Stitchery Stories
133 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsStitchery Stories... Where textile artists share their life in fabric and thread. Embroidery. Textile Art. Inspiration, Techniques, Disasters and Delights.
Join embroidery enthusiast and textile art dabbler, Susan Weeks, in her friendly chats with UK textile artists. Discover how they got started. Share the lessons learned along the way. Get excited about what they are working on at the moment. Learn how they keep their business growing, their creativity flowing, and get a sneak peek into what is coming next...
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Ami James Returns : Soothing Anxiety With Mindful Sewing
April 01, 2020 16:13 - 36 minutes - 29.9 MBAmi James returns to Stitchery Stories today with a very positive message to share with us as we adjust to life 'under lockdown'. Ami was an early guest on Stitchery Stories back in October 2017 when we chatted about how textile art had changed her life after her diagnosis of bipolar disorder. It's been a very busy couple of years for Ami since then, with, sadly, several painful, personal situations to deal with. Yet here she is, pushing forward and helping others deal with anxiety through m...
Jane Austen Embroidery: The Stories Behind The Words And Stitches
March 18, 2020 12:21 - 35 minutes - 29 MBJane Austen Embroidery, the newly published book from Pavilion Books, created by Jennie Batchelor and Alison Larkin is the subject of this episode of the Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast. Both of these talented ladies are my friends and I have followed this book project closely over the last 3 years! Alison was my first ever (brave) guest on Stitchery Stories, and Jennie was guest number six. This is a truly gorgeous book, and will attract stitchers of all levels, as well as fans of Ja...
Lianne Van Leyen : Creating cross stitch patterns from antique schoolgirl samplers
February 26, 2020 13:05 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MBLianne Van Leyen is the guest today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, where she shares how she re-creates antique schoolgirl samplers into patterns for the modern cross stitch enthusiast. Lianne is the founder of 1897 Schoolhouse Samplers and is an avid collector of antique schoolgirl samplers. After many years of dreaming and planning, she escaped her corporate career and landed her dream job as a historic cook and historical domestic interpreter at the Upper Canada Village living history...
Kate Tume: powerful textile art to highlight species loss
February 12, 2020 14:27 - 39 minutes - 32.4 MBKate Tume is the guest today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, where she shares how she creates powerful art from embroidery and textile art techniques to highlight the devastation of species loss and the destruction of our natural world. Susan Weeks chats with Kate about: What is an artists residency The luxury of focusing on art and nothing else Toucans, scorpions, iguanas, halloween crabs The stories behind endangered creatures Developing a distinctive style to highlight the im...
Eva Kitok: Textile artist making the most of spare minutes
January 09, 2020 13:49 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBEva Kitok lives in the north of Sweden and has organised her life and career so she can make the most of her time and spend as much time as possible doing embroidery and creating textile art. She loves to embroider whilst watching TV on long winter evenings and also whilst cooking! Susan Weeks chats with Eva about: Music and embroidery The challenges of embroidering The Cure album covers Creating applique portraits A new enthusiasm for traditional Swedish wool embroidery Don't be ...
Sharing 2019 Stitchery Stories Global Listener Highlights
December 18, 2019 11:49 - 41 minutes - 33 MBThis week we celebrate our stitching, embroidery, textile art highlights from 2019. Susan Weeks, as the host of this popular textile art podcast, shares some lovely stories and highlights sent in by listeners from around the world. We hear from some previous guests, from new listeners, from long-time listeners. What fabulous and inspiring messages have been received - these will cheer you up. And in this season of goodwill, Sue also appeals for a mentor for a young woman in Russia. L...
CarolAnn J Allan: Loving Shibori and Slow Stitch
December 11, 2019 19:10 - 39 minutes - 32 MBThis week CarolAnn J Allan is our lovely guest on Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. CarolAnn loves slow stitching, taking the time to enjoy the process, and she particularly loves shibori and indigo dyeing. We chat about her interesting journey into being a textile artist, and the community arts projects that she loves to support. Although CarolAnn was one of my guests for the live recording of Stitchery Stories, I wanted to chat with CarolAnn on her own, and we covered lots of new st...
Stitchery Stories Live Part Two at Podcast Social Club
December 04, 2019 14:48 - 35 minutes - 28.3 MBThis is PART TWO of the Stitchery Stories LIVE recording at the Podcast Social Club! Please listen to PART ONE before listening to this - it won't make any sense if you haven't heard Part One! This is the second half of the live recording. It was a lot of fun chatting with my two lovely guests, CarolAnn J Allan and Mary-Ann Toop about fabric and threads, creativity and our well-being. It was also a step out of collective comfort zones to be doing this live in front of a ticket-bearing ...
