Call for entries
The DHM Digital Gallery invites designers working in fibre to participate in The Art of Applied Design, an international juried competition. All submitted works must be functional objects commonly used within interior spaces. Online exhibit from 15 Sept - 1 Dec 2010. Prospectus and entry form from ches.okstate.edu/dhm/gallery. Deadline: 15 July 2010.

The Fashion Museum, Assembly Rooms, Bennett St, Bath BA1 2QH
Vionnet at the Fashion Museum
Ongoing. 10.30 - 5 daily. Details from 01225 477173, www.museumofcostume.co.uk.

Llangollen - venue to be confirmed
Quiltfest 2010
Featuring Effie Galletly with her latest exhibition 'A Sense of Place', Liesbeth Williams, C&G Gold Medal winner and Contemporary Quilt with selection from 'Breakthrough'.
Until 26 February 2010: Mon - Fri only, 10am - 4pm. Free admission and on site parking. There will also be two Sunday openings: 7 February (in conjunction with Antiques Fair) and 14 February for the Quiltfest Trading Bazaar. Details from 01978 852856, www.quiltfest.org.uk.

ULITA, University of Leeds International Textiles Archive, St.Wilfred's Chapel, Maurice Keyworth Building, Moorland Road Leeds LS2 9JT
75 Years of Stitching in Yorkshire
Celebrating the establishment of the Embroiderers' Guild Yorkshire Branch at Leeds 1934-2009
Until 26 February 2010: Tues - Fri 09:30 - 16:30 (occasional lunchtime closing). Details from ulita.leeds.ac.uk.

ULITA, University of Leeds International Textiles Archive, St.Wilfred's Chapel, Maurice Keyworth Building, Moorland Road Leeds LS2 9JT
Natural Fibres: A World Heritage
A celebration of the International Year of Natural Fibres
Until 26 February 2010: Tues - Fri 09:30 - 16:30 (occasional lunchtime closing). Details from ulita.leeds.ac.uk.

Bluecoat Display Centre, College Lane Entrance, Liverpool L1 3BZ
Birds of a Feather
Featuring Louise Gardiner. Louise will give a public talk 'In Stitches' on Thursday 25 February, contact Bluecoat Display Centre to book tickets.
Until 27 February 2010: Mon - Sat 10 - 17.30, Sun 12 - 17. Details from 0151 7094014, www.bluecoatdisplaycentre.com, www.lougardiner.co.uk.

Brighton Friends' Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF
The Quaker Tapestry
Until 27 February 2010: Mon - Sat 10 - 4.30. Free. Details from 01539 722975.

PM Gallery & Pitzhanger Manor, Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, Ealing, London, W5 5EQ
Beware of Embroidery
Kate Pelen, Louise Riley, Tilleke Schwarz, Laura Splan, Tamar Stone
Until 27 February 2010: Tues - Fri 1 - 5pm, Sat 11am - 5pm. Free admission. Details from 020 8567 1227, www.ealing.gov.uk/pmgalleryandhouse.

The Voirrey Embroidery Centre, Brimstage Hall, Brimstage, Wirral CH63 6JA
Love Letters, Frayed Edge
Until 27 February 2010: Mon - Sat 10 - 5, Sun 1 - 5. Details from 0151 342 3514.

Harvey Nichols, Bristol
Button Phobia
Penny Leaver Green
Until 28 February 2010. Details from www.pennyleavergreen.co.uk.

The Horniman Museum, 100 London Rd, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ
Fabric of a Nation: Textiles and Identity in Modern Ghana
Until 28 February 2010: Mon - Sun 10.30 - 5.30. Details from 020 8699 1872.

TRC Gallery, Hogewoerd 164, 2311 HW Leiden, The Netherlands
OYA: Turkish lace
Small exhibition displaying needle made lace, tatting, crochet, hairpin lace, as well as beads, used to decorate women's headscarves from Turkey.
Until 28 February 2010. Details from www.trc-leiden.nl.

Mission Gallery Gloucester Place,Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 1TY
Rozanne Hawksley: Offerings
Until 6 March 2010: Mon - Sun 11-17. Details from 01792 652016.

Bankfield Museum, Boothtown Road, Halifax HX3 6HG
New Grounds
Dionne Swift
Until 7 March 2010: Tues - Sat 10 - 5, Sun 1 - 4. Details from 01422 352334.

Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG
Eva Hesse: Studiowork
Until 7 March 2010: Tues - Sun 10 - 6, Wed 10 - 9. Details from 020 7472 5500.

Farfield Mill, Garsdale Rd, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LW
Behind the Seams
A focus on eight major UK fashion and textile employers, researched and presented by Skillfast UK, including Jasper Conran, Mulberry, Trickers (shoes), English Eccentrics, Henry Poole (Savile Row), A W Hainsworths
(textiles), Bower Roebuck (textiles) and Johnsons Cashmere.
Until 7 March 2010: 10.30 - 5 daily. Details from 015396 21958, www.farfieldmill.org.

Crafts Study Centre, Falkner Rd, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7D
Alice Kettle
Allegory. Artist's talk: 25 November 2009: £5.
Until 13 March 2010. Details from 01252 891450.

