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Get your business back on track with our brand and marketing expert
	HotHive Textiles has teamed up with Angi Egan, one of the leading authors from our sister company HotHive Books, to help our readers solve all their branding and marketing issues. Click here for more information.

The history of Ruskin Linen and Lace
	In her latest article for HotHive Textiles, Jenny Lewis has been looking into the wonderful world of Ruskin lace. Click here for more information.

Gemma Buxton: an interview
	This month HotHive Textiles have been catching up with textile artist Gemma Buxton, who has been telling us more about her work… Click here for more information.

Warming the cold balls of Haarlem
	This week Netherlands-based artist Connie Lene got in touch with HotHive Textiles to show us some pictures of her knitted graffiti, which we couldn’t resist sharing with you... Click here for more information.

Textile crafts to take centre stage this spring
	The Arthouse Gallery textile exhibition will be taking place again in the spring, in what promises to be a fabulous advert for textile craft. Click here for more information.

Stash scraps can help to keep disadvantaged children warm
	Injabulo (www.injabulo.com) are looking for knitters to knit hats, gloves and scarves to help to keep children in South Africa with FASD (Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) warm in their coming winter. Click here for more information.

Making a difference one stitch at a time
	On January 9th 2010 a unique event will be taking place in Twechar, East Dunbartonshire. Quilters from all over the central belt will be taking part in the first Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Society (Europe) Sponsored Sew to raise funds for the new charity... Click here for more information.

tea for two: an old English tradition
	Sarah Daly is creator of tea for two, a gift company that specialises in beautiful buttons, bags and purses, among other items, made from a wide variety of reclaimed fabrics and vintage buttons. Click here for more information.

Silk flower creator offers something special for your big day
	Andrea Mannion is a textile artist based in Bristol who creates vintage silk flowers, which she uses as jewellery pieces or to adorn clothes and bags. Click here for more information.

Insight into textiles part 4: Rebekah Roy, Stylist
	Rebekah Roy is a personal stylist who has worked with clients such as Nintendo, Virgin, Harvey Nichols, the Feeling, Little Boots, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Madness. Click here for more information.

Insight into Textiles part 3: Pip Cokaj, Visual Merchandiser in Debenhams
	In the third part of our Insight into Textiles series we have been talking to Pip Cokaj, visual merchandiser for the Worcester branch of high-street department store Debenhams. Click here for more information.

A flexible approach to learning textiles
	The Open College of the Arts offers a flexible approach to learning that helps develop your skills so you can earn a degree – at a pace to suit you... Click here for more information.

Jelly Roll Competition Results
	Some time ago you may remember that we published an article on our website about the Jelly Roll Quilt Challenge, which aimed to find original quilt designs that make the best and most creative use of Jelly Roll... Click here for more information.

Insight into textiles part 2 - Jenny Lister, V&A Museum
	In the second instalment of our ‘Insight into Textiles’ series we caught up with Jenny Lister, curator of the fashion and Textiles collection (1800-1914) at the prestigious V&A Museum in London. We spoke to her to get the low-down on what her job entails… Click here for more information.

Contemporary Textiles Fair details announced
	The Landmark Arts Centre will again be hosting the Contemporary Textiles Fair next March, bringing together more than 70 individual designermakers offering a stunning range of contemporary textiles. Click here for more information.

Keeping Scotland in check
	We have recently received a fabulous article from our friend Jenny Lewis, who has been delving into the tradition that is the Scottish tartan... Click here for more information.

Figuratively Speaking: A Review
	Figuratively Speaking is a fantastic exhibition currently showing at The Edge Gallery in Lancaster. We recently received the following review by Jennifer Pritchard Couchman... Click here for more information.

Recycle and Mend To Trend
	A fabulous fashion show is taking place in Oswestry in December, promising to be an entertaining evening for all. Click here for more information.

Insight into textiles part 1 - Stacey Harvey Brown
	Over the coming weeks HotHive Textiles will be publishing a series of interviews with different people from the world of fashion and textiles to give students an idea of what their roles are really like. We begin with Stacey Harvey Brown, a weaver based in Staffordshire who has taught weaving in the UK, the US and Europe, and has worked as far afield as Oman. Click here for more information.

Facebook round up
	Here are a few of the posts received into our Facebook page in the last month... Click here for more information.

Venue change for Quiltfest 2010
	New venue to be confirmed soon... Click here for more information.

Japanese themed kits now available!
	HotHive Textiles are very excited to announce that we have teamed up with Yorkshire based company Japanese Crafts to bring you some fabulous Japanese themed kits to try your hand at. Click here for more information.

