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March 2017 Isobel Moore A Riot of Colour Paper, Fabric, Stitch and Beads Chloe Redfern Pusing up Daisies Wildflowers Embroidery Wen Redmond Seeing Double Holographic Fiber Imagery Brenda Parsons Annus Mirabilis Getting Organised Angela Tigwell Hot Ribbons A Riot of Colour Julia Triston Fractured Fragments Identity in Textile Art Maria Thomas Pick a Pocket or Two! Embroidery with Fabric Appliqué Sam Packer Profile on Hand and Lock Celebrity Interview with Anthea Godfrey |
June 2017 Maggie Grey Following Through Variations on a Theme Suzette Smart The Early Bird Collage with Machine Embroidery Paula Watkins Limits? No Limits! The Boundless Choices of Colour Leisa Rich Working up a Head of Steam Fabulous Fosshape Part 1 Rosalind Varrie Not to be Sniffed at Tissue Textures Anne Griffiths Turning Japanese Making Miniature Kimono Consuelo Simpson Sticking Around Twigs, Sticks and Found Objects Maggie Grey Stitch and Learn Celebrity Interview with Ruth Issett |
September 2017 Greta Fitchett Carved in Stone Leisa Rich Working up a Head of Steam Fabulous Fosshape Part 2 Maggie Grey A Sketch in Time Ruth Norbury Autumn Leaves Burning a Bowl Paula Watkins Limits? No Limits! The Boundless Choices of Colour Part 2 Jane Dunnewold Embracing Your Art Bring on the Rebel and Play with a Purpose Carol Wiebe Not Your Typical Embroidery Part 1 Els van Baarle The Joy of Screenprinting Celebrity Interview with Lynda Monk |
November 2017 Carol Wiebe Not Your Typical Embroidery Part 2 Maggie Grey WoW Challenge Six of the Best Kathryn Harmer Fox A Sketch in Time Elizabeth James Pretty Ugly Creations Nina Eaton Poptastic Bubblewrap Fiona Metcalfe What's in the Cupboard Part 1 Fiona Metcalfe What's in the Cupboard Part 2 Celebrity Interview with Ann Small |
March 2016 Rob Jones Shibori Scarves Itajime clamp resist Shibori Sally Baldwin Pretty Petals Decorative flower bowls Gillian Cooper Stand To Attention! A mixed media approach to textile design Jo Hyam Landscape 1 : A Sticky Situation Machine embroidery with soluble film Nodeen Salmon Landscape 2 : A Woodland Carpet Woods in the spring Maggie Grey Prisme Perfectus Part 1 Working with Prisme paints Maggie Grey Prisme Perfectus Part 2 Working with Prisme paints Stephanie Redfern Natural Histories A paper and fabric hand-stitched picture Celebrity Interview with Sarah Campbell |
June 2016 Pauline Verrinder Wire To Form Sculpting with felt and stitch Sam Packer Getting Down To The Nitty Gritty Using sand texture gel Naomi Beevers Flights Of Fancy 3D fabric needle-felted birds Amanda Hislop White Horses Embroidered seascapes worked in mixed media Nikki Jones Rameses The Evil Ram Unleash the beast! Kathryn Harmer-Fox Bring Me Sunshine Sunflower art cushion Annette Morgan Heavy Handed Machine embroidered pictures Arlene Shawcross Summer Blooms Flowers in padded and raised work on velvet Celebrity Interview Janet Bolton |
September 2016 Anne Kelly Scandi Lover Making a folk hanging Adele Thomas Any Old Iron? Rust dyeing on natural fabrics Amanda House Forest Floor Making a mixed-media fabric Christine Chester The No-Excuses Book Create your own sketchbook Mandy Pattullo Mutual Friend A Jenny Wren collage Fran Holmes Autumn Angst Making distressed leaves Els van Baarle Waxing Lyrical Working with wax on paper Brenda Parsons Garden In The Sky Stitched paper collage Celebrity Interview India Flint |
