Press Releases & Newsletters
June 2008
- The British Sari Story 2008 competition
The British Sari Story 2008 competition is offering a £250 top prize for a design for a British Bridal Sari. Do you have a vision of a sari showing the hopes, dreams and experience of a British Asian bride? Traditionally bridal saris have fantastic beading and embroidery from south Asia. But Bridging Arts, the organisers of the competition, are looking for something new – British beading, embroidery and embellishment, reflecting British Asian experience in... here
- Upcycling Textiles Symposium
By Katherine Connorton Green issues feature highly today. We hear a lot about what manufacturers can do or are doing in terms of environmental issues. Textiles Environment Design (TED), which began in 1996, aims to challenge the designer to create textiles with reduced environmental issues. Research suggests designers who make informed choices at the outset, can improve the environmental performance of a product by up to 80%. In association with TED,... here
- Hyperbolic Coral Reef
By Katherine Connorton This extraordinary project began when physicist and mathematician Margaret Wertheim, Influenced by the work of Daina Taimina, began to crochet. Taimina crocheted models of hyperbolic space (a space in which an infinite number of parallel straight lines can pass through one point) to demonstrate to her classes. It was Margaret Wertheim’s sister Christine, a lecturer, who pointed out that the knitted items resembled coral. From... here
- Fine Cell Work
By Katherine Connorton An idea originally conceived by Lady Anne Tree, while a prison visitor in the 1960s, Fine Cell Work is an established charity that focuses on teaching inmates the art of needlework to enable them to produce work with which they gain financial and emotional benefits. The charity’s teaching volunteers operate in around 22 prisons across England and Scotland. Inmates are taught skills such as needlepoint, embroidery and appliqué... here
- June 2008 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the June edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. This month we have some very exciting news from several designers, including Alison Daykin who has been selected to exhibit at 100% design and University College Falmouth student Laura Leach who has won the Lee Cooper Centenary Jeans Competition Award. ... here
May 2008
- The Textile Directory is having a face lift!
As of the end of August we will have a completely new and fresh look, with fantastic new benefits for our members. There has never been a better time to upgrade your membership, as anyone who takes an upgrade now will get all these benefits for the current low prices! Here is how the changes will affect you:- If you are a bronze member (free) your listing will now contain: * Name, address, telephone number, email address * Website * 30 word description *... here
- Design Show Liverpool
A brand new design show is coming to Liverpool next month as part of their celebrations as Capital of Culture. The event will showcase the very best of product design, cutting-edge technology and stylish living. It will be a unique opportunity for the public to browse and buy from over 150 selected designers, who represent the best in regional, national and international design and contemporary fashion. Open to the public, trade buyers and collectors, visitors... here
- 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. To celebrate its centenary year, the iconic jeans brand invited students from fashion and design schools from across the world, either as individuals or as teams, to submit jeans designs that captured the company’s ethos and best represented the label in 2008. The competition... here
- The Textile Directory gets a mention in The Guardian!
