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Clicking on a letter below will take you straight to the names listed under that letter. Otherwise you can scroll down the list. The listing is by first name, rather than surname.
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Alicia Merrett
www.aliciamerrett.co.uk Colour is my passion and my quilts reflect this; my inspiration comes from subjects such as the natural and urban environments, literature and history. More recently I rediscovered the fascination of maps, which I believe to be an ancient and important part of mankind’s need to interpret and understand the world. So currently I am working on a series on quilted maps, some based in reality, and some imaginary. |
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Amelia Leigh
www.amelialeightextiles.co.uk www.ThermofaxPrinting.co.uk Ready- and custom-made thermofaxes, replacement mesh, textile inks, squeegees and books. |
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Ann Fleeton
www.annfleeton.com Ann Fleeton is a textile artist from Dublin, Ireland. Her training as a geologist and her study of art history influence both the colour and texture of her work. She teaches dyeing, fabric painting, machine embroidery and patchwork in Ireland, the UK, Germany and Switzerland and lectures regularly. |
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Barbara Howell
www.barbarahowell.co.uk I see myself as an embroiderer who makes quilts and as a designer craftsperson. I have been a member of the Quilters Guild for thirty years and of the Embroiderers' Guild for over thirty-five years. I have learned so much from attending meetings and workshops and sharing with like-minded people. I make many kinds of quilts but there are certain subject areas that recur - like floors, rugs and roses and details like the way I use fringes and borders and piping. Another strand is my use of heavily embroidered or manipulated fabrics and my hand dyed materials. I also like to use a great variety of techniques in the same piece. Recently much more of my work can properly be seen as embroidery and is often better presented as panels than as wall hangings. I have contributed to several magazines and wrote a book about using Celtic sources of inspiration. I have had a number of one person exhibitions as well as contributing to group shows. I have travelled all over the U.K. to share my enthusiasm and experience in talks and workshops and I really do enjoy the chance to do a ‘one person show and tell’ and to encourage people to try something new. |
Hashad
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Barbara Weeks
www.barbaraweeks.com Creating colour on cloth is the basis of Barbara's quilts, which feature painted silk and textured felt, inspired by the Coral triangle of the Pacific and other locations nearer to home. Barbara tutors City & Guilds stitched textiles courses at Missenden Abbey and Studio 39. |
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Cath Stonard
www.cathstonardtextile.com Colour, texture and pattern excite me, and the tactile quality of fabric and thread provide the means by which I can express my creativity. I also enjoy experimenting with different materials, and have painted, printed, dyed and distressed to produce unique results. |
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Cynthia McNair, (Ontario Canada)
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Dee Nicholson
www.deenicolson.com I live in the Normandy countryside and much of my work is based on the trees, shrubs and flowers surrounding my home. Every day is different and I find this a constant source of inspiration |
Ashe Healing Tree
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Dorothy Russell
www.dotrussell.co.uk I am a Quilt Artist living on Anglesey, North Wales. The arguments proposing Quilting as Craft, Art or the quintessential confluence of both, will always flourish. Textiles have been the love of my life since I was a child. I now teach Patchwork and Quilting. |
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Effie Galletly
www.effiegalletly.co.uk I love the challenge of taking traditional methods to the extreme. I work using template making and piecing to interpret landscape and my particular interest is in the many land and structural forms of the Western Isles and Western Highlands of Scotland. |
Callanish Stones 6
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Frieda Oxenham
www.picturetrail.com/friedaquilter I am a quilt artist living in the Scottish Borders. My work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and won many awards. Although I mainly work in fabric I have recently entered the world of Artist Trading Cards, Mixed Media etc. and enjoying every minute of it! |
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Gillian Travis
www.gilliantravis.co.uk I am a textile artist based in a small village in the South Pennines near Halifax. I have a studio near my home that I have developed to accommodate creative textile classes. I specialise in print, paint, felt and machine stitch. Talks and workshops |
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Greta Fitchett