December 2016 Lesley Patterson-Marx Match Point A book within a matchbox Maggie Grey You Killed A What? A saintly inspiration part 1 Maggie Grey You Killed A What? A saintly inspiration part 2 Angie Hughes From The Shore To The Sea Mixed-media and stitch Ro Bruhn Cottage Obsession Countryside collage Claire Muir Embroidered Lace Mask Making distressed leaves Nodeen Salmon Klimt-inspired Doodle Woman Machine embroidery Ines Seidel Changing The News Creating patterns with paper shapes Opus Anglicanum The Inside Story |
March 2015 Ann Small Dem Bones! Beguiling bone characters Hilary Beattie Gelliping - What's It All About? The Art of Gelli Printing Alysn Midgelow-Marsden Outline for Success A design overview Kate Crossley Making An Impression Part 1 Creating three-dimensional objects Kate Crossley Making An Impression Part 2 Creating three-dimensional objects Mike Fitchett All Aboard! Part 1 Vintage railway poster quilt Pauline Barnes Make Do And Sample Using samples in textile art Maggie Grey Stitch Up A Diary Working with photographs Spotlight on Chloe Redfern |
June 2015 Siân Martin Penny's Flower Making a loopy flower Maggie Grey No Sows' Ears Were Damaged Silk purses with carrier rods and shim Juliette Orton Doing The Stitch 'n' Rip Mixed media machine embroidery with paper Jo Beattie A Different View Designing without fear Ruth Singer In The Shadows Textiles and transparency - Shadow Appliqué Chloe Redfern Get Back In Your Box Creating small-scale artwork for box frames Elizabeth Saunders Bag It Up Mark-making for layered images Mike Fitchett All Aboard! Part 2 Vintage railway poster quilt Celebrity Interview Lindsay Taylor |
September 2015 Ann Small A Real Gem Gem-setting in mixed media art Lynda Monk Lacy Leaves And Seed Pods Thermofax techniques with Lutradur and Xpandaprint Alice Fox Turning Over An Old Leaf Leaf stitching Judy Joiner The Ripple Effect Beaded Shibori Silk ribbon bracelet Helen Terry A Page A Day Forty days of mark making Juliette Orton Down To The Wire Mini wire sculpture workshop Gabi Mett and Judith Mundwiler A Close Shave Innovative printing techniques Annette Morgan Embellish Your Woodland Working with the embellisher Celebrity Interview Michele Carragher |
December 2015 Chris Gray The Kala Page Sketchbook to fabric art book Anne Kelly The Tree of Life Inspired by folk art trees Maggie Grey Delicious Decay Distressing techniques for textiles Adele Thomas Glorious Garden Postcards A creative approach to canvas embroidery Greta Fitchett Reflections and Distortions Quilted Cityscapes Sarah Waters Wrap Up Your Troubles Making a felt collar Julia Jowett 'Tis The Season Embroidered festive garland Linda Rudkin Beside The Seaside Sculpting with silk paper Celebrity Interview Joan Fisher |
March 2014 Sherrill Kahn Scrape, Layer And Wax Exploring using cold wax techniques Gina Ferrari Graffiti Doodles A free machining workshop Ineke Berlyn The Human Shape Sketchbooks and journal quilts Maggie Grey Mag's Rags Part 1 Using up your wipes Maggie Grey Mag's Rags Part 2 The background Adeline Schwab Hand-embroidered Miniature Calla Flower Silk and wire embroidery work Anne Kelly And Bend And Stretch and Bend ... Folding books for textile artists Coral Lewis A Pressing Matter Flower press printing /> Celebrity Interview Lesley Patterson-Marx |
June 2014 Annette Morgan Surface To Surface Image transfer and mixed media collage Juliette Orton Layer Upon Layer A 3D mixed-media landscape Gina Ferrari Stitched Miniatures Part 2 Free machining workshop Sue Bleiweiss Sketchbook Joy Making colourful sketchbooks Ruth Singer Depths In Layers Scanning collage Dale Rollerson Cloth Creations Little works of art Bridget Harris A Mother's Love Hardback concertina books Paula Watkins Remarkable Resin Part 1 Using resin for mixed media and jewellery Celebrity Interview Julie Fei-Fan Balzer |
