24 January-28 February 2026
Oliver Bliss, Jane Colquhoun, Nina Gronw-Lewis, Joy Merron
Still Lives
ACEarts, Market Place, Somerton, Somerset TA11 7NB
Still Lives presents embroidered works by artists who transform everyday domestic moments into quiet reflections. Through thread, scenes of home and habit are paused and made extraordinary — a gesture, a glance, a shared moment. The exhibition features intricately hand-stitched works created by women artisans in Karachi, Pakistan, on loan from Alice Kettle, and invites us to slow down, notice the beauty in the ordinary, and find connection in the rhythms of daily life.

6 February-29 March 2026
Helen MacRitchie
echoes and silences
New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), NSW, Australia
echoes & silences brings together 20 artists from the untethered fibre artists collective, a group formed over a decade ago to champion fibre as a vital contemporary art form. echoes & silences explores both the tangible and intangible — from landscape and oceans to memory, emotion and stillness. Across 38 meticulously crafted works, artists reflect on personal and collective experience, engaging with themes of family, grief, disability, womanhood and connection to the natural world.

7 February-21 March 2026
Angie Parker
Angie Parker – Maker Showcase
MAKE Southwest, Riverside Mill, Fore Street, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9AF
Showcase celebrating the launch of Angie’s book – Krokbragd – Contemporary Weaving With Colour. This book by Angie Parker is a practical guide to all aspects of this popular Norwegian weaving technique. Expect to see pieces celebrating this tradition, using Angie’s signature unorthodox and vibrant colour combinations!

14 February-12 April 2026
Oliver Bliss
Made in the Middle
Midlands Art Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH
Featuring 37 exceptional artists whose work highlights the wide range of innovative contemporary crafts being made in the Midlands today. Along with the variety of processes, expertise, skills and thinking on display, the exhibition also conveys powerful stories about the world we live in and reflects the influence of global migration on regional creativity. Exhibits are available to buy or commission.

19 February 2026
Helen MacRitchie
St-itching to Felt
Basingstoke Creative Stitchers, Popley Fields Community Centre,  Carpenters Down, Popley RG24 9AE
Fun day of creating textural surfaces with stitch on wool fibres, then felting.

11 March-31 May 2026
Nina Gronw-Lewis
Metamorphosis
Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LW
Showcasing shortlisted entries selected by judges Jan Beadle, Cas Holmes, and Marie Wallin, including Dance till your Slippers Fly Off by Nina Gronw-Lewis. The display in the Loft Gallery explores transformation, growth, and change through texture, colour, and form. Each piece reflects a unique interpretation of metamorphosis, offering visitors a rich and thought-provoking experience of textile artistry.

8-10 March 2026
Julie Heaton
Photorealistic free machine embroidery (S2D37965)
West Dean College – Sussex Campus, West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ
In this workshop, you will explore how to use your sewing machine as a creative drawing tool. With inspiring examples of embroidered artwork to examine, you will be introduced to techniques that transform stitching into expressive painterly designs.

17-26 April 2026
Helen MacRitchie
dictionary
Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, Clinton Road, London E3 4QY
Prism Textiles’ annual exhibition, this year the theme is ‘Dictionary’.