Press Releases

The Warner Textile Archive in Braintree, Essex, is delighted to be hosting the launch of local author Liz Trenow’s highly-anticipated second novel The Forgotten Seamstress on Thursday 30th January. The novel cleverly re-interprets items held in the Archive Collection, and the event provides a rare […]

We were delighted to welcome nearly 250 visitors to our annual Christmas Textile Gift Fair on Sunday 24th November, for a day of shopping, tours and demonstrations. We hope to see many more in 2014! November 2013 – Christmas Textile Gift […]

The Warner Textile Archive has prepared a varied programme of events for the festive season. The Christmas Textile Gift Fair will return for a second year on Sunday 24th November 2013, for a day of fabulous gifts, unique, hand-crafted decorations […]

Our volunteer needleworkers have almost completed work on a beautiful, hand-appliquéd quilt, for which design inspiration was taken from items held by the Warner Textile Archive. After nearly a year of hard work, we are preparing to raffle this one-off […]

The Warner Textile Archive is delighted to announce the addition of the Wendy Bray Fabric Collection, with five designs selected to complement the Wendy Bray Wallpaper Collection launched in 2012. September 2013 – Wendy Bray Fabric Collection  

Thank you to everyone who attended our Textile Fair 2013! We were really pleased to see so many of you there and we look forward to welcoming you all again next year. The Fair will return for a fourth consecutive year […]

Our Textile Fair is returning for a third consecutive year on Sunday 12th May 2013, and is growing year-by-year with a varied selection of stall holders and a packed timetable of inspiring talks. March 2013 – Textile Fair 2013

All things ‘quilting’ at the Warner Textile Archive’s 2013 Textile Festival. March 2013 – A Summer of Quilts

A new wallpaper collection from the Warner Textile Archive. November 2012 – Wendy Bray Wallpaper Collection