Stitchery Stories Live at Podcast Social Club (part 1)
November 27, 2019 16:42 - 34 minutes - 27.9 MBStitchery Stories LIVE at the Podcast Social Club! This is the first half of the live recording. It was a lot of fun chatting with my two lovely guests, CarolAnn J Allan and Mary-Ann Toop about fabric and threads, creativity and our well-being. It was also a step out of collective comfort zones to be doing this live in front of a ticket-bearing audience :-) Thank you to Podcast Social Club for inviting us and for organising such an interesting event. We were honoured to be taking part....
Lynn Comley : Textile Artist Up And Down Dale
November 13, 2019 19:10 - 40 minutes - 32.8 MBLynn Comley is the guest today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. Lynn works under the brand name of Up And Down Dale and the name gives us a clue as to the source of her artistic inspiration... the landscape around her! Lynn has recently relocated from the Derbyshire Peak District to the North Yorkshire coast and has been enjoying several changes not just in her surroundings but in her artistic creations too. Lynn loves working with her handmade felt, with machine embroidery an...
Tori Riley: Batik Inspiration
October 30, 2019 11:12 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MBPassionate about Batik, Tori Riley is the guest today on the Stitchery Stories podcast. Tori shares her story of being inspired by Batik as a young child living in Java, and how her love of it has led her to running workshops and talks, whilst being a busy mum of four! Susan Weeks chats with Tori about: Who else wanted a colouring job when they grew up? an inspiring gap year absorbing the Indonesian culture and drawing influences from a childhood spent living in several places around ...
Mary-Ann Toop: Bringing Fabric Sculptures To Life
October 16, 2019 09:46 - 39 minutes - 31.7 MBFabric sculpture artist Mary-Ann Toop is the guest today on the Stitchery Stories podcast. Mary-Ann shares her story of leaving her civil engineering career, battling depression and starting her fascinating creative journey. Mary-Ann is determined to make her soft fabric sculptures move - and is particularly fascinated by flight... it's the engineer in her creeping out again! Susan Weeks chats with Mary-Ann about: Experimenting with automata Making her stitched creations move Starting...
Tracey Coverley: Textile Artist
October 02, 2019 10:27 - 40 minutes - 32.4 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, textile artist Tracey Coverley shares her story of leaving the railway industry and turning her fine art skills into creating textile art portraits of iconic figures from music and film. She works under her brand, "Handmade In Horwich End". Susan Weeks chats (and laughs a lot) with Tracey about: One day a face appeared in fabric and thread What do you grab first when you get evacuated? Why a queue of traffic is perfect for getting ...
Diane Gaffney: Trader In South East Asian Textiles
September 18, 2019 12:39 - 39 minutes - 32.2 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Diane Gaffney shares her fascinating story of developing a well-established business based around her love of travel. Diane and her husband Jim, are the founders of Textile Traders. They have been buying and selling hand made textiles from south east Asia since 1984. Susan Weeks chats with Diane about: Organising World Textile Days The logistics of organising long duration buying trips How Diane and Jim created this business Their first forays...
SFSNAD: San Francisco School Of Needlework And Design
September 04, 2019 11:10 - 39 minutes - 32 MBSFSNAD: San Francisco School Of Needlework And Design Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, the co-founders of SFSNAD, Ellice Sperber and Lucy Barter share their story of turning their chats into dreams and their dreams into reality as they established their embroidery school in San Francisco. Susan Weeks chats with Ellice & Lucy about: Getting worldwide participation in their Stitch At Home challenges Collaborating with brands The heartwarming stories that often accompany challen...
Susan Weeks: Celebrating Two years Of Stitchery Stories Textile Art & Embroidery Podcast
July 17, 2019 15:22 - 24 minutes - 19.7 MBPodcaster Susan Weeks celebrates that her embroidery and textile art podcast is two years old this week. Susan shares some of the backstory around her podcast and talks about her entertaining, inspiring and courageous guests. Of course plenty of thanks are in order and Susan also has some questions for you, and highlights some ideas for the future. https://www.stitcherystories.com/2ndbirthdaycelebrations Look: https://www.instagram.com/stitcherystories_podcast Like: https://www.fac...
