New Exhibition: Making Connections

Seven Sisters Handweavers next exhibition: Making Connections opens on 4th April 2026 at Borders Textile Towerhouse Hawick, Scotland.

This exhibition of handweaving explores our connections with other communities, the natural world and woven history. Five of the Seven Sisters Handweavers group have work in the exhibition inspired by this theme and includes, framed mixed media, scarfs and other accessories, wall hangings and cushions.

Seven Sisters Handweavers: Woven stories and intertwined lives

Seven Sisters Handweavers is a network of handweavers, all graduates of the Diploma in Handweaving at the Handweavers Studio and Gallery, London. The group formed in 2022 and currently represent three cohorts of graduates from 2017, 2019 and 2021. Working primarily as a group to support each other’s growth as handweavers, the group organise workshops and meetings in creative spaces and seek to share their weaving expertise within local communities. Their individual work represents the diversity and creative breadth of contemporary handweaving, from designing and making furnishing and interior fabrics, weaving apparel, including scarves and clothing, making accessories from woven fabrics and art weaving.

The group work with a variety of materials such including wool, cotton, silk and here they have created handwoven pieces which complement both the past and present of the Borders Textile Towerhouse exhibition space as well as pointing to the possibilities of handweaving in the future. For this exhibition, they explored the theme Making Connections. Through the art and craft of handweaving, connections with many other weavers across the world, weaving not only textile fabrics but often social fabric between various groups and countries are made. Making Connections is also reflected in the area’s rich textile history with its brands adopted around the world. The theme was the inspiration for the weavers in this group, and each interpreted it in their own individual way. The results can be seen in the exhibition with a variety of works such as wall hangings, scarfs, framed mixed media pieces and other works.

For more information visit Live Borders online.

Renewal and Reinvention Exhibition

Join us in November for the exhibition “Renewal & Reinvention”. This exhibition celebrates 75 years of the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. It showcases contemporary hand weaving, spinning, and dyeing by Guild members and three of the Seven Sisters Handweavers are taking part! Forward looking and rooted in heritage, the works reflect innovative approaches to traditional techniques. They explore contemporary themes such as climate change, sustainability, and the handmade, demonstrating the enduring relevance and evolving practice of textile skills in today’s world. 

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Morley Gallery, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE 1 7HT,

11^th to 22^nd of November 2025

Upcoming exhibition - Sandra Gruescu

Seven Sisters Handweavers member Sandra Gruescu is showing a selection of textile artworks at Galleri Lorien in 1809 Frederiksberg, Denmark. The exhibition shows a variety of textile works by nine artists and is open from May 8th to 14th of June.