The Studios, Art Van Go, 1 Stevenage Road, Knebworth SG3 6AN
Hot Needles Cool Stitches - Knitting, Felting, Stitching
Until 13 March 2010. Details from 01438 814946.

Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3JT
Aspects of the Arts & Crafts Movement
Including some rare embroidery samples
Until 14 March 2010: 10.30am - 5.00pm (4pm Nov - Mar). Admission charges. Details from 015394 46139, www.blackwell.org.uk.

The Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Rd, Gateshead NE8 4JB
Knitted Lives
Until 14 March 2010: Mon - Sat 10 - 5, Sun 2 - 5. Details from 0191 477 1495.

Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, St Davids Road, Cwmbran, NP44 1PD
Ffibr: Form & Fusion
Contemporary Fibre Art from Wales
Until 16 March 2010: Mon - Sat 10 - 5. Details from 01633 483321.

Quilt Museum & Gallery, St Anthony's Hall, Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PW
Bita Ghezelayagh: Namad: A Persian Journey in Felt
Until 20 March 2010: Tue - Sat 10 - 4. Details from 01904 613 242.

Quilt Museum & Gallery, St Anthony's Hall, Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PW
The Celtic Fringe: Wholecloths of Wales and Scotland
Until 20 March 2010: Tue - Sat 10 - 4. Details from 01904 613 242.

Harley Gallery,Welbeck, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 3LW
Follow A Thread: Six Contemporary Responses to the Art of Tapestry
Until 21 March 2010: 10 - 5 daily. Details from 01909 501 700.

IC: Innovative Craft, Dovecot, 10 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT
Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution
Including Rebecca Earley, Matthew Harris, Sue Lawty, Heidrun Schimmel
Until 22 March 2010: Tues - Sat 11 - 5. Details from 0131 550 3664.

Grantham Museum, St Peters Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6PY
Renew, Regenerate, Reinvent
By Textile Lincs
Until 26 March 2010. Details from 01476 568783.

The Courtyard, 20 - 21 Visual Arts Centre, St John's Church, Church Square, Scunthorpe DN15 6TB
Lack
Susan Bowman
Until 27 March 2010. Details from 01724 297070, susanbowman.co.uk.

Ruthin Library Gallery Record Street, Ruthin LL15 1DS
Journeys Fibre Art Wales
Until 27 March 2010: Mon - Fri 9.30 - 5.30, Sat 9.30 - 12.30. Details from 01824 705274.

Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, 22 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XU
Japanese Sashiko Textiles
Exhibition
Until 11 April 2010: open Mon - Fri 10 - 5, Sat 12 - 5, Sun closed. Admission free. Details from 0141 548 2558, www.collinsgallery.strath.ac.uk

The Hub, Navigation Wharf, Carre Street, Sleaford NG34 7TW
Cultex: Textile as a Cross Cultural Language
Until 18 April 2010: 10 - 5. Details from 01529 308710.

Pickfords House Museum of Georgian Life and Historic Costume, 41 Friar Gate, Derby
Through the Eye of the Needle
Exhibition of work by Members of the Derbyshire Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild
Until 18 April 2010: open Mon 11 - 5, Tues - Sat 10 - 5, Sun (and Monday 5 April) 1 - 4. Details from 01332 255363, www.derby.gov.uk/museum

The Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Rd Manchester M15 6ER
Walls are Talking: Wallpaper, Art & Culture
Until 3 May 2010: Mon - Sat 10 - 5, Sun 12 - 4. Details from 0161 275 7450.

Hove Museum and Art Gallery, 19 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4AB
Precious: Reclaiming Art and Craft
Until 23 May 2010: Tues - Sat 10 - 5, Sun 10 - 5. Details from 03000 290900.

The Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Rd Manchester M15 6ER
The Manchester Indian: Thomas Wardle and India
Until 1 July 2010: Mon - Sat 10 - 5, Sun 12 - 4. Details from 0161 275 7450.

Colchester Castle, Colchester
The Medieval Mind: Part 1
Art Treasures from East Anglia
Until 3 July 2010: Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm. Sun 11am - 5pm. Free, after normal castle admission charge. Details from 01206 282939, www.colchestermuseums.org.uk.

Croft Castle & Parkland, nr Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 9PW
Tell it to the Trees
Including Brass Art, Mariele Neudecker, Philippa Lawrence and Clare Woods, Laura Ford
and Juneau.
Until 15 September 2010. Details from 01584 891659.

Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Market Square, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2PP
Embellished: the Art of Fabulous Fabrics
Some of the finest examples of embroidery, printing and weaving in the Harris Museum & Art Gallery costume & textile collection
Until November 2010: Mon & Wed - Sat 10.00am - 5.00pm, Tues 11.00am - 5.00pm, closed Bank Holidays. Details from 01772 258248, www.harrismuseum.org.uk.

The Courtauld Art Institute, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
Exhibitionism: The Art of Display
East Wing Nine Collection
Until July 2011: open one weekend a month. Details from www.eastwingnine.co.uk.