Amanda Cobbett: Realistic Embroidered Fungi and Lichen
July 03, 2019 08:04 - 37 minutes - 30.5 MBTextile Artist Amanda Cobbett shares her life in fabric and threads. Amanda creates realistic 3-dimensional, papier-mâché and machine-embroidered sculptures of fungi and lichen and other hidden treasures of the woodland floor. From her studio in the Surrey Hills, Amanda is surrounded by inspiration for her work. Her pieces are so realistic that viewers of her art assume that they are real! A nice problem to have and the subject of endless questions at Amanda's successful exhibition at 2019...
Sally Stone: Textile Artist Yarnstorming York
June 12, 2019 01:00 - 37 minutes - 30.6 MBTextile artist Sally Stone shares her life in fabric & thread, and yarn. With her textile art, Sally works in both small and large scale. She creates colourful pieces of textile jewellery, finding a new lease of life and use for a selection of objects. And then of course there is her joy with Extreme Knitting! Sally is also the enthusiastic creator of several Yarnstorming installations in her UK hometown of York. We have a good chat about her yarnstorming antics and if you are quick you st...
Janine Heschl: Textile Wildlife Art
May 29, 2019 07:00 - 39 minutes - 32.1 MBTextile Wildlife Artist Janine Heschl shares her life in fabric and threads. Janine creates photo realistic portraits of animals using free-motion machine embroidery, and an exceptional eye for detail, light, colour and texture. And even more amazing, Janine is entirely self-taught. Along with the beautiful portraits runs a deep passion for nature, wildlife and our world, and with her needle, Janine speaks out for creatures that can't speak for themselves. Susan Weeks chats with Janine a...
Sarah Cross: Artist Using Textiles And Multi-media Techniques
May 15, 2019 15:07 - 38 minutes - 31.4 MBTextile Artist Sarah Cross shares her life in fabric and threads. Having chosen teaching as her career path, Sarah has taught art based textiles and fine art in a variety of school for 20 years. However, she has continued to learn skills, experiment with techniques and create her own pieces grabbing time where she can! A recent TV appearance on BBC1's 'Home Is Where The Art Is' has really boosted her confidence and commissions and her dream of a garden studio is now coming to fruition. Sus...
Kathleen Laurel Sage: Shaping Machine Embroidery With Heat
May 01, 2019 10:52 - 40 minutes - 32.9 MBTextile Artist Kathleen Laurel Sage shares her life in fabric & thread on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. Kathleen combines machine embroidery, using water soluble stabiliser and layering organza and meltable threads and acrylic felt to create her nature inspired pieces. She then melts and burns the pieces using a soldering iron or heat gun to create her distinctive pieces. Kathleen shares a lot of inspiration with us, and talks about moving her practice forward, and embracing n...
Emma Broughton: Embroidered Boxes
April 17, 2019 12:02 - 39 minutes - 31.9 MBEmma Broughton shares her life in fabric & thread on the Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast. Emma is a classically trained hand embroidery artist with a real passion for designing and making embroidered boxes. So much so that she is the author of a new book launching April 2019 simply called "Embroidered Boxes". Emma shares her story of being inspired by goldwork embroidery at a young age, and of being determined to follow embroidery as her career. And you will be amazed when she shares ...
Loetitia Gibier: Hand Embroidery Artist With A Passion For Design
April 03, 2019 12:04 - 39 minutes - 32.2 MBLoetitia Gibier shares her life in fabric & thread on the Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast. Loetitia is French but has made the UK her home and is a hand embroidery artist, and tutor, who also designs kits for sale. Loetitia shares her fascinating story, and the good things that have happened to her embroidery career since she decided to be brave and 'get out there'. An inspiring example of what can happen when you make the decision to stop hiding and start reaching out for opportuniti...
Rie Wenham: Hand Embroidery Artist Who Loves Spiders
March 20, 2019 13:27 - 39 minutes - 32.5 MBRie Wenham shares her life in fabric & thread on the Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast. Rie shares the various aspects of her creative career, and the story of why she loves to create beautiful spiders and snakes combining goldwork, crewelwork & stumpwork. Rie dislikes the waste behind 'fast fashion' and shares how she makes a difference. Susan Weeks chats with Rie about: Juggling opportunities as they come along The frustrations of not being able to share work created for commission...
