Textile Exhibition Begins – Ariadne’s Thread Group – Blue Cornflowers 2026. Thursday 21st May 12pm to Thursday 4 June 12pm during café opening hours (10am-4pm daily)
All Saints Kingston has hosted this wonderful group for some time, with members of the public welcomed to participate in their community sewing project set up on a large embroidery table most Thursdays 10.30am-12.30pm in front of our contemporary Seven Saxon Kings Embroideries in the café area.
The group are displaying their needlework projects in a visually stunning exhibition – Blue Cornflowers 2026. The exhibition will be situated in the East End Café area and open to public from Thursday 21st May 12pm to Thursday 4 June 12pm during café opening hours (10am-4pm daily)
Blue Cornflowers 2026 marks 4 years of community participatory needlework projects with refugees and migrants. Find out more via their website http://www.ariadnesthreadgroup.org
Their main tapestry, which currently stands at 205 participants, will be displayed and group stitching will take place during the opening event on Thursday 21st May. 11am – 1pm.
For the exhibition, Ariadne’s thread group are creating a new participatory artwork – FIELD OF CORNFLOWERS – to celebrate all the displaced women and children of Ukraine now living in the UK. To participate and find out more visit this link Blue Cornflower 2026 – Ariadne’s Thread Group CIC