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Members of ASTG will be stitching a Tall Ships Races Sampler in the Aberdeen Art Gallery every Tuesday afternoon from 1.30 – 3.30pm from 4th March 2025 until it is completed before the Tall Ships arrive in Aberdeen in July 2025.

Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol This captivating exhibition arrives in Aberdeen following an international tour. Tracing the history of 20th century art in textiles, explores how people were once able to engage with modern art in a personal and intimate way through their clothing and home furnishings. 23 November – 13 April 2025 Aberdeen Art Gallery… Continue reading Aberdeen exhibitions

Reading Between the Lines: Embroidered Samplers More than a record of stitches, a sampler was also evidence of the sewer’s industriousness, obedience and virtue. These samplers from our collection provide insights into the lives of the girls who sewed them and the social, political and religious environment in which they lived in the 1700s and… Continue reading Aberdeen exhibitions

Keep an eye on your inbox – the brochure and application forms will be sent out to all affiliated groups and to individual members in mid-December.

  Saturday 5th April 2025 to Saturday 10th May 2025 ‘Threaded Together’ Triennial Exhibition in Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries By Textiles & Embroidery Dumfries; Dumfries & Galloway Weavers, Spinners & Dyers and Solway Quilters.

This fantastic exhibition has now opened at V&A Dundee and runs to 5th January 2025. Why not make a full day of it by visiting the Dundee stitch and Textile group at the Verdant Works, and that’s open until 21st July 2024 Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk | V&A Dundee (vam.ac.uk) https://www.dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/event/exhibition-dundee-stitch-textile-group/

Dundee Stitch and Textile Group Exhibition   The Journey so Far. 11th May to 21st July 2024  Verdant Works, W. Henderson’s Wynd, Dundee, DD1 5BT Mon – Sat 10am to 6pm (11am on Sundays) Admission fee applies see website for details www.verdantworks.co.uk

All ISGs and individual members will have been sent details of The Gathering in Perth, Saturday 27th of April. Please return your application form and money by the end of February.