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National Needlework Archive
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The Old Chapel Textile Centre in Newbury, home of the National Needlework Archive, offer courses, workshops and exhibitions in sewing, haberdashery, needlecraft, textiles, embroidery, cross stitch, quilting and textile art. Our shop carries an extensive range of all needlework and sewing products including fabric, threads, wool, zips and patterns. We have an archive of historic textiles and patterns and are home to The Country Wife mural.
Archives and Study Collection
The NNA specialises in community textiles. We keep records of textiles, an extensive reference library and a textile collection
The Old Chapel Textile Centre is a voluntary community project providing space for needlework and textile courses, workshops, exhibitions, conferences and events and is the home of the National Needlework Archive and the 'Country Wife' mural circa 1951.
The National Needlework Archive (NNA) was founded in 1998 as a charity and moved to The Old Chapel, Greenham Business Park, Newbury, in 2010. The chapel offers a great work space,educational space, as well as housing a growing collection of historical needlecraft items and database.
We aim to include all areas of the community in education and promotion of all aspects of needlecraft and textile art.
The Old Chapel Textile Centre is open from Saturday 1st March to Saturday 6th December 2025 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and the 1st Saturday of each month from 10am to 4pm.
Please keep in touch by following The Old Chapel Textile Centre pages on facebook & Instagram.
Conservation of the Country Wife Mural -
Designed by Constance Howard, and made by her and some of her students at Goldsmiths College, the mural now resides at the National Needlework Archive
The NNA can be contacted on 01635 38740 or nat.n.a@live.co.uk
Opening times for 2025:-
Saturday 1st March to 6th December 2025
Tuesday, Thursday, and the first Saturday of each month
10am to 4pm