Danielle Balfoort: Developing Abstract Contemporary Hand embroidery
March 06, 2019 12:29 - 35 minutes - 29.1 MBDanielle Balfoort shares her life in fabric & thread on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. Danielle shares her steps on her journey as an embroidery entrepreneur. After being made redundant from her office job, Danielle decided to go for it and launch her dream of creating a business around her passion for embroidery. Susan Weeks chats with Danielle about: Developing abstract embroidery pieces from mood board inspirations. The delights of a studio in a workspace with other cre...
Natalie Dupuis : Goldwork Embroidery Artist, Tutor & Designer
February 20, 2019 15:59 - 38 minutes - 31.3 MBNatalie Dupuis shares her life in fabric & thread on the Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast. Natalie shares her determined steps from being a teacher of children to being a teacher of goldwork embroidery, and a designer of unique goldwork embroidery kits. Susan Weeks chats with Natalie about: The benefits of kits for trying new things Developing goldwork embroidery kits with unique designs Steampunk meets goldwork Step by step to building her 2nd career Learning perseverance fro...
Clare Hunter: Banner Maker Writing The Threads Of Life
February 06, 2019 11:25 - 36 minutes - 29.4 MBClare Hunter shares her life in fabric & thread on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. Clare has run her own business for many years, with a strong emphasis on community textile art projects, and banner making. Clare is also the author of new book 'Threads of Life : A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle.' This book takes a fascinating and powerful look at how sewing and embroidery have been used throughout history to enable forgotten people, in difficult circumstances, ...
Laura Bray: Embroidery Artist & Creative Business Owner
January 23, 2019 15:45 - 37 minutes - 30.1 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Laura Bray shares her life in fabric & thread. Laura has run her own business for many years, firstly as a business consultant, and currently enjoying her creative business built around embroidery, fabric and crafts. Laura shares plenty of great stories around her embroidery and creative business, and 'cos Sue loves all things online digital marketing, we also had a good chat about social media, Pinterest and managing our creative time. Laura has a c...
Joe Mitchell: Tambour Embroidery & Haute Couture Embroidery
January 15, 2019 15:02 - 37 minutes - 30.1 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Joe Mitchell Shares His Life In Fabric & Thread. Joe creates the most beautiful, sparkling beaded tambour embroidery using beads, silk ribbons, sequins and all manner of gorgeous things! Joe shares plenty of great stories around his love of tambour embroidery as well as giving us a peek into the world of haute couture embroidery and embroidery for film costumes. Susan Weeks chats with Joe about: The magic of tambour embroidery Tambour embroidery...
Tina Francis: Tapestry, Needlepoint, Canvaswork: Embroidery using wool & canvas
January 09, 2019 12:06 - 39 minutes - 32.1 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Tina Francis Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread. Based in Birmingham, Tina chats with Susan Weeks about creating her 2nd career based around her love of tapestry, bringing bargello back, and working on community stitch projects that bring people together. Susan chats with Tina about: Is it tapestry, needlepoint or canvaswork? Bringing bargello back Using stitch to cope with grief and bereavement Protest with textile art Building a portfolio ...
Eleanor Pigman: Contemporary Bead Embroidery Artist
January 02, 2019 19:37 - 37 minutes - 30.7 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Eleanor Pigman Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread. Eleanor is a contemporary bead embroidery artists who creates vibrant portraits of marine life. She chats with Susan Weeks about how she rose to the challenge of using thousands of donated beads in her artwork, starting with portraits and finding her inspiration for bead embroidery in the ocean. Susan Weeks chats with Eleanor about: Meeting inspiring cross stitchers Discovering her love for tea...
Michelle Morgan: Hand Embroidery Artist
December 12, 2018 15:52 - 35 minutes - 29.2 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, my guest is Michelle Morgan, hand embroidery artist. Michelle shares her story with us how she discovered embroidery four years ago and how it has literally changed her life. Focusing on embroidery helped Michelle to change her path of unhealthy, destructive habits to feeling calm, centered, and happy. She has a busy full-time position at Yale University, so embroidery is a treat and a haven from the world, and Michelle s...
Helen McCook: Artisan Hand Embroiderer
December 05, 2018 12:35 - 38 minutes - 30.8 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories textile art and embroidery podcast, my guest is Helen McCook, an artisan hand embroiderer. Helen shares her story with us of purpose and direction as she realised that she wanted to create her career around her love of embroidery. Helen has worked on many high profile embroidery and textile related projects, and has now opened her own textile teaching school from her base in Birmingham. Susan Weeks chats with Helen about: A new book in the works Launchin...