www.heatherleadesign.com Greta Fitchett - I use many techniques in my stitched textiles, usually combining several in one piece. These skills are based on traditional techniques, but developed into contemporary styles and often worked by machine. |
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Hazel Williams
www.cottoncocktails.co.uk I was drawn to the colour, pattern and texture of quilts about 15 years ago and soon I was hooked! I now make quilts in both traditional and contemporary style, usually in bright fabrics, some of which I hand dye. I teach classes and workshops near my home in Yorkshire. |
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Helen Conway
www.helenconwaydesign.com In 2006 I discovered quilting and since then have become bewitched with all things textile related. However it is the design process which has capitvated me more than one method of production. I am still learning - but what I discover I would like to share. |
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Helen Cowans
www.helencowans.co.uk The colourful, contemporary textile art of Helen Cowans ranges from 3D structures to large wall hangings and reflects a love of many hand and machine embroidery techniques that are often combined with mixed media. |
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Helen Howes
www.helenhowestextiles.co.uk I make artworks in textiles and mixed media. Pieces range from large‐scale wall hangings to smaller works, functional but unique wearable items, and cloth‐bound books, see also http://raindropkites.co.uk |
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Hilary Beattie
http://www.hilarybeattie.co.uk/ I work mainly in fabric and collage. I take my inspiration from the world I see around me and try to capture some of the wonder I feel in my pieces. |
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Irene MacWilliam
www.macwilliam.f9.co.uk Irene uses a lot of free machining and other decorative techniques. Many pieces incorporate text, often almost hidden. |
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Jane Andreoli
www.ejatextileart.co.uk/ My textile pictures are all layered with organza or sheer silk which is the nearest thing I can find to using layers of light. I enjoy the shimmer and the way in which the colours beneath can be modified, sharpened or softened. |
Remembering Summer
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Jane Glennie
www.janeglennie.co.uk www.makesomethingofit.co.uk I am particularly inspired by recycled materials and want to inspire others to develop their creativity with the freedom that comes from using recycled fabrics. I explore a variety of textile techniques in my work and look to combine them in innovative ways. Being trained as a typographer means the use of text is often not far away in my textiles work. As a designer, I work with other artists and groups on their graphic design, for example, flyers or catalogues, and also for websites. Talks and Workshops. Graphic design, books & catalogues. Web design. |
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Janet McCallum
www.janetmccallumdesign.co.uk I am a graphic designer and textile artist living in north Dorset. I love colour and texture and collect photos of patterns in nature to use in my work. They are a constant source of inspiration. |
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Janet Twinn
www.janettwinn.co.uk I am at heart a painter, but one who chooses to express herself in fabric through dye, paint and stitch. |
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Joanna O'Neill
www.joanna-oneill.com Joanna is an author, textile artist and quilt judge, and gives talks to interested groups on a range of topics from discharge techniques to stitching on felt. |
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Jennie Wood
www.jenniewoodesigns.com/ Creative design and experimentation with textiles and mixed media. Based in the tradition of patchwork and quilting my work has developed through the design and making of contemporary quilts - diverse in theme, size and technique. |
Silent Past, Futrue Fear
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Judith Barker
www.judithbarkerquiltart.co.uk |
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Judy Fairless
www.judyfairless.co.uk/ I enjoy challenging myself to work with unusual fabrics and recent quilts have employed either chamois leather, Evolon, plastic or paper. I give talks about my work and teach workshops for groups. |
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Kate Crossley
www.katecrossley.com Kate works in a wide variety of mixed media and fabrics to create sumptuous and visually arresting works that are invariably thought provoking as well as being sensory delights. Her work has attracted critical acclaim in Britain, on the continent and in America as her highly original and often quirky pieces have been praised for both their ideas and the exceptional craftsmanship that goes into even the smallest work. |
Kate's Book of Uncommon Prayer
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Kate Dowty
