While away an afternoon learning all about fans and the art of fan making. Home to more than 4,000 fans dating from the 11th century to the present day, this lovely museum in historic Greenwich, south London, holds changing exhibitions and regular fan-making workshops.
Find out more: www.thefanmuseum.org.uk
Photo: The Fan Museum, London
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Britain’s first museum dedicated to quilt making and textile art shows pieces from the Quilters’ Guild Collection of more than 800 quilts, as well as loans as part of its programme of changing exhibitions. Plan your visit carefully: the museum is closed from mid-December to the end of January each year.
Find out more: www.quiltmuseum.org.uk
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With more than 2,000 years of art and design from which to choose, there is bound to be something to inspire every crafter. Take away ideas for your next design from the jewellery displays, learn more about printmaking, or admire the most comprehensive glass collection in Europe.
Find out more: www.vam.ac.uk
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Inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, the museum’s centrepiece, the Overlord Embroidery is - at 83 metres in length - the longest embroidery of its kind in the world. Designed by Sandra Lawrence, it is a tribute to the sacrifice and heroism of those who took part in Operation Overlord during the Second World War and took five years to complete.
Find out more: www.ddaymuseum.co.uk
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A finalist in the Art Fund’s museum of the year competition in 2014, this collection features work by the artists and craftspeople who lived in the village from the beginning of the 20th-century and made it an important hub for arts and crafts. They include the weaver Ethel Mairet and the calligrapher Edward Johnston, who created the typeface used on the London Underground.
Find out more: www.ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk
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Marvel at how make-do-and-mend has changed over the decades at this delightfully quirky museum, home to about 500 sewing machines dating from between 1843 and 1950. It is open between 2pm and 5pm on the first Saturday of every month.
Find out more: www.craftysewer.com
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Located in the former Cambrian Mills in the village of Dre-fach Felindre, the museums historic working textile machinery demonstrates the process of weaving woollen cloth from fleece to fabric, while a gallery displays textiles produced by mills across Wales. A raised walkway offers a glimpse of a commercial weavers looms in production.
Find out more: www.museumwales.ac.uk
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One of the highlights of this American folk and decorative arts museum is its collection of more than 200 quilts. More than 50 are on display throughout the period rooms and in the textile room, which also features Navajo weavings, hooked rugs and woven coverlets.
Find out more: americanmuseum.org
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Dressmakers will love this vibrant museum, which hosts a changing programme of exhibitions exploring textile design, fashion and jewellery. Founded by the British fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, the centre runs regular workshops on skills such as pattern cutting.
Find out more: ftmlondon.org
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This free museum highlights the importance of woollen textiles to Shetland’s economy and the creativity of the island’s residents, whose craft became known around the world. Items on display include Fair Isle and fine Shetland lace garments and a 19th-century Fair Isle cap, the oldest piece of knitting in the collection.
For more information: www.shetland-museum.org.uk
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