towneley Hall, Towneley Holmes Road,
> Burnley, Lancs
> Details: An exhibition showing the skills and versatility of
> modern embroidery.
> Start Date: Now open
> End Date: Sunday, 21 June 1998
> Times: Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sun noon - 4.45pm, Closed Sat
> Price: <unknown>
Entrance to Towneley Hall is free, so I imagine the exhibition is, too.
Exhibitions there usually are free.
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Marie