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Elizabeth Ashdown: Passementerie Artist Transforming An Endangered Craft 37:16

14d ago37:16

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Elizabeth Ashdown is one of only 4 hand Passementerie artists working in the UK today. She combines traditional and endangered craft skills with a contemporary aesthetic to create innovative passementerie. In this episode of Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Susan Weeks chats with Elizabeth Ashdown, for a glimpse into the world of hand woven p…

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Ailish Henderson: Bringing Fine Art Narrative Textiles To Life 34:38

2M ago34:38

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Ailish Henderson is a fine art textile artist, particularly known for her fine art stitched collage works, which focus on capturing a fleeting moment, telling the story with mixed media, paint, stitch and fabric snippets. She is also the author of 'Narrative Textiles', published by Batsford in October 2024. In this episode, of Stitchery Stories tex…

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Caroline Hyde-Brown : Weaving Plant Material Into Textile Art 50:10

2M ago50:10

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Caroline Hyde-Brown is a textile artist with a long-established career. Inspired by botanical research, she combines foraged plant material with a variety of textile art techniques to create fascinating weaves and vessels with fragile beauty. Combined with her purposeful art practice experience, Caroline shares plenty of wisdom on Stitchery Stories…

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Elnaz Yazdani : Contemporary Textile Art With Unusual Materials 46:20

3M ago46:20

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Elnaz Yazdani creates vibrant contemporary textile art using rather unusual materials. Look closely for nails, springs, tubes, and all sorts from scrap stores. Elnaz loves working with community groups to reimagine embroidery and spark creativity. In this episode of Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Susan Weeks chats with Elnaz Yazdani, an emb…

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Jack Roberts: Freehand Machine Embroidery Fine Artist 58:37

5M ago58:37

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Dr. Jack Roberts, also known as JPR Stitch, is a fine artist specializing in freehand machine embroidery, creating stunning abstract shapes from dense, intricate webs of stitches. His art reflects the calmness and tranquility he experiences while stitching, making sewing his form of meditation. Jack shares insights into his artistic journey, curren…

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Alison Holt: Freehand Machine Embroidery Landscapes 49:33

6M ago49:33

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Alison Holt is a contemporary textile artist, teacher and author who combines silk painting and freehand machine embroidery to create beautiful landscapes and glimpses of the natural world. Alison shares how her career and art continues to evolve, as she looks for new challenges. Following new opportunities as well as ongoing marketing and visibiit…

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Hannah Thompson: A Transformational Year As A Creative Business 1:16:26

12M ago1:16:26

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Hannah Thompson has always loved crafting, quilting & textile art. In 2017, at a crossroads in her life, dealing with emotional & family upset, she left her corporate career and set up Stitching Kitchen. On Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Hannah shares her story and we dive into what she describes as her transformational business year in 202…

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Holly Jackson : Mixing modern stumpwork embroidery with mixed media : An artists journey 1:07:54

1y ago1:07:54

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Textile artist Holly Jackson shares her recent journey in developing her art career. Developing her 'sneaky' stumpwork embroidery using modern materials and mixed media, there are plenty of exciting 'firsts' to celebrate with Holly! We join Holly at the start of her first art exhibition. She shares her preparation and hopes from the show. We chat a…

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Jayne Emerson Returns: Impatient Textile Rebel 59:54

1+ y ago59:54

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Textile artist Jayne Emerson revisits the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast today! She takes us on a journey on how she has pivoted her creative business to focus on teaching people around the world through her online courses and her unique membership The No-Rules Textiles Society. Jayne was a guest here back in 2018 and gives a quick update as…

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Emma Horan: Cornwall Cross Stitch Kit Designer 41:24

1+ y ago41:24

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Cornwall Cross Stitch Kit designer Emma Horan shares behind the scenes of her 'accidental' creative business based around counted cross stitch hand embroidery kits of the beautiful Cornish coast. For the last 10 years, Emma has grown her cross stitch kit business from a therapeutic hobby as she recovered from illness, to a thriving creative busines…