September 2014 Susan Syddall Birds On A Wire Machine stitch on paper using brusho - and inspiration Maggie Grey Cutting It Fine Techniques for cutting machines Nicky Dillerstone Tin Can Alley Creating miniature worlds Lesley Paterson-Marx Jumping Through Hoops Silkscreen printing Paula Watkins Remarkable Resin Part 2 Using coloured resin for mixed media work The WoW Team The Purposeful Sketchbook What your sketchbook can do for you Jane Robinson Fossil Rock Part 1 A 3D manipulated goldwork piece Jane Robinson Fossil Rock Part 2 A 3D manipulated goldwork piece Celebrity Interview Annabel Rainbow |
December 2014 Samantha Packer Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow A snow paint collar Sketchathon Auction In aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust A bevy of books Kate Crossley A Box of Delights Creating a curiosity box Maggie Grey Fluid Design The Art of integration part 1 Maggie Grey Fluid Design The Art of integration part 2 Linda Burgess Beautiful Birch Tree Cushions Gelli plate printing on fabric Elizabeth Saunders A Cut Above Making a scissor keeper Lesley Patterson-Marx Jumping Through Hoops Part 2 Exposed spine binding for fabric-covered book Celebrity Interview Mr Finch |
March 2013 Jackie Cardy Inspirations For Felted Embroidery Part 1 Making the felt Jackie Cardy Inspirations For Felted Embroidery Part 2 Making watercolour felt Maria Walker Collage, Scan, Stitch Revisiting the family album Samantha Packer and Paula Watkins Perfect for Texture Embossing powder techniques Maggie Grey Three Into One A WoW challenge Stephanie Redfern Five Flowers Creative recycling Jill Tattersall Embrace The Unexpected Mixed media botanicals Maggie Ayres Soft Cell Exploring mixed media sculpture Sara Shinton A Knitted Garnish - Part One Making and Using Strip Knitting Techniques |
June 2013 Bobby Britnell Honesty In Design Flowers as inspirations for stitched textiles C June Barnes Let There Be Light Exploring dimension and illumination Sherrill Kahn Layers Of Print Thermofax printing techniques Nicky Perryman Covering The Ground - Part 1 Bokhara couching Nicky Perryman Covering The Ground - Part 2 Bokhara couching Sara Shinton Knit One, Embellish One The knitting bit Maggie Grey Knit One, Embellish One The embellishing bit Chrissie Day Between A Rock And A Soft Place Shibori inspired by rock striations Celebrity Interview Sue Fenwick, Chair of West Country Embroiderers |
September 2013 Ruth Smith Folded Secrets Boxes Part 1 Chinese Paper Folding Technique Frances Taylor Sculptural Felt Needle Felted Cuff Bracelet Linda Vincent Make it Bright Mixed Media Collages Susan Sorrell Snips and Bits A freeform abstract collage Adele Thomas The Liberated Print Screen Printing with a difference Glynda Morrison Textured Book Cover Mixed Media Techniques for Books Anne Kelly Postal Art Postcards from the edge Yvonne Auld Taking Silk Creating a Silk Painting Celebrity Interview Cas Holmes & Anne Kelly | December 2013 Ruth Smith Folded Secrets Boxes - Part 2 Chinese Paper Folding Technique Stephanie Redfern Sketch to Stitch A Garden Collage Cas Holmes Tea Flora Tales Make a Sketchbook or Join a Challenge Annette Emms It's Party Time! Fun Book Cover Angie Hughes Put Your Own Stamp On It Easy-peasy Stamps for Great Results Diane Eastham The Magic of Marbling Part 1 Experimental Techniques Diane Eastham The Magic of Marbling Part 1 Using Marbled Fabric Arlee Barr Finding the Image Dimensional Quilting Celebrity Interview Laura Youngson Coll |
