London Textile Month at Museum of the Home

Events Tours guided

Textiles Through Time Guided Tour

Join us to hear the story of textiles through time from the 1600s to the present and how they have influenced ways of living.

Multiple dates in September

£8.00 - £10.00

Textiles Through Time Guided Tour
Events Workshop

Poppet-Inspired Brooch Workshop

A beginner-friendly workshop to make miniature dolls inspired by poppets from around the world, with artist Cris Prete.

Saturday 5 September 2026

£60.00

Poppet-Inspired Brooch Workshop
Collections Drop-in

Textile Object Encounters

Get up close and learn about textile traditions through the Museum’s Collections.

Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 September 2026

Free

Textile Object Encounters
Events Workshop

Sewing Symbols of Resistance: Banner Making Workshop

Explore the visual culture of social movements and resistance in this banner making workshop with artist and activist Alice Gabb.

Saturday 12 September 2026

£100.00

Sewing Symbols of Resistance: Banner Making Workshop
Events Workshop

Stitching Palestinian Heritage Workshop

Learn the history and techniques of Tatreez, the traditional Palestinian art of embroidery with the Tatreez Collective.

Sunday 13 September 2026

£40.00

Stitching Palestinian Heritage Workshop
Events Workshop

Victorian ‘Crazy’ Quilt Workshop

Try your hand at ‘crazy’ patchwork quilting, inspired by a Victorian quilt found in Museum's collections, with artist Cris Prete.

Sunday 13 September 2026

£50.00

Victorian ‘Crazy’ Quilt Workshop
Room with carved wooden chairs, round table, tall grandfather clock, green curtains, and cream paneled walls.
Installations Drop-in

Woven Lives in Spitalfields: Chris Dyson x Christopher Farr

Our 1690s period room is transported into the domestic world of a recently arrived Huguenot family establishing a new life in London.

Opens 22 September 2026

Free

Woven Lives in Spitalfields: Chris Dyson x Christopher Farr
Events Talk

Rhythms of the Loom: Weaving Songs

From Lancashire mills to Hebridean crofts, explore the songs that shaped Britain’s textile workers’ lives and labour with researcher with Vanessa…

Saturday 26 September 2026

£8.00 – £10.00

Rhythms of the Loom: Weaving Songs
Events Performance

loomeweight II

A 45-minute performance for loom and voices, weaving folk song, memory and community into a living tapestry of sound.

Saturday 26 September 2026

£14.00 – £16.00

loomeweight II
Events Workshop

Introduction to Intarsia Workshop

Discover intarsia colourwork and bring bold patterns to life in this hands-on knitting workshop for confident beginners and beyond.

Sunday 27 September 2026

£35.00

Introduction to Intarsia Workshop
Events Talk

The Weavers of Spitalfields: In Conversation with Christopher Farr and Chris Dyson

Learn more about the rich textile heritage of Spitalfields, the epicentre for the weaving and textile industry in the 18th century.

Wednesday 30 September 2026

£12.00 – £14.00

The Weavers of Spitalfields: In Conversation with Christopher Farr and Chris Dyson
A blurred figure walks across a room in front of weathered looking panels and windows showing a model of a city.

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