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Lottie Cockell : Growing Her Creative Business From Hand Embroidery 1:03:44

1+ y ago1:03:44

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Lottie Cockell started her creative business Purple Rose Embroidery fresh out of school, and has been busy growing shaping her business over the last 5 years. With a love of 'grid-based' hand embroidery, Lottie focuses on cross-stitch, blackwork and surface embroidery kits. She is keen to try new things in her business and will often dive into the …

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Prism Textiles Group: behind the scenes of their annual textile art exhibition 59:09

1+ y ago59:09

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Prism Textile Group members Hayley Mills-Styles and Maria Walker share behind-the-scenes challenges of helping to organise an annual textile art exhibition which features work from the groups' international members. Hayley & Maria explain the background and history of this well-known exhibiting group, and then we dive into the details of organising…

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Sarah Gwyer : Contemporary Embroidery Beaded Pop Art 55:04

1+ y ago55:04

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Today I explore hand embroidered and beaded pop art with contemporary pop art textile artist Sarah Gwyer. We talk about her magpie-like 'obsession' with colourful beads and charms and the artistic path to creating beaded portraits. But beneath the colourful sparkling beads lies strong social commentary on celebrity, wealth and consumerism, all expr…

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Vanessa Marr: Domestic Dusters: Embroidery On Women And Domesticity 1:00:02

2y ago1:00:02

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Back in 2014, textile artist, academic & designer Vanessa Marr posed the question: Women & Domesticity - What's Your Perspective? And invited those thoughts to be embroidered upon a yellow duster, in red thread. Little did she realise what she had unleashed... Nine years later, Vanessa has an amazing collection of embroidered dusters and an even mo…

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Kirstie Macleod : The Red Dress Global Embroidery Project 50:52

2y ago50:52

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Textile artist Kirstie Macleod shares her life in fabric & thread on Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast today! She shares her fascinating story of The Red Dress. It's an amazing project which has enabled unheard women, many in poverty, vulnerable through trauma and abuse, to share their personal stories, using the universal language of embroidery…

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Merrilyn Heazlewood : Creative Counted Canvaswork Embroidery 48:15

2y ago48:15

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Embroidery artist Merrilyn Heazlewood shares her life in fabric & thread on Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast today! She takes us on a journey through her interesting and busy lifelong creative business career based around counted canvas work hand embroidery. And for those of you in the USA, you will know canvaswork as needlepoint. Anyway, over …

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Stitchery Stories Listeners Creative Joy Highlights 2022 43:37

2y ago43:37

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A cheerful & inspiring episode as global listeners of Stitchery Stories textile art podcast share their stories of creative joy from 2022, and shoutout those 'joy bringers' who helped them in some way to achieve that joy. Hello & Welcome to my final episode of 2022. A recurring theme is how much comfort & joy creative activities bring us. So I thou…

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Elizabeth Griffiths : Using hand embroidery for Portrait Artist Of The Year competition 39:08

2y ago39:08

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Elizabeth Griffiths is a mixed media artist using hand embroidery, lino print-making, inks and watercolours to explore a range of themes. She shares the uplifting experience (and challenge!) of using hand embroidery as a competitor in Sky TV Portrait Artist Of The Year. We dive behind the scenes! Who was her portrait subject? How was it organised? …

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Stacey Jones : Modern Abstract Hand Embroidery 42:46

2y ago42:46

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Stacey Jones creates colourful, modern, abstract hand embroidery art. Her work powerfully reflects her thoughts & emotions through her life experiences. Stacey shares her story of how her life with her husband has strongly informed her embroidery designs, particularly his illness, tragic death and her mourning process as she evolves into living alo…

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Floriane Schmitt : Creative Fabric Manipulation Ideas 36:50

