Local Links:
Association of Northern Stitch Groups: https://www.associationofnorthernstitchgroups.com/
Darlington for Culture: http://www.darlingtonforculture.org/ Instagram Facebook
Creative Darlington: https://creativedarlington.org.uk/. Instagram Facebook
National Links:
The Embroiderers Guild: https://embroiderersguild.com/ Instagram Facebook
Royal School of Needlework: https://royal-needlework.org.uk/om/ Instagram Facebook
Hand and Lock : https://handembroidery.com Instagram Facebook
Exhibitions:
UK
Barnard Castle:
22nd Mar 2025 – 1st Mar 2026 Bowes Museum: “Josephine: A Woman of Taste and Fashion“
Dates TBC Bowes Museum: “Vivienne Westwood: Rebel – Storyteller – Visionary“
Dates TBC Bowes Museum: “Lace and Legacy: Fashion Treasures from The Blackborne Collection – The Bowes Museum“
Birmingham:
12th Mar – 15th Mar 2026 NEC: “The Creative Craft Show – Fashion and Embroidery”
Edinburgh:
6th Feb – 27th June 2026. Dovecot Studios: “The Biba Story: 1964 – 1975“
7th Mar – 4th April 2026. The House of Smalls: “The Weight of Waiting”
London:
25th Sept 2024 – 11th June 2026. Hampton Court Palace: “Divine and Mythical Creatures“
26th Sep 2025 – 8th Mar 2026. Fashion and Textile Museum: “Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop”
27th Mar 2026 – 13th Sept 2026. Fashion and Textile Museum: “Paint! Pattern! Print!”
Until 22nd Mar 2026.. Victoria and Albert Museum: “Marie Antoinette Style”
Until 21st June 2026. William Morris Gallery: “Women in Print: 150 Years of Liberty Textiles“
Manchester:
10th Jul 2026 – 3rd Jan 2027 Whitworth Art Gallery: “Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven”
12th Dec 2026 – 14th Nov 2027 Whitworth Art Gallery: “William Morris: Common Paradise”
Sedbergh:
7th Jan – 8th Mar 2026. Farfield Mill: “Avante Garde – International Textile Exhibition”
11th Mar – 31st May 2026. Farfield Mill: “Metamorphosis – Textile Competition Exhibition”
8th Apr – 12th Jul 2026. Farfield Mill: “Untangling Colour – Vicky Ellis”
15th Jul – 13th Sept 2026. Farfield Mill: “Text & Textile! – Connie Flynn”
15th Jul – 13th Sept 2026. Farfield Mill: “Glimpses of our Bay – Artybird Carnforth Fellowship Alumni”
16th – 20th Dec 2026. Farfield Mill: “Textile Fusion – Diane Standen”
16th – 20th Dec 2026. Farfield Mill: “Pathways – Contemporary Quilt”
Stockton on Tees:
20th Feb – 28th June 2026 Preston Park Museum: “Becoming La Voix” Costumes from drag queen La Voix
OVERSEAS
New York:
10th Sept 2025 – 4th Jan 2026 The Museum at FIT: “Dress, Dreams and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis”