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Freeforming the Four Seasons
	‘Four Seasons’ is a collective display of the works of 52 freeform crochet artists from around the world and makes up an inspirational online exhibition. The freeform crochet website (www.freeformcrochet.com) compares the technique to painting, saying the ‘hook is a brush and the yarn a paint… the result can be abstract or realistic.’ Click here for more information.

Seeing Red; The Influence of Turkey Red Dye on Quiltmaking
	The Quilt Museum and Gallery, York, will open its autumn season on 5 September with ‘Seeing Red; The influence of Turkey Red Dye on Quiltmaking.’ The exhibition is being held in association with the Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and will feature quilts dyed with ‘Turkey Red.’ Click here for more information.

Art in the Pen: Call for exhibitors
	The organisers of Art in the Pen, a major art fair taking place in Skipton, North Yorkshire, have released their call for exhibitors for this prestigious selling event of modern and contemporary art. With no commission taken on sales, Art in the Pen offers artists a fabulous opportunity to promote and sell their work. Click here for more information.

Craft fair call for entries
	The Landmark Arts Centre have announced their call for entries for two fabulous shows coming up in the next few months – Sparkle: Contemporary Craft and Gourmet Food Fair (formerly InHouse) and the Contemporary Textiles Fair. Click here for more information.

Prom Art: A Review
	Prom Art got off to a really hot start this April with gorgeous sunshine, cloudless skies and a high tide which reached the prom walls in the morning – it couldn’t have been better Click here for more information.

Fair Trade Bag Design Competition Voting Closed
	The voting has now closed into our fair trade bag design competition and the team here at HotHive Textiles is currently counting up all the votes received. Click here for more information.

New creative centre set up in Devon
	Duchy Square is a new centre for creativity, which was launched at the end of March to offer advice and support for artistic businesses in Devon. The centre promotes work from emerging local craft makers and artists. Click here for more information.

Fairtrade Bag Design Competition Vote for your favourite now!
	The bag design competition organised by HotHive Textiles to celebrate World Fair Trade Day has now closed and the attention turns to the visitors of our website to vote for their favourite design. Click here for more information.

Friday Focus: Andrew Salmon, organiser of the Knitting and Stitching Shows
	Our Friday Focus feature continues this week with a must-read interview for all artists and designers with Andrew Salmon, organiser of the Knitting and Stitching Shows. Click here for more information.

British Traditional Crafts to bring Medieval Dover Castle back to life
	The Royal School of Needlework (RSN) is among the many British crafts companies commissioned by English Heritage to create an extraordinary array of period furniture, wall hangings, textiles and artefacts for Dover Castle to evoke the appearance and atmosphere of the keep, or the Great Tower, on the occasion of a royal visit around 1184. Click here for more information.

Opportunity for artists to sell their work at craft and design show
	HotHive Textiles has just learnt of a great opportunity for artists and designers to sell their work at a fabulous craft and design show held at the Cross & Stable Community Centre in Milton Keynes. The event, Eye to Eye Collective, is taking place on Saturday 16 May as part of Arts Open Weekend. Click here for more information.

Artists Take The Lead To Design Innovative Art for 2012
	Do you have inspirational creative ideas? Would you like to design a vibrant cultural revolution to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics? Could you create an artistic celebration of culture using your talent? If yes, then you may be interested in an exciting new opportunity from Artists Taking the Lead. Click here for more information.

The perfect way to plan your Wedding Day
	This week I took a trip to the National Wedding Show, held at Birmingham NEC to find out more about what the blushing bride-to-be can expect to find at the event. Click here for more information.

Craft on location with the Devon Guild of Craftsmen
	The Devon Guild of Craftsmen will be running a day trip to the Stroud International Textile Festival on Thursday 7 May. Click here for more information.

New three day festival to put textile arts in the spotlight
	A grand auction held by TV antiques expert Adam Partridge, day schools by leading designers, historic collections, fabric sales, contemporary textile arts exhibitions and textile conservation workshops are just a few of the highlights of the first Three Shires Textile Festival, which takes place from 4-19 July 2009. Click here for more information.

Alzheimers and memory lost explored at new exhibition
	Textile Artist Kay Haskins, of Trashy Princess, will be having her first solo exhibition next month, which will provide a fantastic chance to see her work first hand. Click here for more information.

The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 2009: Call for entries
	The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, an annual selling event in Manchester celebrating the very best in contemporary crafts, is inviting applications from accomplished designer-makers. Click here for more information.

The Pfaff Art Embroidery Challenge
	‘Landscape – Let us Travel’ is the theme for the 2009 Pfaff Art Embroidery Challenge, an international biennial competition for artists working on sewing or embroidery machines. Click here for more information.

Competition Winner intrigues with magical entry
	HotHive Textiles was delighted to announce Janice Myers as the winner of our Spellbinding Textiles Competition last week. Her piece, ‘Hat Trick’, features a giant top hat and a flight of doves – though the work has a special spellbinding twist. Click here for more information.

Stitched textiles competition 2009
	Forge Mill Needle Museum, in collaboration with the Charles Henry Foyle Trust, is offering a unique opportunity for 20 textile students. Click here for more information.

Origin:The London Craft Fair - call for applications
	The Crafts Council invites applications from both UK and international makers of contemporary craft wishing to exhibit at Origin:The London Craft Fair. Click here for more information.

The world's first Jelly Roll Quilt Challenge
	This is a unique and exciting competition that challenges quilters all over the world to unroll their delicious Jelly Rolls and come up with the most creative quilt design they can, using just one roll. Click here for more information.

New textiles and dress gallery being created at The Bowes Museum
	A state of the art new Textiles and Dress Gallery is to be created at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. Using the latest display ideas the new gallery is truly innovative in design – the aim being to present both textiles and costume in an exciting way that can be enjoyed by the general visitor and specialists alike. Click here for more information.

The Field of Fibre - a mystery unravelled
	Have you ever given any thought to the field of fibre? Pieces appear in museum collections, we look at them and some may even provoke a reaction. However, do we really ever think about why certain pieces are selected for us to see? Click here for more information.

Fight the Credit Crunch with Creativity
	It’s official – craft is cool. The current resurgence in the popularity of craft has seen people falling over themselves to knit, crochet, felt and sew. Click here for more information.

Promote your work for free with HotHive Textiles
	Create your own blog on HotHive Textiles site Click here for more information.

Spellbinding Textiles Competition - 1 month left
	HotHive Textiles's Spellbinding Textiles is closing on 31 October 2008 Click here for more information.

Jean Muir: A Fashion Icon - Exhibition
	Jean Muir was known for her unique approach to couture fashion, marrying together the high standards of workmanship of couture fashion with a more accessible, refined, ready-to-wear style. Click here for more information.

Credit Crunching Fashion
	Autumn/Winter 2008/09 is set to be dominated by plaid, tartan and lace fabrics, a return to grown-up dressing, with ultra modern materials mixed with something softer and colours of faded gold, vibrant russets, chic neutrals, deep blues and purples. Click here for more information.

The Eastern Region Textile Forum - an update
	Some of you may remember an article in our January newsletter, which featured a new textile forum working in the east of England. Click here for more information.

The Festival of Quilts - a review
	The Festival of Quilts is one of the most eagerly anticipated events on all quilt makers calendars, and I was lucky enough to have a trip over to Birmingham NEC yesterday to have a look around. Click here for more information.

Sumptuosity
	Sumptuosity produce small gift items including brooches, bookmarks, notebooks, handbag mirrors and silk lavender bags from their studios in York. Click here for more information.

Cashing in on Creativity
	Two Scottish entrepreneurs, Judy Clark and Alison Macleod, have received thousands of pounds worth of funding after successfully completing the final stage of the national innovation programme, Starter for 6. Click here for more information.

Graduates enter into the world of textiles
	The TEXPRINT First View Exhibition is one of the industry’s best kept secrets: it celebrates and mentors the best new graduate talent in textiles in the UK Click here for more information.

Studios for rent
	Applications are now being welcomed from artists and craft makers who wish to rent a studio at Farfield Mill Arts & Heritage Centre near Sedbergh. Click here for more information.

Model Living Exhibition
	A fascinating new exhibition will be displayed at this year’s Autumn Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in London. Click here for more information.

Great Haul of China
	Great Haul of China is arguably the UK’s most prolific specialist retailer of vintage and modern Chinese style. Click here for more information.

Art in Action - a review
	Art in Action is one of the most exciting events of the year. Click here for more information.

Hyperbolic Coral Reef
	The Toxic Reef is crocheted from plastic bag yarn and other rubbish. It’s a direct response to the plastic rubbish, which is sweeping the Pacific Ocean and aims to encourage recycling. Click here for more information.

HotHive Textiles gets a mention in The Guardian!
	Everyone in HotHive Textiles offices were very excited to learn that we were mentioned in The Guardian newspaper this weekend. Click here for more information.

Fashion at Falmouth scoops Lee Cooper Centenary Jeans Competition Award
	Laura Leach, a first-year student on University College Falmouth’s new BA (Hons) degree in Fashion Design has been named the UK’s overall winner in the Lee Cooper Centenary Jeans Contest. Click here for more information.