WONDERWOOL WALES 2026
CALICO DRESS CYMRU TO STAR AT 20TH ANNIVERSARY WONDERWOOL WALES SHOW
Andrew Ziminski
Menna Buss (centre) with Kirstie Macloed and Fataya Bitar who is modelling the Calico Dress Cymru. Photo: Viv Collis.
Calico Dress Cymru, a Welsh community textile project led by textile artist, Menna Buss, will be one of the star attractions at this year’s 20th Wonderwool Wales show.
Commissioned by the Museum of Welsh and celebrating Welsh identity, heritage and creativity through embroidery, the project will occupy a large exhibition space at the show, held at the Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd on April 25 and 26.
The Calico Dress is the first ‘daughter dress’ of the internationally- renowned Red Dress, a 14-year collaborative embroidery project by artist Kirstie Macleod with contributions from almost 400 countries worldwide.
A collaborative community project in Wales, people stitch personal stories and Welsh cultural symbols onto a large calico dress, creating a collective artwork representing Wales' past, present and future through hand embroidery.
Workshops are delivered by Menna and people across Wales have contributed to the dress. Over the show weekend, five embroiderers, at each of two, hourly sessions daily, will contribute under Menna’s guidance.
Tickets for Wonderwool Wales, the UK’s largest wool, yarn, natural fibre and textile festival, and for the Woolschools - craft workshops which this year include willow weaving - can be booked at
www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk
Josh Ogden from Ashford Wheels and Looms helps Katie Summerfield as she tests her spinning skills at Wonderwool Wales 2025.
The 20th anniversary show will have in excess of 220 exhibitors, including around 30 new ones - three coming from Portugal. Netherlands and Kyrgyzstan. Tickets cost £16 a day or £30 for the weekend.
The award-winning event attracts around 6,000 visitors and exhibitors from across the UK and worldwide. Sheep Walk fashion shows, demonstrations and have-a-go sessions hosted by some of the exhibitors are regular features.
Wonderwool Wales covers everything from start to end of the creative process. Exhibits of sheep, raw and hand dyed fibres, yarn for knitting and crochet, embellishments, equipment, dyes and books can be found alongside superb examples of finished textile art, craft, clothing and home furnishings.
Janna Turner (centre) with Alex Johnstone (left) and Deborah Taylor Dyer with bird marionettes in the Flock2Flight display at the 2024 show.
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