March 2012 Alysn Midgelow-Marsden Image to Shrink Part 1 Materials and Basic Techniques work Alysn Midgelow-Marsden Image to Shrink Part 2 The Exciting Bit Margaret Fairhead Still Life in Stitch Using built-in machine patterns Janet Twinn Edge to Edge Colour effects with seams Maggie Grey Sarah Lawrence A Tribute and a last Workshop Yvonne Brown Marvellous Marble A contemporary interpretation of marble floor tiles Jo Beattie Structurally Sound Life Drawing and Stitching Maggie Grey Faces, Figures and Fabric Making a tall vessel Celebrity Interview Sarah Kelly |
June 2012 Hilary Hollingworth A Way of Working Working from Photographs Kathyanne White Waxing Lyrical Mixed Media with Encaustics - Part 1 Kathyanne White Waxing Lyrical Mixed Media with Encaustics - Part 2 Maggie Grey Flowers from the Film Three-Dimensional Dissolvables Cas Holmes Urban/Nature Sustainable Stitch Jennifer McFarlane Romancing the Stone Creating Texture with Stitch Anne Kelly Textiles Take Flight Birds in Art and Textile Art Emma Siedle-Collins Floral Dance Small Textile Wall Hangings A Day in the Life of. . . Fiona Wright |
September 2012 Stephanie Redfern Flying Free Making a Slip Bird Sherrill Kahn The Rubbing Revolution How to use rubbings in your work Yvonne Brown Links and Insertions Working with synthetic materials and heat tools Maggie Grey Everything in the Garden Stitched Metal for Outdoor Effects June Parkinson Wide Horizons Working a Landscape from Digital Images Yvonne Morton Don't Let Your Mother Serve The Drinks Setting up an Exhibition Anne Menary Let's Look at Lascaux Cave Paintings in Cut Back Appliqué Ruth Norbury Blood Harvest Paint Techniques for a Dark Message 50 Years of the 62 Group A Personal History |
December 2012 Laura Boswell First Edition - Part 1 Linocuts: reduction prints without a press Laura Boswell First Edition - Part 2 Linocuts: reduction prints without a press Jessica Richardson Wasteland Daisies Using Painted Bondaweb Samantha Packer & Paula Watkins Perfect for Pattern Creating with Embossing Powder Anne Kelly Tell Me A Story Constructing Personal Collages in Cloth Kathyanne White From Small Beginnings A New Take on Mixed Media Books Carol Wiebe That Was Then Don't be a Ghost in Your Machine Siân Martin Distant Stitch Our Story So Far Celebrity Interview Lynda Monk |
March 2011 Kathyanne White New Dimensions Digital prints for textile collage work Wendy Dolan Architectural Textures Stitch and paint techniques Angie Hughes Into the Trees Making a stitcher's bundle Greta Fitchett A Week in Andalucia Stitch a textile diary Liz Welch Plastic Spaghetti, Part 2 Using Friendly Plastic Pellets Heather Kingsley-Heath Ladders and Laces Beaded French Knitting Kim Thittichai Hot News Layered and Painted Newspaper Becky Vigor Unintended Treasures The art of turning mistakes into techniques Celebrity Interview Gwen Hedley |
June 2011 Gina Ferrari Headline News Newspaper Fabric Backgrounds Anne Menary Stitching up your Holiday Techniques for Sketchbook and Stitch Maggie Grey Place in Texture and Stitch Working from Photographs Olga Norris Figure Drawing - in Stitch Making figures by machine on soluble film Janet Crowther Notebooks are my Buckets Building an Ideas Book Lynda Monk Hard-back Head Turners Pelmet Vilene Surfaces for Books Wendy Cotterill The New Cut-work Using Evolon with a soldering iron Liz Plummer Medieval City Notebooks Using a thermofax screen to create an attractive notebook cover Celebrity Interview Jeanette Appleton |
September 2011 Kathyanne White Wrap it up - Recycle Wraps for Paper and Fabric Janet Crowther From Page to Pot Textile techniques for pots and vessels Ruth Issett Meshing with Colour Exploring canvas grids with print and colour Maggie Grey Transfer Printed Textures Iron-over Paint Techniques Anita Bruce Knitting as Drawing A very personal approach Hazel Credland Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness Book revival project - Ode to Autumn Paula Watkins Perfect Prints. . . . . .but imperfect is even better Sally Sparks Rust is Fun Rust Techniques for Stitchers Celebrity Interview Caroline Kirton |
