Créations & Savoir-Faire
France’s big craft show turns 30: embroidery, sewing, knitting and crochet, with workshops and a late opening on Thursday 19 until 9 pm.
2026-2027 calendar · dates checked
Embroidery and cross stitch events
Shows, festivals, trade fairs and awareness days: everything that matters to stitchers, in France and beyond, on a single timeline.
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The timeline
Month by month, what’s coming up
Dates checked on November 6, 2026. An edition without published dates is marked “to be announced”.
November 2026
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Knit + Stitch Harrogate
One of the UK’s major needlecraft shows: embroidery, knitting, quilting, textile art galleries and workshops.
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February 2027
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Tissu et Lin needlework show
Around thirty makers of counted-thread embroidery, patchwork, fabrics and floss, plus cross-stitch pieces from the local Papotcroix club.
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March 2027
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Tendances Créatives Montpellier
Southern France’s craft fair: embroidery, knitting, scrapbooking, demonstrations and workshops.
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Nashville Needlework Market
Where cross-stitch designers launch their new patterns of the year. Retailers only: the new releases reach shops afterwards.
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European Artistic Crafts Days (JEMA)
Craft workshops open their doors all over France, art embroiderers included. This year’s theme: “Hors champ” (off-screen).
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April 2027
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h+h cologne
The world’s trade fair for creative handicrafts: floss brands, fabric makers and haberdashers show their new ranges. Trade visitors only.
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May 2027
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Puget fête le fil (thread arts show)
Two days of thread arts: embroidery, patchwork, lace, sewing and knitting, with embroidery fabrics for sale. Free entry.
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Pour l’Amour du Fil
The 18th international thread arts show: embroidery, quilting, exhibitions and classes.
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July 2027
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Festival des Brodeuses (Embroiderers’ festival)
Since 1954, Brittany’s celebration of Bigouden embroidery: embroidered costumes, a parade, Breton dance and music, embroidery classes.
Last edition: July 9 to 12, 2026.
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World Embroidery Day
Every July 30 since 2011, an idea born in Sweden: stitch together, in public, and share your work.
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September 2027
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European Patchwork Meeting
Europe’s great quilt and textile art gathering: exhibitions across four villages, classes and talks.
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October 2027
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Knit + Stitch London
The UK’s biggest needlecraft show, every autumn at Alexandra Palace: embroidery, knitting, textile art.
Last edition: October 8 to 11, 2026.
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Cross Stitch and Embroidery Festival
Alsace’s yearly cross-stitch gathering, past its 20th edition: pattern designers, exhibitions and workshops across several venues.
Last edition: October 23 to 25, 2026.
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Compiègne embroidery festival
The festival’s 10th edition, announced by its organisers: the opening day is set, the length not yet.
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No upcoming event in this category.
Before you go
Three habits before a show
Check the opening hours
Hours and prices change from one edition to the next: the organiser’s site is the reference, linked under each event.
List your floss numbers
An up-to-date floss list saves you from buying twice: your pattern’s list takes one click in the studio.
Leave room for the workshops
Classes and demonstrations are often booked ahead, and fill up fast.
How are the dates checked?
Every date comes from the organiser’s website or, failing that, from the tourist office or listing that publishes it. The link sits under each event. When an edition has no dates yet, it is marked “to be announced” with last year’s dates: we never guess a day.
What is the biggest embroidery show in France?
Créations & Savoir-Faire, at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in November, draws the largest crowds for crafts, embroidery included. For thread arts alone, Pour l’Amour du Fil in Nantes and the European Patchwork Meeting in Alsace are the big ones.
Is there a show just for cross stitch?
Yes: the Cross Stitch and Embroidery Festival in Kutzenhausen, Alsace, held every late October, has gathered pattern designers for over twenty years. The big thread arts shows all have cross-stitch stands too.
When is World Embroidery Day?
July 30, every year since 2011. The idea started in Sweden: on that day, people stitch together in public and share their work.
Can I visit Nashville Needlework Market or h+h cologne?
No, both are trade only. They still matter to stitchers: that is where the year’s new patterns and threads launch before they reach the shops.
Is an event missing?
Email contact@stixiva.com with the organiser’s link: we add it once the dates are checked.
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