2y ago36:50

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Floriane Schmitt loves to experiment with creative fabric manipulation ideas. Under her brand name of FloHomeDesign she creates accessories and home decor items from smocked neoprene and is writing a fabric manipulation book, due out end 2023. Floriane shares her story of how her dream of a career in fashion evolved into specialising in fabric mani…

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Cath Janes : Hand Embroidered Human Anatomy 1:02:52

2y ago1:02:52

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Cath Janes is an award-winning human anatomical embroidery artist. Under her brand name of Kraken Kreations she combines anatomically correct illustrations with colourful hand embroidery which all have a story to tell. Cath shares her honest and hilarious story of the ups and downs of the creative life of an artist, and her unique and distinctive a…

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Susan Hensel : Communicating Ideas Through Digital Machine Embroidery 56:55

2y ago56:55

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Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist with a long-established career. She combines mixed media with digital machine embroidery to create beautiful sculptural forms flooded with colour. Alongside runs her gallery & curatative experience, giving us a fabulous guest sharing her art practice wisdom, on Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. Art is…

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Jennie-maree Tempest : Beautiful Botanical Sculptures 39:41

3y ago39:41

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Jennie-maree Tempest is a textile artist living on the Bass Coast of Australia. After many years creating art quilts and portraits, she has decided to challenge her textile art skills and creativity by creating textile art botanical sculptures. Jennie-maree focuses her creativity inspired by the native Australian species that grow around her coasta…

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Nikki Parmenter: Exuberant mixed-media textile artist 48:43

3y ago48:43

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Today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Nikki Parmenter shares her life in fabric & thread & a wide range of interesting materials too! She chats with Susan Weeks about the wide range of inspirations and materials that she uses to create her large scale art. And although Nikki has a Fine Art background, she is very much self-taught when…

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Tanya Bentham : What is Opus Anglicanum embroidery? 53:11

3+ y ago53:11

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Tanya Bentham is an expert in the style of hand embroidery known as 'Opus Anglicanum'. It is a style of embroidery that was prevalent in the 13th & 14th centuries in England. Very specific stitches are used in a specific way with specific materials and style. Tanya shares her fascinating story of how she got started in embroidery and how the obsess…

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Vendulka Battais: An inspiring textile artist moving with the times 50:09

3+ y ago50:09

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Vendulka Battais is a textile artist, quilter, embroiderer and designer who started her creative journey making clothes with her mum in the Czech Republic. She learnt simple patchwork when she moved to the UK and was looking for a new hobby! Vendulka shares her fabulous story of where that early interest in patchwork took her. It's a story of creat…

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Lorraine Turner: textile art supporting endangered animals 48:15

3+ y ago48:15

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Lorraine Turner is a textile artist who gives support for endangered animals through her vibrant textile art. Lorraine has been a practicing artist for many years as a graphic designer, working on wide variety of commercial projects but her adventure into textile art started a few years ago, and she adopted the 'no rules' approach to her textile ar…

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Catriona Baird : The Story Of The Paisley Pattern and Paisley Shawls 45:39

3+ y ago45:39

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Catriona Baird is Textiles Curator at Paisley Museum, in Scotland, which celebrates it's 150th anniversary on 11th April 2021. Catriona shares the story of the Paisley pattern - that swirly floral stylised teardrop motif that pops up in so many designs and objects, as well as of course on the famous Paisley Shawls. This is a story that brings toget…

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Gail Cowley: The School Of Stitched Textiles 50:28

3+ y ago50:28

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Dr Gail Cowley is the founder and director of The School Of Stitched Textiles. Through the school, Gail offers a range of courses from beginner through to advanced practitioner, in a range of textile related subjects. As we hit the one year anniversary of Covid disruptions, lockdowns and challenges, we dig into many topics around online education a…

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Ruth Norbury: Capturing urban decay with textile art 41:29

3+ y ago41:29

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Ruth Norbury is a textile artist who specialises in creating urban decay art. But Ruth is full of contrasts and surprises, and today we dig into her story. She is almost entirely self taught, and loves to experiment to create the look and feel of her textile art. It's an ongoing challenge to represent the processes of decay in the urban landscape a…