December 2011 Lynn Horniblow Flower Shower Machine embroidered flower tassels Lynda Monk Foiled Again Kitchen towels with colour and glitz Lizzy Lewis The Lost Art of Letter Writing Using Paper with the Embellisher Siân Martin Hats off to Constable A Masterly Method of Design Transfer Rayna Gillman The Joy of Gelatine Serendipity Printing Maggie Grey The Making of a Precious Book An ongoing project Kim Thittichai Little Fishes in the Deep Newspaper and Bondaweb Techniques Pauline Verrinder Cloth Book Sampler Molding Felt Book Behind the scenes at. . . Urchfont Manor College |
March 2010 Maggie Grey Octobag Constructing with silk carrier rods Anna Nowicki Scrap Booking . . . . . . but not as you know it Sandra Meech Meltdown New inspiration, connecting art to stitch Jane Wild Art on a Plate, Part 1 Collagraph Experiments Frieda Anderson Blade Runner Using rotary blades for pattern (and fun) Isobel Hall Baubles, Bangles and Bracelets Mixed media techniques Jenni Dobson A Thing to Wear Making a Kimono - Part 1 Lesley Riley Tap into Textiles Be creative with transfers Kim Thittichai Hot Stuff Impressive Textures Celebrity Interview Jane Hall |
June 2010 Lesley Irving Inspired by Seed Heads Machine embroidered silk sculptures Jackie Langfeld First, Paper the Parlour Techniques with textured wallpaper Jane Wild Art on a Plate, Part 2 Collagraph experiments Katherine James 'Quilts 1700-2010' Victoria & Albert Museum, London Pauline Parker Razzle Dazzle Brooches Techniques for beautiful brooches Marie Roper The Metaphysical Computer Design development on your computer Naomi Renouf Paint, Layer, Slash and Decorate Techniques for decorative panels Phillippa K Lack Layered Art Quilts Using a die cutter Jenni Dobson Kimono Decoration Design and techniques A day in the life of The Thread Studio As described by Dale Rollerson |
September 2010 Karen Rao Whirls and Swirls Techniques for felting Carol Wiebe Paper Cuts Create an art book from paper quilts Angela Bentley Sculptured Stitch Layering techniques Lesley Irving Pagoda Pots Stacked containers make a 'Pagoda' Pauline Parker Neptune's Garden Soldered synthetics with a sea-shore theme Jenni Cadman Design for Movement Textured textile techniques Monica Morgan Knits 'n' Bits Textured knitting for embroiderers Melanie Testa 'Getting' the Bird Sampling and stitching Maggie Grey Chocs Away Using sweetie foil, wallpaper and tissue with an iconic theme Celebrity Interview Leslie Morgan |
December 2010 Nikki Parmenter Fantastic Flowers Floral Techniques with cellophane Maggie Grey Oiled and Despoiled Oiled and distressed paper techniques Lynn Horniblow Falling Free Free machinery techniques for a leafy bag Jan Messent The Rhythm of the Past Stitching with Jan Messent Helen Winthorpe Kendrick Weather and Landscape New canvas work techniques Liz Welch Plastic Spaghetti, Part 1 Friendly Plastic - but not as we know it Heather Kingsley-Heath Antique Albion Albion stitch bracelet Melanie Testa Conversational Prints Freezer Paper, Paint, Oh My! Kate Dowty In the Post Colourful quilting for postcards Celebrity Interview Deirdre Hawken |
March 2009 Anna Nowicki Rusting Up A Beginner's Guide to Rust Dyeing Sue Rangeley Rambles with Rouleaux Tubular Techniques Ken Smith Machine Embroidery Feather Stitch Maggie Grey Grungeboard - What on Earth - Part 2 Using a grungeboard stencil Jackie Langfeld Paper Warriors Carving Cardboard Anita Bruce Knit your own Plankton Create your own rules for textile life forms Terrie Hitchcock Bodies of Evidence Transforming by Stitch Celebrity Interview Olga Norris |
