​By design will be showing Through the Lens at The National Needlework Archive, The old Chapel Textile Centre, Main Street, Greenham Business Park, Newbury, RG19 6HW. Open Tuesdays and some Saturdays. 10–4. 2 September – 20 November 2025.

Check the Old Chapel Textile Centre website before travelling. 

www.nationalneedleworkarchive.org.uk

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By design have exhibited at the following:

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Festival of Quilts, NEC 2005, 2011 and 2024

Five Arrows Gallery, Exbury Gardens, Hampshire 2023, 2024, 2025

Hilliers Gardens, Romsey 2025

West Country Quilt and Textile Show, September 2017, 2018, 2019

Sewing for Pleasure, NEC, March 2014, 2017, 2018

IHCF, Glasgow, March 2018

Quiltfest, Llangollen 2007, 2011 and 2018

Romsey Abbey, July 2015, 2018, 2019

Lymington Arts Festival 2016

Flying Geese Gallery as part of Dorset Art Weeks, 2016

Melbury Winery, Dorset 2015

The Patchwork and Quilt Days

  Expo Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands, 2012 and 2014, 2024

Quilt Museum and Gallery, York 2011

Carrefour du Patchwork, Ste Marie aux Mines, France 2006

Cowslip Workshops, Launceston 2007 and 2010

Knitting & Stitching Show Alexandra Palace, Harrogate 2007

 

Talks

By Design are available to talk to your group, illustrated with some of our quilts and slides. We are happy to share our inspiration and explain the inticacies of our working methods. To check availability and charges please contact Penny on 07813 086826 or penny.bicknell@gmail.com

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