Rigged Thread: Contemporary Embroidery Inspired By Shibari
November 28, 2018 13:48 - 36 minutes - 29.3 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories textile art and embroidery podcast, we have a subject for embroidery that you may find rather unusual, and intriguing. This episode also features our first guest from outside of the UK. My guest is Adrian Cronos, from the USA East Coast, who creates embroidery inspired by the ancient art of Japanese rope bondage known as Shibari. Adrian shares her story with us how she was inspired when 2 very different worlds collided... her early and long standing love of e...
Liz Burton: Corporate Fashion Designer
November 21, 2018 12:33 - 38 minutes - 31.2 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories textile art and embroidery podcast, we have a different story and guest for you! My guest is Liz Burton, a corporate fashion designer, currently employed as Design Manager at Incorporatewear, a specialist corporate fashion and workwear company, based in Birmingham. Liz shares her story of fashion design, and we focus on the variety and challenges involved with designing successful corporate fashion. Sue shares her TWO hideous corporate clothing stories, and...
Sarah Rakestraw: Glorious Goldwork Supplies, Kits & Classes
November 14, 2018 11:23 - 39 minutes - 31.7 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories textile art and embroidery podcast, Sarah Rakestraw shares her story in fabric and gold threads! She is the founder and owner of Golden Hinde Goldwork, a specialist embroidery brand selling goldwork supplies, kits and also offering classes. Sarah shares how she spotted an opportunity to grow her mum's love of goldwork into a family business. She was training to be a chartered accountant at the time. With her love of goldwork, and her head for business, and a ...
York Textile Artists: The Delights And Challenges Of Starting A Group
October 31, 2018 18:38 - 38 minutes - 30.8 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, two members of York Textile Artists share their story of forming a new group. The group was formed by uniting 8 textile artists around the city of York who had all exhibited at York Open Studios in April 2018. An early guest of Stitchery Stories, Bridgette Bernadette Karn has been a major instigator of the group. The group aim to not only support each other in creating textile art but also to act as a force for change in ...
Louise Gardiner: Contemporary Embroidery, Capes, Poufs, Scarves
October 24, 2018 10:47 - 38 minutes - 31.5 MBToday on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Louise Gardiner shares her life in fabric & thread. Louise specialises in contemporary embroidery, particularly complex machine embroidered applique, with great detail, plenty of beads and texture. Louise has recently worked on some high profile projects, including the Pukka Herbs Cape of Empowerment, and her Instagram initiated Stitch-A-Cloud. She also extends her work, using her embroidery designs to create beautiful ve...
Alex Hall: Textile Artist & Tutor
October 17, 2018 20:26 - 36 minutes - 29.3 MBAlex Hall: Textile Artist & Tutor Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Alex Hall shares her life in fabric & thread. Alex is a textile artist who has recently transitioned from her 30 year primary school teaching career into the adventure of creating her own business following her passion for textile art and creativity. Alex loves experimenting and discovering and trying out new stitches and techniques. She also creates inventive ways of using found objects,...
Anthea Godfrey: Embroidery Artist & Creative Leader
October 11, 2018 10:32 - 41 minutes - 33.5 MBAnthea Godfrey: Embroidery Artist & Creative Leader Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Anthea Godfrey shares her life in fabric & thread. Anthea is an embroidery artist with an outstanding career in teaching, leading and supporting embroidery and textile art. She is currently the Artistic Director of The Embroiderers' Guild and has been instrumental in leading many fantastic projects, often on an epic scale, for the Guild, for organisations and for pubic a...
Bryony Rose Jennings: Textile Sculpture Creates Characterful Creatures
October 04, 2018 14:29 - 39 minutes - 31.9 MBBryony Rose Jennings: Textile Sculpture Creates Characterful Creatures Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Bryony Rose Jennings shares her life in fabric & thread. Bryony is a textile sculptor who originally trained in jewellery making and silversmithing, although she has always has textiles and creativity in her life. She creates her textile menagerie, which is a wonderful world of stylised imaginary creatures full of character and personality. Bryony shar...
Marna Lunt : Artist Using Bold Colour & Thread Instead Of Paint
September 26, 2018 15:16 - 37 minutes - 30.3 MBMarna Lunt : Artist Using Bold Colour & Thread Instead Of Paint Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Marna Lunt shares her life in fabric & thread. Marna is a fine artist turned hand embroidery artist who offers online embroidery courses, as well as one off original paintings, drawings, thread paintings, and contemporary embroidery. Marna shares why she moved from painting, to painting with a needle and in our conversation, classical art and art history are ...