June 2009 Angie Hughes A Shimmering Wonderland Foiled again Lynda Monk Encrusted Blades Textures surfaces for vessels Maggie Grey The Failed Experiments Box Recycle scraps and disasters Ken Smith Machine Embroidery: Whip Stitch Whip Stitch Nikki Parmenter The New Trapunto Taxidermy without tears Ruby Lever Snappy Bag Handbag with magnetic fastening Janet Crowther Colourful Couched Geometry Pieced and patched bag A week in the life of Bogod & Company |
September 2009 Samantha Packer and Maggie Grey Cellophane Fun Trapping, stitching and heating Jae Maries Contrasting Elements Fresh inspiration for dynamic art textiles Carol McFee Rusty-crusty Vessel Lutradur and molding paste techniques Jackie Langfeld Patchwork Panels for Vessels Three dimensional card and stitch Julie Smith Where Does a Mermaid Carry her Purse? Stitch and burn for purses and bracelets Sue Dove Snipping and Sliding Collage for textiles Cyber Fyber Relived Maggie talks to Susan Lenz Celebrity Interview Jean Draper |
December 2009 Olga Norris Scrunch & Stitch Using paper in reverse appliqué Jan Beaney Soluble Solutions Layering Handstitching on Solusheet Trish Vickers Knit One, Embellish Too Knitting and the Embellisher Machine Greta Fitchett Holiday Magic Photo Patchwork Becky Vigor A Gift to Yourself Journal making - connecting with your environment Gina Ferrari Fruity Fabrics Recycling net bags Judy Fairless Evolon - the Soft Touch Part 2 - prints, beads and buttons Ruth Issett Printing to Dye For Working a quilted surface Lynn Horniblow Rings and Things Making a berry tassel Celebrity Interview Alison Mercer |
March 2008 Linda Bellinger Colour and Texture for Stitched Landscapes Acetate Printing Angela Bentley Textured Tiles Keeping an inspiration book Jackie Cardy Celtic Knotwork Cut-through Appliqué Maggie Grey Creative Stripping 2 Using Strips of Vanishing Muslin Hazel Credland Splitting the Image Using the Picture Tubes Tool in Paint Shop Pro Kim Thittichai Celestial Cellophane Creating a Heavenly Bowl using Heat Techniques Isobel Hall Terrific Teabags Wax & Paint Techniques Celebrity Interview Alysn Midgelow-Marsden |
June 2008 Lynda Monk Pinked, Puffed and Paned Create an Elizabethan Dressel Jean Littlejohn Luscious Lichen Design to Embellish Pauline Verrinder Down to the Wire Three-dimensional forms using wire Ken Smith The Chameleon Stitch How to work mossing Hilary Hollingworth That Darn Weave Using darning techniques Hazel Credland Splitting the Image - Part 2 Working with Layers in Paint Shop Pro Christine Benson Shades of Grey Images in Monochrome Celebrity Interview Sue Rangeley |
September 2008 Lynda Monk Slinky Secrets A Journal with a Difference Alison Poole The Cuff Machine and beading techniques for jewellery Wendy Cotterill An Elemental Blend Mixed media for textiles Ken Smith The Chameleon Stitch - Part 2 Variations on Basic Mossing Stitch Yvonne Brown Stone Story Solder, zap and stitch techniques Jennifer McFarlane Flower Power Working from a Floral Design Source Alysn Midgelow-Marsden La Belle Dame Print, Metal and a Lovely Lady Celebrity Interview Sue Dove |
December 2008 Lesley Irving Going Potty Decorative pots Samantha Packer Film Fantasy 3D effects with water-soluble film Carolyn Sinclair The creative embroidery machine Automatic Embroidery Ken Smith Machine Embroidery: Getting Heavy Bobbin Work Maggie Grey Grungeboard? What on Earth is That? Colour, texture and transform Wendy Cotterill Paper and Paint Mixed media for textiles (Part 2) Sheila Smith Felt Without Fuss Taking the effort out of feltmaking A Day in the Life of Art Van Go |