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Deanne Fitzpatrick : Rug Hooking Artist 40:25

4y ago40:25

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Deanne Fitzpatrick is the artist and businesswoman behind HookingRugs, a globally popular rug hooking business based in Nova Scotia, Canada. Deanne shares with us a very interesting glimpse behind the scenes of her daily life as an artist and creative business owner. Susan Weeks chats with Deanne today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. …

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Mary Corbet: Hand Embroidery Blogger, Designer, Teacher 45:27

4y ago45:27

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Mary Corbet is the creator behind 'Needle N Thread' a globally popular and very long-standing hand embroidery blog. It is very much the hub of her brand, and through it, Mary shares her beautiful hand embroidery designs and kits, embroidery 'how-to' videos and creates an informative and enjoyable stream of blog posts about all things hand embroider…

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Cindy Jackson : An Expert In Tudor Embroidery 43:31

4y ago43:31

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Cindy Jackson is a freelance embroiderer, embroidery designer and embroidery tutor based in Ottawa, Canada, with a fascination for Tudor embroidery. In fact Cindy is an expert in this area, with published research papers and she has also developed kits and classes focused on Tudor embroidery. Susan Weeks chats with Cindy today on Stitchery Stories …

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Global Listener Stitchery Highlights 2020 49:15

4y ago49:15

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Here we are on the final day of 2020 and what a challenge it has been! But we all know that so let's focus instead upon the inspiring highlights based around stitching, embroidery & textile art. Come and listen as Sue Weeks presents some fabulous 2020 Stitchery Highlights from listeners from around the world. Stitchery Stories embroidery and textil…

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Susan Weeks: Christmas 2020 10:35

4y ago10:35

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As we head towards Christmas 2020, Sue Weeks, from Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, shares her Christmas Greetings. Sue is searching for your inspiring 2020 Stitchery Highlights to share in a special Highlights episode for the last day of 2020. She knows that they are out there - let's share our creativity and positivity and ce…

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Kris Campbell : Making Massive Cross Stitch Flowers 36:35

4y ago36:35

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Today we meet Kris Campbell, a textile artist from New York state who has decided to take cross stitch to the absolute MAX! This is a fascinating story where we can see the threads of an artist's story come together in a body of work. In response to the global pandemic and the desire to make viewing art a safe experience, Kris decided to create a s…

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Claire Fell: Machine Embroidery Artist 43:03

4y ago43:03

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Claire Fell is a machine embroidery artist who believes that textile art is a haven from the harsh realities of what we call modern life! She has recently written her first book 'Machine Embroidery - Techniques and Projects' and Claire shares her story of how her 'creative outburst' came into being, and the creative adventure she enjoyed along the …

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Justine Warner: Textile art landscapes from a surprising source 41:12

4y ago41:12

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Justine Warner is inspired by the beautiful Yorkshire countryside on her doorstep and has developed a distinctive style for the textile art landscapes she creates. She works under the brand Pearl Loves Paisley. She loves to experiment with different techniques and materials. A VERY surprising and very important element in her work is... patterned m…

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Sharon Boggon : Creative Contemporary Embroidery Stitches 46:24

4y ago46:24

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Sharon Boggon embraced the internet back in 1996 and has been an inspiring leader in embroidery both online and offline, for many years. She has a passion for building enriching communities of stitchers and strives to keep embroidery alive. Sharon reminds us how difficult it was in the early internet days to make and share images and create web pag…

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Erika Maizi : A personal journey through sacred embroidery 36:00

4y ago36:00

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Today on Stitchery Stories we have a very unique story, where embroidery has been the catalyst for a personal journey of discovery, of re-connecting with family and deep spiritual meanings. We are usually chatting about embroidery as an art form, or decoration of functional items. For Erika Maizi however, the interest in embroidery has grown from m…

