Queer Needlework Circle
The Queer Needlework Circle is an independent group of LGBTQIA+ textile-needleworkers who gather in incidental crafting circles.
Quilted Identities
What are the symbols that queer folks affiliate themselves with? For this workshop, all are invited to join in crafting a wearable quilt segment, which can be joined together or worn on your body.
Berlin Collection
In 2023, a local Queer Needlework Circle was started in Berlin as a residency to queer community centre Village.Berlin / Instinct.
Royal Embroidery with HM Queen Máxima
On behalf of Her Majesty Queen Máxima, Textielmuseum has asked the Queer Needlework Circle to collaborate on the new curtains for Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague.
WE STAND IN LOVE quilt
In 2022, the Queer Needlework Circle presented a joint artwork at Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem. Read our story behind the growing art quilt WE STAND IN LOVE.
Join our monthly* Circle
At sporadic places and times we meet monthly to exchange in all textile handcrafts. Think, for example, of embroidery, knitting, crochet, weaving, sewing, quilting or patchwork.
Anyone who can thread a needle and self-identifies within the LGBTQIAP+ umbrella is encouraged to participate in our events. Participation is free and unconstrained. In each edition of the Queer Needlework Circle, one participant is asked to teach a technique to the group in the form of a workshop. You may also bring your existing craft project to work on it further. What happens inside the circle stays inside the circle, together we work on creating a safe place for ourselves and others.
Wish to join us? Email us to get entry into our Whatsapp-groupchat and join us for the next Queer Needlework Circle.
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