derbyshire makes festival - heanor - dare to dream

YESSS! I'm all prepped for the Derbyshire Makes Festival - Heanor this weekend (5th/6th April), programmed by Make/Shift 🖐️🪡🧵

'Dare to Dream - Inspired by Heanor's rich textile and making heritage join artist Karen Logan and create a unique hand stitched textile patch to share your stories and hopes for the future. Pin your precious patch to the Dare to Dream repurposed pillowcases and take a selfie. At the end of the festival the patches will be stitched to the pillowcases to create stunning flags showcasing hope in Heanor. Let's fly the flag for Derbyshire!'

FREE. Drop-in, no booking required. All materials provided.

Scrap fabric from Derby Play & Recycling Centre

Cotton reels & threads from my stash & Derby Play & Recycling Centre

Dare to Dream map - research on the manufacturing history of Heanor & Langley Mill - will anyone recognise names & faces?

derbyshire makes - dare to dream 💭

Pillowcase from a Heanor charity shop

Thrilled to share that I'm one of six selected artists working on Dare to Dream, a project inspired by Derbyshire's history of innovation and textile heritage. Dare to Dream invites people from across the county (and beyond!) to create flags from fabric scraps and found materials to share powerful statements of possibility, hope, aspiration and radical thinking.

Dare to Dream is part of Derbyshire Makes, a new, three-year programme of cultural activity across the county - an inspiring celebration of making in all its forms. It launched in late March 2025 in Chesterfield with the free Derbyshire Makes Festival, an annual event taking place each spring across six distinct local Hubs. The Hub locations are Chesterfield, Heanor, Cromford, Glossop, Bolsover and Swadlincote. 

Creative Director Clare Tymon shares her inspiration for Dare to Dream

Dare to Dream Artists'Day