Art in Action: a tour of the Textiles marquee
Let me show you work by some of the contemporary textiles artists demonstrating in the Textiles marquee at Art in Action in 2014.
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August 12, 2014
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at Loughborough University
Have a look at some of the work exhibited by students from the Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Loughborough University.
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July 15, 2014
A flair for multi-media textiles
Final year BA Textile students, specialising in multi-media textiles, exhibited their work in the degree show at Loughborough University.
June 24, 2014
Inspiring quilts, glorious sunshine, and a picnic at Quilts UK 2014
Every year I go to Malvern to the Quilts UK show in May. In my review, I give you a flavour of this year's exhibitions.
May 30, 2014
Exhibitions at the Spring Knitting and Stitching Show
Exhibitions of fashion textiles, quilting, and felting seen at the Spring Knitting and Stitching Show 2014.
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March 19, 2014
The Spring Knitting and Stitching Show at Olympia, London 2014
My first visit to the Spring Knitting and Stitching Show; some of the yarn & fabric stands and the classes I taught.
March 14, 2014
Making my wool wash bag
Sewing for knitting I thought I'd take a break from the technical knitting posts and tell you about a sewing project that I finished last year, but have not had the time to write about. This time I decided to make the laundry bag from the Great British Sewing Bee…
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January 24, 2014
An old year has ended, a new one begun
Happy New Year! The Old year I've just read my post from a year ago (Beginnings and Endings), in which I commented on how little hand-knit I had done for myself. Or indeed hand-making of any kind, since I had been designing and making machine knit samples for my MA.…
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January 2, 2014
The Big Textile Show
There seems to be at least one yarn or textile festival every weekend at the moment. I've been suffering from real indecision about which ones to visit. Last weekend was one of my few free weekends until December, so it was fantastic to be able to visit a local event.…
October 3, 2013
Sewing at Last!
It's been a long time since I did any sewing. At school, I took O-level Dressmaking (I am that old) and wanted to continue to A-level, but I was told to do courses which would get me a "proper job"! I continued to make most of my clothes for many…
August 6, 2013