To be in England in the Spring

Following a busy time exhibiting in 'Found', with Art Textiles:Made in Britain at the Festival of Quilts last week I was delighted to have taken part in a live interview with Fibre Art Takes Two. We talk about the Festival of Quilts, my new book Embroidering the Everyday (Batsford) and my online course with Fibre Arts Take Two, Making Connections (enrolments are now open) See the full interview here on Youtube

Visitors at 'Found' Art Textiles Made in Britain. This exhibtion moves on to Queen Street Gallery, Neath in October. 

Panni Kekkava Rose and Wagtail with Shadows. 

I also exhibited in For the Love of Gaia  sponsored by Luana Rubin of E Quilters  at Festival. You can see more pieces in the short virtual tour and webinar by the  International Quilt Museum, Nebraska. Featured is my piece, The Downs, Wind Torn alongside Betty Busby's Fire in the Sky. The event was superbly organised. 

Detailed below are a few other pieces that caught my eye as I snatched the odd moment.

Sian Martin

Shelley Rhodes

 Alice Fox

Mary Sleigh

Above :The Textiles Study Group exhibition Insights

Amanda Cavour: Floating Garden

Daniel Fountain Faggoting

Above from the Janome  Fine Arts Textiles Award 2020. You can see all pieces here.

Mixed media textile artist, Woo Jin Joo, the 2021 winner of The Janome Fine Art Textiles Award for her work, 虎死留皮，人死留名。(translation: ‘When a tiger dies, it leaves behind its skin. When a man dies, he leaves behind this name.’)

From the Collection of the International Quilt Museum, Nebraska

Seen in the Quilter's Guild Collection

and finally, from my workshops

It was wonderful to celebrate textile creativity with the Festival of Quilts at the NEC.