In advance of thread… a festival of textiles 2017 we have been running a series of q&a blogs to give you a flavour of what to look forward to on the day. Featuring a selection of exhibitors, workshop tutors and […]

This week our craft team were fortunate to speak to The Avid Seamstress who will be exhibiting her wonderful patterns as an exhibitor at thread… a festival of textiles on Saturday 30 September. We are really excited about seeing you […]

This week in our lead up to thread festival we chatted to Rebecca Engels who set up Rebecca’s Aix Home.  Rebecca shares with us some thoughts including tips on starting up your own business and how you can get the […]

Concrete Cascade: Aimee-Sofia Brown, Anna Harrison, Gavin Withey, Sian Wright The Riverside Café Gallery is thrilled to present new exhibition Concrete Cascade, a celebration of urban photography with an almost ‘brutalist’ edge. The works border monument and ruin: exploring ideas of […]

We are super excited to have Gillian Harris, crafter extraordinaire, author and owner of The Gilliangladrag Fluff-a-torium! in Dorking joining us at thread 2017.  Meet Gillian in her special thread workshop to make some Wooltops Pompoms, and afterwards at her book […]

For the first of a number of Q&A’s with our thread 2017 exhibitors we were fortunate to speak to Karen Greenfield who runs The Drapers Daughter. We are really excited about seeing you at thread this year.  How did you […]

Lisa Takahashi, The Beauty of The Ride: Cycling Prints and Paintings,  Riverside Café Gallery, Farnham Maltings, 30 June – 28 July 2017 Riverside Cafe Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition by painter- printmaker Lisa Takahashi. The show, a selection of […]

  We are delighted to have worked with artist Emma Block to create 2017’s thread festival image (above). This is the fourth year that London-based illustrator Emma has designed the artwork, her trademark style now synonymous with the textile event.  We […]

 Local, national and international crafters generously donated over 100 knitted, crochet and felt birds for the special Knit Aviary display at the annual knitting event, with birds being sold afterwards to raise funds for Step by Step. The charity works […]