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David Morrish: Disruptive Digital Embroidery 41:02

4y ago41:02

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The inspiration for today's episode of Stitchery Stories comes from litter, running and Sheffield Embroiderers' Guild. David Morrish is enjoying his exploration of digital embroidery and he very much enjoys collaborating with other artists to grow awareness and appreciation of embroidery as a vibrant and fascinating art form. David, who has a backg…

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Phillipa Turnbull: Crewel Embroidery Specialist 48:39

4y ago48:39

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Phillipa Turnbull is an expert on historic crewel embroidery and has spent the last 25 years building her embroidery business The Crewel Work Company, which sells exquisite crewel embroidery kits and organises luxury embroidery retreats. Phillipa shares many inspiring stories around the ups and downs of building a business based around embroidery. …

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Collette Kinley: A Birds Eye View in hand embroidery 42:04

4+ y ago42:04

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Collette Kinley is an embroidery artist who uses both free motion machine embroidery as well as hand embroidery, although she is really enjoying hand embroidery at the moment. Collette shares her story of how 'going for it' and a new piece of embroidery has sparked several exciting opportunities for her. Collette talks about her artistic journey so…

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Alison Carpenter-Hughes : free machine embroidery artist 35:52

4+ y ago35:52

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Alison Carpenter-Hughes is a mixed-media artist who loves free machine embroidery. Today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Alison shares her life in fabric and thread. And since she decided to give her art practice her focus and 'go for it', there have been some fantastic opportunities reveal themselves to her. Alison talks about her ar…

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Meredith Woolnough: Machine Embroidered Natural Specimens 45:52

4+ y ago45:52

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Meredith Woolnough shares her insight and techniques around the beautiful machine embroidered natural specimens she creates. They are inspired by the skeletal forms of flora and fauna, particularly those she finds on walks and scuba dives. Meredith has specialised in working exclusively with water-soluble fabric, using machine embroidery to re-crea…

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Jenni Dutton: Capturing The Complexities Of Aging Through Textile Art 40:54

4+ y ago40:54

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Today we meet Jenni Dutton who shares stories around her powerful work and the unique way in which she creates her large portraits. Although starting her creative journey as a fine artist, creating large oil pastel landscapes, Jenni ventured into textile art portraits. We talk about how life takes unexpected twists and how surprising opportunites c…

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Introducing: Too Horny To Recap 52:21

4+ y ago52:21

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For a free month of Stitcher Premium, go to stitcherpremium.com and sign up with the promo code: PREVIEW. It's here! TOO HORNY TO RECAP: a podcast recap hosted by Betsy Sodaro & Mano Agapion talkin' all about the new Netflix show, Too Hot To Handle! The effing craziest reality dating competition that gives hot young sexy lunatics an incredibly easy…

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Annie Crane: Creating Textile Art With Whimsical Abandon 39:19

4+ y ago39:19

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Today we meet Annie Crane, from Fort Collins, Colorado, on her birthday. It's a milestone birthday and Annie is marking it as a new beginning. After years of putting everyone else first, Annie is stepping out into the creative world. She is excited about (finally) giving herself permission to develop her art and to create with whimsical abandon. An…

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Claire Edwards: Pushing The Boundaries Of Traditional Hand Embroidery 39:00

4+ y ago39:00

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Today we meet Claire Edwards, who embodies her brand name of Defiant Embroidery. Claire shares her fascinating story of how she discovered her creativity and passion for hand embroidery as part of her quest to discover her third career. After an enjoyable career in the RAF and then working with young offenders, Claire suffered some setbacks that le…

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Jessica Aldred: Designing Her Life Through Embroidery 44:09

4+ y ago44:09

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Today we meet Jessica Aldred, a former Royal School of Needlework graduate and tutor, who combines her love of embroidery with her love of all things vintage! Jessica shares some fabulous career highlights with us as she is close to the new adventure of motherhood. With big changes coming along in her life, Jessica has been investigating different …

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