Everyone in The Textile Directory offices was very excited to learn that we were mentioned in The Guardian newspaper this weekend. Personal shopper, Annalisa Barbieri, has a regular column in the Family supplement and she received a letter from a lady wanting to buy quality fabrics online. Of course, Annalisa knew there was only one place to send her readers – The Textile Directory website. She described the site as containing everything you needed for textiles... here
- The Textile Directory Christmas Selling Exhibition Opportunity
Bevere Gallery in Worcester has offered The Textile Directory some space at their Christmas selling exhibition, taking place throughout December this year. The gallery is set in the beautiful Worcestershire countryside and has become known for offering high quality exhibitions of work by nationally known, quality artists. It has become the first port of call for local art buyers, collectors and the region's interior designers. This is a fantastic opportunity... here
- Call for Entries – Lancashire and Yorkshire Textiles Open
The Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, will hold its first Textiles Open Exhibition this autumn. The exhibition is open to amateur, professional and student textile artists who live in Lancashire (including Greater Manchester) and Yorkshire. The Platform Gallery is situated in the historic market town of Clitheroe in the heart of the Ribble Valley. It hosts six main exhibitions a year, including solo, group and themed shows, with an emphasis on high-quality, original... here
- The E17 Designers Market
The E17 Designers Spring event is taking place later this month, with what promises to be a fantastic collection of artworks for sale. All work is designed and produced by members of the group and includes jewellery, scarves, small items of furniture, children’s clothes, bags and handmade cards. The E17 Designers Market is taking place on Friday 16 May at the Asian Centre, 18a Orford Road, Walthamstow Village, London E17 9LN from 7-10 pm. ... here
- Designer Delighted to Exhibit at Top Interiors Event
Award-winning textile designer Alison Daykin is preparing to impress industry leaders at a prestigious interiors event later this year. She will be showcasing her latest work at 100% Design where the best manufacturers and star designers from across the UK and overseas will be able to see for themselves how she brings fabric to life by fusing contemporary design with traditional fibres. Only a select number of people are picked to exhibit at the show and... here
- May 2008 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the May edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. This month we have a very interesting feature about what some artists have done with plastic bags to create fantastic artworks. We also have an article about a great resource for milliners, so make sure you take a look if you have an interest in hat making.... here
April 2008
- The Textile Directory Joins Facebook
The Textile Directory has just launched its own Facebook group, designed to help people with an interest in fashion and textiles to get to know each other. If you would like to chat with other like minded artists, upload pictures of your work for us to look at or talk about the latest shows and events then we would love to have you with us! Please click on the link below to join us... here
- April 2008 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the April edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we have enjoyed having work experience student Ellen Brigden with us... here
March 2008
- March 2008 Design Matters Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the March edition of Design Matters, brought to you by The Textile Directory. This month we are bringing you details of an exhibition taking place in Manchester, which you can apply to take part in. We also have an interview with textile artist Carol Coleman, who has some advice for those of you who would like to take up textile jewellery making... here
- March 2008 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the March edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. We've had a busy time this month, with trips to The Project Group in Oswestry and a Play Day at VSM in Redditch... here
February 2008
- February 2008 Design Matters Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the February edition of Design Matters, brought to you by The Textile Directory. This month we have a fantastic opportunity for all you quilt makers to apply to take part in the European Art Quilt Foundation's touring exhibition... here
- February 2008 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the February edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. This month we are bringing you some very exciting news about our website and the changes... here
January 2008
- January 2008 Design Matters Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the January edition of Design Matters, the specialist newsletter brought to you by The Textile Directory. We hope you all had a very good Christmas and would like to wish you a happy and successful new yea... here
- January 2008 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the January newsletter, I hope you all enjoyed a good break over Christmas and are all settling back into work. In this month’s newsletter we have brought our January sales to you... here
December 2007
- December 2007 Design Matters Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the December edition of Design Matters, the monthly newsletter brought to you by The Textile Directory. This month we are bringing you news of a fantastic opportunity for artists and designers to attend a training course in France... here
- December 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the December issue of The Textile Directory newsletter. This month we have some workshops for budding artists to tell you about that took place at The Knitting & Stitching Shows... here
November 2007
- November 2007 Design Matters Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the November edition of Design Matters, the monthly newsletter brought to you by The Textile Directory. This month we are bringing you news of our fantastic new bookstore and some of the great books added in the last few days... here
- November 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the November issue of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we are bringing you a range of Christmas gift ideas brought to you by advertisers in The Textile Directory... here
October 2007
- October 2007 Design Matters Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the October edition of Design Matters. This month we are bringing you a follow up to an article we wrote a few months ago about the difficulty in finding representation for textile artists and designers... here
- October 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the October edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we have some exciting developments at The Textile Directory to tell you abou... here
September 2007
