UPCOMING EVENTS: LEEK TEXTILE WEEK

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"The Reward of Labour" EXHIBITION

Sat 21 to Sat 28 Sep • 10am to 4pm closed Sunday 22

The Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery

FREE

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Exhibition: Rewoven Horizons: the Era of Indian Textiles. Nila House, Lady Bamford Foundation. 

Sat 21 to Sat 28 Sep • 10am to 4pm closed Sunday 22

The Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery

FREE

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THE EXHIBITION OF NATURAL FIBReS

Mon 23 to Sat 28 Sep • 10am to 4pm 

Foxlowe Arts Centre - Bar area 

FREE

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WORKSHOP "SEW YOUR PLACE: SIGNS AND SYMBOLS" WITH BECCA SMITH

Mon 23 Sep • 11.30am to 1pm 

Foxlowe Arts Centre - The William Morris Room 

 £10.00

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talk "mill WALK WITH CATH WALTON"

Mon 23 Sep • 2 pm to 3.30 pm 

Thu 26 Sep • 10 am to 11.30am 

Sun 29 Sep • 10 am to 11.30am

Sold Out

Starting point: Outside The Nicholson Museum & Art Gallery 

£7.00

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ARIADNE'THREAD: AN EVENING OF POETRY AND PROSE

Mon 23 Sep • 7 pm to 9pm

Foxlowe Arts Centre - Drawing Room 

£10.00 including wine and nibbles

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DEBORAH BOWNESS - art trail

Mon 23 to Sun 29 Sep • day and night

Walls across Leek - Check map

FREE

Workshop Flag Making

Wed 14 Sep • 11 am and 12 pm

FREE

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amber cooper-davies - ART TRAIL

Mon 23 to Sun 29 Sep • 10am to 4pm other than Friday 27th when the mill will be open until  7pm.

London Mill East, 12 London St, Leek ST13 5LE

FREE

Workshop: Stop-Motion Animation Puppet

Sat 21 Sep • 12.45 pm

FREE

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Ply-split braiding workshop with Master Artisan Tejshibhai Dhana Marwada

Tue 24 Sep • 10.30 am Sold out

Thur 26 Sep • 10.30 am Sold out

The Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery

£30.00

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Botanical Embroidery Workshop with Hoop & Fred

Tue 24 Sep • 1 pm Sold out

Foxlowe Arts Centre - Cabbage Rose Studio

£35.00

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talk: "St James Damask: Politics and Design of William Morris" with Emily Lashford

Tue 24 Sep • 6 PM

Quakers Meeting House

£8.50

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The Blue Caftan film

Tue 24 Sep • 7.45 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre

£7.00

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An Introduction to Drop-Spinning Workshop with Tyra Till

Wed, Sep 25 • 10:00 AM

Spout Brew House

£45.00

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WOVEN-EXPO

Exhibition and Sew Your Place

Wed 25 / Thur 26 Sep • 10:00am - 4pm Fri 27 Sep • 10:00am - 4pm/6.30 to 7.30pm

Sat 28 Sep • 10:00am - 7.30pm

Foxlowe Arts Centre, The Gallery

FREE

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Fabulous Flax to Lustrous Linen Workshop with Kirsteen McGregor

Wed, Sep 25 • 10.30 AM Sold out

Wed, Sep 25 • 1.30 PM Sold out

Foxlowe Arts Centre - Cabbage Rose Studio

£25.00

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ExObjects Writing Workshop with A.T. Boyle

Wed, Sep 25 • 2:00 PM

The Nicholson Museum & Art Gallery, Leek

£4.00

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WALK-AND-DRAW-BECCA

workshop: Draw and Discovery Walk with Becca Smith

Wed, Sep 25 • 5:30 PM

The Roebuck Pub (meeting and end point)

 £10.00

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talk: "Medieval Embroidery: From The Sacred To The Saucy" with Tanya Bentham

Wed, Sep 25 • 7:30 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Rainbow Room)

£6.00

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sew your place mini-map machine stitch workshop with ruth of karumo textile

Thu, Sep 26 • 9:30 AM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Cabbage Rose Studio)