www.katedowty.com I work with fabric and thread to create quilted wallhangings. Some pieces are very simple, others are heavily embellished; some are inspired by the world around me, while for others the cloth itself provides inspiration. All are colourful. I particularly enjoy the textural effects that result from adding stitch to pieced cloth. I enjoy experimenting with dyeing and painting fabric which is then incorporated into my work. The beautiful region I live in provides an ongoing source of themes to be recreated in fabric and stitch: the spectacular cliffs on our World Heritage Jurassic Coast, the ever changing ocean and the patchwork of small fields and pastureland all offer daily inspiration. |
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Kate Findlay
http://art.findlays.net/bin/view/Main/KatesWork Contemporary and experimental sum up Kate's work. She is quite happy to incorporate unusual materials in her textiles to create a specific effect. Currently, Kate is interested in creating an illusion of depth in her work. |
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Kathryn (k3n) Chambershttp://www.theartofquilting.co.uk
My interest in patchwork and quilting began in childhood when my mother - a keen dressmaker - gave me her scraps to play with. I moved to the West Country from France (where I lived for 6 years) in 2010, and I now exhibit, teach workshops and give talks about my work. I love the use of colour, value and mathematical structures to create optical illusions with fabric but my abiding passion is freehand machine quilting - I love changing the colour and texture of the fabric surface with stitch |
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Lesley Brankin
www.lesleybrankinquilts.com Lesley Brankin is a freelance needlecraft designer living and working in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK. She draws much of her inspiration for her design work from five main sources – her family, nature, architecture, historical artefacts and ethnic cultures, but readily turns her hand to most subjects and always enjoys a challenge! |
Painted Houses
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Linda Bilsborrow
www.lindabilsborrow.co.uk
Linda is driven by colour and the interaction of shapes so quilting is an obvious choice for her. She enjoys the process of combining traditional techniques with surface design and machine quilting to produce her work. |
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Linda Seward
www.lindaseward.com/ Linda Seward has been a quilter and writer for many years. She has written 12 quilting books, including The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting and Appliqué and Country Quilts (Mitchell Beazley Publishers), and has been a contributing writer and designer for several British and American magazines. Linda has judged many quilt shows, both nationally and internationally. She lives in London with her husband and three children. |
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Liz Brooke-Ward
www.lizbrookeward.com Liz Brooke Ward is a contemporary stitched textile artist living in Gloucestershire whose work is informed by the natural world, the landscape and literature. Liz gives talks about her work and inspiration and makes pieces for exhibitions and commissions. |
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Liz Drake
www.oldfashionedstuff.co.uk Liz is a dealer in Antique Costume and Textiles and all the paraphernalia that go with it! I have been following this occupation for 25 years and many beautiful things have passed through my hands during this time. |
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Lois Bellew
www.loisbellewtextiles.weebly.com My work is inspired by issues that touch me personally, currently environmental pollution and the serious issue of plastic residue in our ecosystem. My own emotional response and my art textile experience equips me to illustrate many issues in this area that may otherwise be unknown by the majority. Using photographic and sketchbook studies I use stitch and mixed media to produce 2D and 3D work with texture and colour; great importance is held to the use of reclaimed or found objects in the work where appropriate. |
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Maggi Birchenough
www.maggi21handdyes.com I have had had a passion for fabric and threads since I was a small child. During my quilting journey I discovered the joy of dyeing my own fabric and threads and have been using little else for the last 20 years. Adding further surface design to the dyed cloth often informs and inspires my work. Embroidery, however, still retains its allure for me and often it is the unpredictable variegation of the hand dyed threads that adds interest to a piece. Fabrics and threads are for sale on this site. |
Love-in-a-Mist
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Margaret Harris
www.margaretharris.co.uk Having trained to use traditional art techniques for recording and mark making, I have now extended my media and use many textile techniques, as well as computers. I enjoy developing machine embroidery designs and more recently designing using the embellisher. |