- September 2007 Design Matters Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the Design Matters newsletter, brought to you by The Textile Directory. This month our feature article looks at some options for designer makers who want to sell their products online... here
- September 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the September edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we have a fabulous Smart 350p embellisher machine to giveaway, courtesy of VSM (UK) Ltd... here
August 2007
- August 2007 Design Matters Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the third edition of Design Matters. We hope you are all enjoying reading the newsletter and are getting lots of inspiration from the designers and makers featured here... here
- August 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the new-look Textile Directory Newsletter. In the last month we have visited an exhibition in Leamington Spa and met several fantastic textile artists... here
July 2007
- July 2007 Design Matters Newsletter
Welcome to the second edition of Design Matters, brought to you by The Textile Directory. Thank you to everybody who sent us the encouraging feedback, please keep your comments coming as we love to hear from our readers... here
- July 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the July issue of The Textile Directory newsletter. This month we have an interview with textile artist Kim Thittichai, who has been telling us all about her forthcoming book Hot Textiles... here
June 2007
- June 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the text only version of the June Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we have an interview with Amy Forster who is a designer and maker of beautiful bags... here
May 2007
- May 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the May edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. This month we have some really interesting articles for you. Don�t miss our interview with fascinating knitwear designer... here
April 2007
- April 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the April edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. Here at The Textile Directory we have been reviewing the book and considering how often we should bring it out. The website is going from strength to strength... here
March 2007
- March 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the March edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we have an update on our Design Award winner Sue Allan, who has been very busy since we last saw her at the Knitting & Stitching Show in October... here
February 2007
- February 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the February edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we are bringing you news of some fabulous recycling workshops taking place in schools, run by Debbie Siniska... here
January 2007
- January 2007 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the January edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and we wish you a very happy new year. This month we are bringing you information about... here
December 2006
- December 2006 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the December issue of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we have a fantastic success story of the Textile Directory website to tell you about. There is also a fabulous giveaway... here
November 2006
- November 2006 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the re-designed Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we have a very interesting conversation for you to read between our current Design Award winner, Sue Allan, and last year’s winner Rachel John... here
October 2006
- October 2006 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the October issue of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we have an interview with our Design Award winner Sue Allan and news of the Textile Awards 2006, which we were very pleased to be involved with... here
September 2006
- September 2006 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the September edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. We are very busy here at The Textile Directory offices preparing for the next edition of the book; we’ll bring your more news of its publication next month.... here
August 2006
- August 2006 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the August edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. This month we have had a redesign of the newsletter due to the growing number of articles we have. At the end of our newsletter you can now click through to our website to read more of our articles... here
July 2006
- July 2006 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the July edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. This month we have an interview with jeweller Joanne Haywood, as well as news of a new art gallery in Todmorden and updates from Omega Dyes... here
June 2006
- June 2006 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the June edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. This month we are bringing you news of the upcoming degree shows, which we hope you will be able to get along to. Once again our give away proved to be very popular and our congratulations... here
May 2006
- May 2006 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the May issue of our newsletter. This month we are looking at kilts and whether they should be woven in Scotland or if imported ones are just as good quality and value for money... here
April 2006
- April 2006 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we want to tell you about a very exciting outdoor quilt exhibition, Elements of Nature... here
March 2006
- March 2006 Newsletter
Welcome to the March edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. This month we are very excited to announce that it is time for all artists, designers and makers to submit their entries for our newly named Design Award. This year... here
February 2006
- February 2006 Newsletter
Welcome to the February edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. Our special feature this month is about organic and eco-friendly textiles, which has grown in popularity recently... here
January 2006
- January 2006 Newsletter
Welcome to the latest edition of The Textile Directory newsletter. We hope you all enjoyed a great Christmas and New Year. We are very excited about this month's newsletter as we have a fantastic free prize draw to win a weekend at Farncombe Estate Centre... here
December 2005
- December 2005 Newsletter
Welcome to the second edition of The Textile Directory Newsletter. Thank you to everyone that sent us all the encouraging feedback, we're so glad that you enjoyed it. Please keep you comments coming. This month we're featuring Maggie Grey's Book Aid... here
November 2005
- November 2005 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to our revamped Textile Directory newsletter, which will now be coming to you monthly. We hope you find it interesting and informative, as well as being a valuable resource to keep you up to date with what’s happening in the textile world... here
