the Rillington Dress

Created 2-3 year old pre-schoolers 

“The children created individual panels of “ Tapestry “ using a variety of resource’s, such as card and ribbons, egg boxes and pipe cleaners, wools, fabrics, art straws etc .This enabled each varied age and ability of child to contribute a section to the final dress .

The children’s finished design used a red painting apron to stabilise the final garment. Just look at the amazing train!

The “ Rillington Red dress” is modelled here by the wonderful Enzo who is just 3 years old”

Teacher: Kimberly Gill

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the Chakra dress

Created by Eveline Uhlig 

My dress was created to satisfy the fantasy costume assignment of the Advanced Stitched Textiles course completed between 2023 and 2026. 

My theme for the course was the chakras and this theme influenced all my assessed pieces.  The dress was sewn from a commercial pattern; white cotton fabric was dyed with Dye-Na-Flow fabric dye and then stamped using acrylic paint.  Slips were made using a wide range of techniques in the respective chakra colours and these were stitched to the body of the dress, in the appropriate chakra section.  Larger central slips adorn the front centre of the dress.  In the true philosophy of the Red Dress, the creation of slip contributions was sought and supplied by 14 members of my local stitching group, The Lutterworth Stitchers.  The dress will be on display at the AST Grad Show in Needham Market, Suffolk between 18 and 19 July.

Inspiration taken from the Red Dress informed my desire to use stitch as a healing process, linked to the healing properties of the chakras, and to involve my stitching community in its creation.  Thank you Kirstie and all the contributors to the Red Dress for this valuable inspiration.

Seeing red

community art project by colac makers space, Australia

Seeing Red began with a moment of frustration when our much-loved CrossXpollinatioN exhibition was unable to proceed in 2026. Rather than let disappointment divide us, local artists, makers and community members came together to create OFF AND CROSS — a celebration of textiles, creativity and connection. From this grew Seeing Red, a collaborative community textile project inspired by The Red Dress, by the symbols of protest, resilience and the stories held within fabric and stitch. People of all ages contributed to a shared banner, honouring creativity, solidarity and the often-unseen labour of generations of women. What began as frustration became a symbol of hope and belonging.

Website: The Seeing Red Project - COLAC MAKERS' SPACE | COLAC COMMUNITY ART SPACE | MAKERS

inspired by the red dress: Appalled by statistics

Liz davis, wales, uk

Installed as part of the White Ribbon campaign - encouraging men and boys to stand up against violence against women and girls

RED JACKET

response to the Red dress Skegness wI

 
“Everything on the jacket relates back to our WI, so it is highly personal to our group. The sleeves have been left clear so we can continue to add embroidery going forward”.
Project lead: Louise Miller

the pink dress

Created by Children from Gomersal Primary school, Yorkshire, Uk 

Children from Gomersal Primary School were inspired by their visit to the Red Dress back in June—and they’ve worked together to create this incredible artwork.

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response to the Red dress by grace strachan

stroud community art project, organised by The fold, Stroud, UK 

Grace shares:  “My inspiration was the way Egyptians depicted Gods. I wanted to demonstrate the power of women and the beauty of womens body’s without them being sexualised. I also wanted to demonstrate how The Red Dress project has allowed all different kinds of women, different race, story’s, country’s and identity’s to come together as one heart”