Selvedge Newsletter

JANUARY 2012

Lesley Barnes is an illustrator from Scotlandwho, according to her blog, likes drinking tea, polishing brass buttons and wearing the occasional old lady hat. We don't mindwhat she wears as long as she keeps up the good work! We loved the Christmas animation she devised for Selvedge and although the day has passed you can enjoy it until 6 January
http://anaceinthepack.blogspot.com

Selvedge Spring Fair St Augustine's Church Hall will house our next fair which will be a pretty affair filled with pre-easter treats. Thirty handpicked makers offering carefully crafted items for your home and wardrobe. Make sure you step across the road and visit the Selvedge shop! 31 March 2012,
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Celebrate in 2012! We would like to invite you to create a silk scarf to commemorate a national or local event occurring in 2012. Entries will be displayed at this yearʼs Knitting and Stitching Show and we will invite everyone who enters to a Selvedge reception. Find out more at
www.selvedge.org/competition

Why not use some of your Christmas holiday to brush up on neglected craft skills or try your hand at something new? Our projects from past issues are all available to download for free from the Selvedge craft page. If you do make something post your picture on our facebook page, we'd love to see it! www.selvedge.org/pages/crafts.aspx

THE FORGOTTEN DAYS... The days between Christmas and New Year can be an oasis of relaxation but they can also feel a little flat after all the festivities. Hopefully this newsletter will inspire you to use the time to put some of your craft skills into action, plan a trip to an exhibition or tempt you to take advantage of the annual sales, including Selvedge's! And we hope the news that your latest issue of Selvedge is on its way will be the start of a Happy New Year! www.selvedge.org
	All shopped out or braced for the bargains to be had in the January sales? At Selvedge we have up to 90% off selected products. Our ever colourful Luisa Cevese bags have 70% off and Sophie Digard necklaces are available from £66. The Selvedge shop reopens on Tuesday 3rd January but until then you can shop online at www.selvedge-drygoods.org
Global Threads is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme 'Stories of the World' which presents exhibitions created by young people. This year six museums in the North West are taking a fresh look at the regionʼs textile heritage. The Whitworth in Manchester focuses on cotton and features new work by Yinka Shonibare, Lubaina Himid and Jeremy Deller. www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk
	Made in the Middle, the Midlandʼs principal exhibition of contemporary craft, takes place every three years. It promotes the work of makers with a regional connection and includes Amy Twigger Holroyd, Jennifer Collier and Jannette Matthews. The exhibition launches at mac birmingham on 11 February and will tour galleries across the Midlands. http://www.craftspace.co.uk
Those promoting the collections at this spring's Maison Objet are insisting "It's time to champion the right to a breath of mental fresh air, to have fun." The theme of the trade-only show is 'crazy' and if you can't get there we'll report back and let you know whether or not the lunatics are running the asylum. 20-24 January 2012, www.maison-objet.com
	“I am not interested in 'perfect' textiles' but rather in a cloth that is made imperfect as a result of tears, patches, darns and frayed edges. Held together with a utilitarian stitch, these random and chaotic interruptions in the pattern and surface of the cloth provide the impetus for my work.” Find out more about Matthew Harris's work in Discordant Imperfection, Matthew Harris Solo, until 8 Jan, www.thebeetroottree.com

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY...
12 Nov-8 Jan '12	That was Then: This is NOW: Scottish tapestry	City Art Centre, 2 Market Street Edinburgh EH 1 1DE www.edinburgh.gov.uk
Until 15 Jan '12	Postmodernism Style and Subversion 1970-1990	The Victoria and Albert Museum, London SW7 2RL, www.vam.ac.uk
29 Nov-8 Jan '12	Christmas Past: 400 Years Of Seasonal Traditions	The Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, London, E2 8EA www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
Until 28 Jan '12	Ties that bind: Aprons, stories and hidden lives	Unit Twelve, Tixhall, Stafford www.unittwelve.co.uk/
Until Jan '12	American and British Mosaic Patchwork	International Quilt Study Center, Nebraska, USA www.quiltstudy.org
Until 26 Feb '12	Donna Wilson: Endangered Species	Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, WF4 4LG www.ysp.co.uk
Until 12 Feb '12	Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles	The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street, NW, Washington, http://www.textilemuseum.org

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