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Margaret Ramsay
www.magsramsay.co.uk/ I use watercolour sketches and photographs made on travels around the world and closer to home as the source of inspiration for mixed media quilts. |
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Melinda Schwakhofer
www.melindaschwakhofer.com I have been an artist all of my life and have been working with fibre since 1997. I love the colour and tactile sensuality of fibres and textiles. The process of gathering and stitching together various materials is a metaphor for gathering and piecing together my life experiences. |
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Molly Bullick
www.mollybullick.co.uk Visits to India since 1998 led to the textile world, which now absorbs her totally. Workshops with Joan Schulze, Yoshiko Wada and Dorothy Caldwell introduced Art Quilts. A recent meeting with the Pojagi master Chunghie Lee has consolidated the wish to work with textile and fibre. |
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Nava Young
www.standrewsventnor.com/nava.html I love working with textiles, being creative and giving talks and running workshops. Wish we had more hours in the day to enjoy this hobby! Talks and Workshops |
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Pat Ashton-Smith
http://patashton-smith.co.uk I am a textile artist living in the beautiful Allendale Valley in Northumberland. Originally an embroiderer I now use a wide variety of hand and machine techniques, combining different materials and textures to produce tactile pieces. With 17 years experience of teaching and lecturing to a wide variety of groups, I also give regular workshops and enjoy enabling my learners to explore both new and traditional techniques. |
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Philippa Naylor
www.philippanaylor.com/index.html Born in Yorkshire, England, Philippa discovered a love of sewing and knitting as a child. After training to be a clothing designer she worked in industry for five years designing lingerie for Courtaulds Clothing. After this she moved to Dhahran Saudi Arabia with her husband Peter. A chance meeting, in Saudi Arabia, in 1996 led to a short quilting course, after which clothing became less interesting and quilting an all-consuming passion. Philippa combines her technical expertise and designer training to produce intricately pieced, applique or whole-cloth quilts which are heavily machine quilted often utilising trapunto. In 2004, Philippa returned to Yokshire and is enjoying the opportunity to teach more widely when she’s not working in her studio or outside digging in her garden and on her allotment. |
Lime Light - detail
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Pippa Wardman
http://pippawardman.weebly.com/index.html Pippa enjoys quilting and is keen to encourage Young Quilters and those who help them. |
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Rebecca Ball
www.curiousthings.co.uk Welcome to my world of stitch, paper and textiles - hope you enjoy looking. |
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Sabi Westoby
www.sabiwestoby.com I hope you enjoy exploring the galleries of my work showing recent pieces and some older ones which illustrate the transition from quilt maker to mixed media artist. |
Landscape #1
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Sandra Meech
www.sandrameech.com Sandra Meech is an artist, author and teacher in stitched textiles and art quilts, originally from Canada but now permanently in the UK. My interests are design, composition, collage and surfaces for art quilts and I teach and exhibit internationally. |
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Sandy Snowden
www.sandysnowden.com I have always enjoyed sewing, and through the years have found joy in many different aspects of the sewing disciplines. For the last few years I have been expanding my creative endeavours to include textile art. |
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Stephanie Redfern
www.sredtextiles.co.uk/ I enjoy making mixed media hand and machine stitched textiles. I paint and print my own fabric and most of my work is based upon the natural world. |
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Sue Hotchkis
www.suehotchkis.com I am a Textile Artist who is drawn to surface and colour. I create one off abstract pieces using dye, print and stitch. |
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Tiggy Rawling
www.tiggyrawling.com
I am a textile artist living in beautiful Dorset on the south coast of England. I love stitching , dyeing and generally making a creative mess. My frequent travels to India influence my work. Along the way I have been lucky enough to spend time with stitchers and dyers who didn't mind me asking them lots of questions! Gives Talks and Workshops |
Indian Slippers
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Tracey Pereira
www.teepeequilts.co.uk Hello … my name is Tracey and I like to sew! Sewing is a huge part of my life and always has been. In fact if I don’t stitch … I’m not happy! |
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