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Armitage Centre, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 6HE
Traders from across the country and from Europe will be offering a vast array of textiles, vintage fashion, costumes, accessories, books and associated ephemera for sale. If that is not enough, there is a free Societies and Guilds show with full programme of lectures and demonstrations.

Further details will appear on www.textilesociety.org.uk

Speakers
11.30 Dr Christine Boydell of De Montfort University
A research project on Horrockses Fashions

Graduate Showcases:
1.30 Jenny Morgan of MMU
The graduate experience as a mature student!
1.50 Polly Standheven of LCA and MMU
Current practice following a BA in Printed Textiles,
what influences her practice and her current MA
2.10 Caroline Allison
Winner of the Textile Society New Designer Award

3.15 Helen Smith, Clothaholics
Making and wearing of Kimono and Kimono fabrics

Anyone staying overnight can get a special rate at the Chancellor’s Hotel (0161 907 7414) next door by mentioning the Textile Society when booking.
This is not an endorsement of the Chancellor's Hotel by the Textile Society.

Get those creative juices flowing with the annual Textile Holiday Tours Challenge. Textile Holiday Tours are a travel company that offers specialist, small-group textile tours within the UK. A chance to discover and be inspired by the rich variety of textiles, both historic and contemporary, in stately homes, churches, cathedrals, castles, cottages and studios across the UK. If you've been on one of our tours and feel inspired to produce a piece of textile work, then this could be the challenge you're looking for!

This challenge is purely for fun (no Ferrari prizes I'm afraid!), but as a textile maker myself, I know how much we enjoy a challenge (and the motivation!) to make something.

The challenge

The theme for 2010 is 'The Rose'. Using the rose as your starting point, you can produce a piece of work in any textile medium; knitting, crochet, tapestry, embroidery, mixed media, lace, cross-stitch, goldwork, blackwork, patchwork, quilting - the list is endless! There are no restrictions on size. The only thing we do insist on is that you have fun!

Submitting your work

Simply take a photo of your completed work, and if you have a photo of your original inspiration piece, taken on one of our trips, it would be great to display this alongside your finished piece. Then email jpeg(s) together with the name of the work. Don't forget to send us your name and contact details.

Email challenge1@textileholidaytours.co.uk

All entries will be posted on the Textile Holiday Tours web site soon after we receive them. If you are shy about showing your work, then we can post it to the site anonymously, just let us know. Closing date for this challenge is November 30th 2010.
All these jpegs and email beyond you but you would like to submit some work? Then just contact us by telephone, 01621 869089, to discuss options.
Enjoy yourself, and we look forward to seeing the entries - you never know, we might get generous with a small prize!

For more details about Textile Holiday Tours please see - www.textileholidaytours.co.uk

The Macclesfield Loop consists of an online blog and e-guide to ‘What’s On’ in Macclesfield. The Loop e-guide will be sent to your inbox every 6 weeks giving you a round up of exhibitions, workshops, talks, theatre, concerts, farmers markets, gigs and in fact anything that catches the loop’s eye.  More......

We are very pleased that the Silk Museum in Macclesfield will be the venue for the Textile Society's AGM next weekend, 25th-27th September. This will be a great end to the year of the first Three Shires Textile Festival. More......