Sorrell Kerrison: Creating Hand Embroidered Portraits
September 19, 2018 17:25 - 38 minutes - 31 MBSorrell Kerrison: Creating Hand Embroidered Portraits Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Sorrell Kerrison shares her life in fabric & thread, and music! Sorrell is a creative who produces work in different mediums - textile art, print, painting, film, as well as writing music, playing guitar and singing in several bands through the years. Our main focus in this episode is around the excitement of the four large hand embroidered portraits that Sorrell was...
Jayne Emerson: Textile Designer, Author & Tutor
September 12, 2018 15:40 - 36 minutes - 29.7 MBJayne Emerson: Textile Designer, Author & Tutor Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Jayne Emerson shares her life in fabric & thread. Jayne is a textile designer, as well as the author of 6 books and a tutor in a range of textile related techniques. Her skills range from couture to crafts. Susan Weeks chats with Jayne about: Working within the secretive fashion world Starting to include elements of her fabric design samples & techniques into workshops T...
Hayley Mills-Styles: Thread Artist Who Loves Digital Embroidery
September 05, 2018 11:29 - 38 minutes - 31 MBHayley Mills-Styles: Thread Artist Who Loves Digital Embroidery Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Hayley Mills-Styles shares her life in fabric & thread. Hayley describes herself as a thread artist, and has had a very busy year so far culminating in two solo exhibitions. Whilst she has a love for backstitch, we have a great chat about her love of digital embroidery. Susan Weeks chats with Hayley about: A busy year preparing for exhibitions The joy of w...
Jen Goodwin: Traditionally Trained Artisan Embroiderer
May 23, 2018 13:31 - 41 minutes - 34.1 MBJen Goodwin: Traditionally Trained Artisan Embroiderer & RSN Tutor Jen Goodwin is our guest today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast. Jen shares her very interesting story as she has developed her embroidery skills, including being a Royal School of Needlework Tutor & Assessor. Jen has a studio based at Walford Mill crafts, Wimbourne, Dorset and shares some great insights into the value of having other creative makers and specialists working in the same location, in different di...
Fenella Dawnay: Processions 2018 & Banner Making
May 16, 2018 08:58 - 39 minutes - 31.6 MBFenella Dawnay: Processions 2018 & Banner Making Fenella Dawnay is our guest today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. Our episode is rather different than usual in that Fenella is NOT a textile artist! This episode is all about Processions 2018 a mass participation artwork celebrating the centenary of (some) British women gaining the right to vote. It takes places across 4 locations in the UK on 10th June, 2018. We talk about that and in particular the 100 Years 100 Banners...
Sara Dennis: RSN Qualified Hand Embroidery Tutor
May 09, 2018 13:20 - 35 minutes - 28.6 MBSara Dennis: RSN Qualified Hand Embroidery Tutor Sara Dennis is our guest today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast. Sara shares her interesting story of training to be a nurse, joining the Army and travelling the world with her husband. Discover how she took the opportunity to study at The Royal School of Needlework and launch her second career as a hand embroidery tutor. Her current exhibition 'An Apprentice's Journey' features her work whilst studying with the RSN. Listen as...
Iona Barker: Fun Free Hand Sewing Classes For Mental Wellbeing
May 02, 2018 14:37 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MBIona Barker: Fun Free Hand Sewing Classes For Mental Wellbeing Iona Barker is our guest today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. Laura shares her story of creativity and then burnout as she pursued her fashion and costume career. Fighting depression she turned to creativity to help her healing, and Say It Ain't Sew was born. It is a non-profit organisation which encourages creativity through running free hand sewing classes across several locations in Scotland. Listen as Iona sh...
Laura Edgar: Atmospheric Coastal Scenes in Textile Art
April 25, 2018 14:52 - 37 minutes - 30.6 MBLaura Edgar: Atmospheric Coastal Scenes in Textile Art Laura Edgar is our guest today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. Laura shares her life as a textile artist and tutor who is inspired by her native beautiful & dramatic Northumberland coastline. Laura loves to create her seascapes using recycled clothing and vintage textiles and trimmings, as well as applying paint, heat and stitch. Listen as Laura shares her lifelong delight with textile art. Susan Weeks chats with Laur...