Of Interest: Seam Collective’s Exhibition, Textiles Talks and #SeptTextileLove Challenge 2025

Seam Collective, a contemporary textile collective of textile practitioners based in the southwest of the UK, has three items of interest: an exhibition, a series of textile talks, and a textile challenge.

The Exhibition

Firstly, they have a group exhibition, ‘Warped and Wasted’, which focuses on textiles, sustainability, and collaboration.

Where: ACEarts, Market Place, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7NB, UK

When: The show runs until the 11th of October.

More information about the exhibition can be found on their website – https://seamcollective.org/warped-and-wasted/

Textile Talks

Secondly, the Seam Collective will host a series of Textile Talks, both in-person and online, on Friday, the 3rd of October. The collective and invited peers in the fields of textiles, visual arts, and sustainability will discuss issues of textiles and sustainability, adding to the critical dialogue around sustainable arts practices locally, nationally, and internationally.

For more information and to book tickets to individual talks or the entire event, visit the LoomShed’s website – https://theloomshed.com/calendar-event/seam-collective/

The Challenge

Finally, the Seam Collective is once again hosting their annual online challenge, #SeptTextileLove. (They have been doing this challenge for nine years!) You can visit Instagram to see the work they are sharing from the exhibition, re-share it with a 💛, or contribute your own posts that relate to the daily prompts. They request that you include the hashtags #SeptTextileLove and #SeptTextileLove25 in your caption, and tag @seam_collective. There are also new daily hashtags, such as #STL25Day1, #STL25Day2, and so on, making it easier to find posts.

For more information, visit this page on their blog, which also includes a downloadable PDF of all of the prompts – https://seamcollective.org/2025/08/31/septtextilelove25-prompts-%f0%9f%92%9b/

Their Instagram @seam_collective


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Of Interest: #SeptTextileLove Instagram Challenge – Seam Collective

Does the arrival of September remind you of school and its excitement? Or do you need some extra inspiration to get your creative juices flowing? Seam Collective, a contemporary textile collective based in South West England, has an Instagram challenge that may inspire you! During September, there will be a different prompt each day.

This annual activity has been ongoing since 2017 and has the hashtag #septtextilelove. The prompts from last year, 2023, are pictured.

This year’s prompts will be ‘live’ on the group’s website and Instagram on Saturday, the 31st of August.

Here is the link to the Seam Collective’s past posts on #SeptTextileLove – https://seamcollective.org/category/septtextilelove/

And here is the link to their Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/seam_collective/

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