Cancelled          

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HARRY PIZZEY - ART TRAIL

 Open: Look out for the Heritage Collector around Leek during the week

Venue: Roaming 

FREE

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Bayeux Rudies Medieval Embroidery Workshop with Tanya Bentham

Thu, Sep 26 • 10:30 AM

Spout Brew House

£60.00

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Workshop: SEW YOUR PLACE Embroidery Over Image Transfer with Jane Hadfield

Thu, Sep 26 • 1:30 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Cabbage Rose Studio)

£35.00

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Weaving Words Workshop with Dr Ailsa Holland

Thu, Sep 26 • 6:00 PM

Spout Brew House

£15.00

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WALTON-EXTRADIORNARY-TALK

talk: "The Extraordinary Leek Embroidery Society" with Cathryn Walton

Thu, Sep 26 • 7:30 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Rainbow Room)

£5.00

Cancelled        

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Bobbin lace-making: Woven Landscape Workshop with Ruth of Karumo Textiles

Fri, Sep 27 • 9:30 AM Sold out

Spout Brew House

£35.00

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Natural Dye Block Printing Workshop with Kate Turnbull

Fri, Sep 27 • 10 AM

Fri, Sep 27 • 12.30 PM  

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Cabbage Rose Studio)

£25.00

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Leek Embroidery Society Workshop with Lorna Knight

Fri, Sep 27 • 10:00 AM

The Lorna Knight Sewing Academy

£50.00

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Woad and indigo workshops with Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw 

Fri Sep 27  • 10 AM - 3 PM

Sat 28 • 10 AM - 4 PM

For local colleges and participants in Seeds to Blue Growing programme

Sponsored by Staffordshire Community Foundation 

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St. Edward's Church Leek Embroideries – Talk and Exhibition

Fri, Sep 27 • 11.30 AM  

St Edward The Confessor Church, Leek

£5.00

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Pockets of History Workshop with Dr Ailsa Holland

Fri, Sep 27 • 1:30 PM

Spout Brew House

Sold out

£30.00

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TALK: Nature and Clothes with Kate Fletcher

Fri, Sep 27 • 2:00 PM

Roach Road (Meet at the main gate to enter the Roaches)

£15.00

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The Nettle Dress Film + In Conversation with director Dylan Howitt

Fri, Sep 27 • 7:30 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)

£10.00

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Buttoned Up! Leek and Macclesfield Button Workshop with Ann Martin

Sat, Sep 28 • 9.30 AM

Sat, Sep 28 • 11.30 AM

 £25.00

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Weave And Bead A Decorative Cuff Workshop with Kim Greenwood

Sat, Sep 28 • 10:00 AM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)

 £30.00

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Emily Murch – Woven scarfs, yarn and tools. 15th May 2024.

open studio at the humming loom

Sat 28 and Sun 29 Sep • 10:00 AM-4 PM

Humming Loom studio

FREE

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PATTERN PRINTING WORKSHOP WITH BECCA SMITH

Sat, Sep 28 •  10 AM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)

FREE

Family-friendly drop-in workshop 

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Family activities with Macclesfield Silk Museum

Sat, Sep 28 • 11 AM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)

FREE

Family-friendly drop-in workshop 

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Bobbin Lace making demonstration with Ruth Moyes of Karumo Textiles

Sat, Sep 28 • 1 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)

FREE

Drop-in

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Block Printing Repeat Pattern with Becca Smith

Sat, Sep 28 • 1.30 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Rainbow Room)

£35.00

Sold out

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Spinning wheel demonstration with Heritage crafts expert Ann Martin

Sat, Sep 28 •  2 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)

FREE 

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TALK: SIR THOMAS WARDLE & WILD SILKS of Northeast India WITH Anna-Louise Meynell.

Sat, Sep 28 • 4.30 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)

£5.00

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TALK: Art, Artists and Architects by Cathryn Walton

Sat, Sep 28 • 5.45 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)

£5.00

Cancelled 

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Leek's Textile Heritage on Film

Sat, Sep 28 • 7.30 PM

Foxlowe Arts Centre (Bromfield Room)

£7.50

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