The South of England World Textile Day is going to be held on Saturday 30th September from 10am-4pm at Brockenhurst Hall, Highwood Rd, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7RY

There is free entry to the exhibition and fair trade textile stalls, so do come and have a look.

Brockenhurst WI will have a refreshments stall with food and drink available all day.

There are also the following (paid) talks:

11 am : main talk

Janice Gunner – Stitched textile artist, quilter and author

One Simple Stitch: tracing the running stitch from Japan to India to Africa 

• £5 for main talk
• Tickets on the door

2 pm : short talk : plus World Textiles Show & Tell

Sean Gaffney – Asian textiles specialist from Textile Traders

Followed by:

World Textiles Show & Tell

Your chance to show your favourite world textile and tell us all about it… fascinating!

• £3 for afternoon session
• Tickets on the door

FAIR TRADE MARKET from makers, workshops and villages around the world

• Textile Traders
• African Fabric Shop
• Anne  Hildyard
• Khayamiya – The Tentmakers of Cairo
• Fabazzar
• Janice Gunner
• Jim Gaffney’s Textile Delights

Venue info

• Brockenhurst Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7RY. Tel: 01590 622580
• Link to venue: http://brockenhurstvillage.org.uk
• Disabled access
• Free parking

Rail info

• Station – Brockenhurst
• From Southampton  – 20 minutes
• From Portsmouth – 80 minutes
• From Bournemouth – 20 minutes

Road info

• From Southampton – 30 minutes
• From Portsmouth – 60 minutes
• From Bournemouth – 40 minutes
• From Salisbury – 60 minutes

Google Maps

• Link: Brockenhurst Hall