Coming soon! The HotHive Textiles guide to getting ahead in the industry
	Here at HotHive Textiles we have a large following of students and one of the many problems they face as they near completion of their degree is what to do with it afterwards... Click here for more information.

Exhibition opportunity for all textile artists and craftspeople
	The Oad Street Centre in Sittingbourne are appealing for artists to submit their work for condsideration at their next textile exhibition, taking place in 2010... Click here for more information.

Christmas craft fair opportunity
	Farncombe Estate Centre will be holding a Christmas Craft Fair on Sunday 22 November, providing artists and designers with a great opportunity to display and sell unique handmade Christmas gifts. Click here for more information.

Map of textile museums in the UK revealed
	We have just received a great resource from Textile Artist Liz Plummer, who has created a Google map of all the textile-related museums in the UK. Click here for more information.

Unusual wedding dresses: your stories
	Here at HotHive Textiles we recently read an article in one of the daily papers about a lady who had made her own wedding dress using wool from her sheep. This got us thinking about other unusual wedding dresses out there and so we decided to ask our readers to tell us their wedding dress stories... Click here for more information.

Embroidery with style: A new Hand & lock conference
	With its growing reputation as one of Britain’s fastest developing fashion cities, Glasgow was the obvious choice for Hand & Lock when the time came to decide the location of its third annual conference: Embroidery …with style... Click here for more information.

Midlands Textile Forum Annual Symposium and Members Open Exhibition
	Members of the Midlands Textile Forum should keep Saturday 14 November clear in their diaries for the MTF Annual Symposium... Click here for more information.

Silversoles by Emma Jackson takes gold in the craft&design national awards
	Feltmaker Emma Jackson of Silversoles scoopes gold in the Textiles and Needlecrafts category of the 2009 craft&design Selected Awards. Click here for more information.

Grants to help bring art into vacant high street shops
	Arts Council England’s £500,000 initiative to help artists turn vacant high street shops into artistic and vibrant places is now open for applications. Click here for more information.

Supplier interview - Hilltop
	Hilltop are specialist suppliers of hand spinning, hand weaving, dyeing and felt making equipment. The owners, Sue and Bill Chitty, have been spinners, weavers, dyers and felt makers since 1972 and want to encourage people to get involved with textile crafts. Click here for more information.

Fashion through the Ages
	Caroline Tandy takes a look at how fashion has changed since the 1940s and the social influences that affect the clothes we wear. Click here for more information.

Retail opportunity for artists/craftspeople
	The Store in Keighley, West Yorkshire has a vacant pod for anyone wanting to test-trade their products and learn more about retail without actually committing yourself to a bricks and mortar shop. Click here for more information.

Reinvent your work with Friendly Plastic

Liz Welch’s online resource site, Rare Bird, tells you everything you need to know about Friendly Plastic and how to use it. The online shop is bursting with equipment, DVDs, books and kits to help you use Friendly Plastic on its own or as part of your textile and craft applications. Liz also runs classes in using Friendly Plastic to create jewellery, masks, embellishments, beads and much more. We spoke to her to find out more… Click here for more information.

Why art is becoming a recession busting investment
	We are all familiar with the doom and gloom of the economy at the moment but for those who make their living from producing artwork the recession could turn out to be a good thing... Click here for more information.

Fair trade in the frame
	An exhibition of portrait photographs by Mark Ingram highlighting the people behind ethical brands Liv Organic and Piccalilly is coming to the Art House Café in Worcester later this month. Click here for more information.

Textile art on display
	The Arthouse Gallery in Sittingbourne, Kent, is hosting another exciting exhibition next month which will showcase 11 different artists. Click here for more information.

Mothers for All
	In Botswana and areas of South Africa charitable organisation Mothers for All is training groups of women to make stunning, eco-friendly beads from recycled materials – and joining in the ongoing fight against HIV/Aids at the same time. Click here for more information.

African Textiles
	African textiles provide an amazing array of styles and the work of artists has been celebrated for centuries. Here HotHive Textiles writer Jenny Lewis takes a look at the traditions of textile art in Africa to coincide with the publication of John Gillow's gorgeous book, African Textiles. Click here for more information.

The Climate is Changing!
	The Climate is changing is a new exhibition organised by the International Feltmakers Association to help promote the art of feltmaking. It presents an exciting opportunity for textile artists to have their work included in an exhibition that will travel across three countries. Click here for more information.