If you love everything textiles then you’re going to love our blog. With a different focus each time we aim to bring you the latest news and information from the world of textiles as well as updates about our textiles courses, tutors, graduates and from the artists that we love.
Karen Nicol is a celebrated London-based textile artist whose artistry spans the worlds of fashion, interiors, and fine art. With over fifty years in the industry, Karen has established herself as a pioneer in embroidery and mixed media, blending both modern and traditional techniques. Using an array of embellishment techniques
Elena Beimborn’s journey through our Textiles Skill Stage 3 Course is one of perseverance, passion, and creative growth. Drawn to the course for its wide array of techniques and its online flexibility, Elena embraced the opportunity to explore new skills while navigating personal challenges. Her motivation to engage with textiles
If you’ve ever felt the need to rekindle your creative spark or push the boundaries of your craft, then Lucy Brown’s experience of studying with the us might just resonate with you. After years of focusing on her role as a teacher, she realised it was time to make something
Chloe Savage is a master embroiderer, textile artist, and educator based in Bristol. She stands as a luminary in the realm of embroidery, earning her esteemed reputation through an unwavering commitment to her craft and an exceptional mastery of the delicate art form. Renowned for her meticulous attention to detail
We recently caught up with Textile Artist Allan Brown on our Podcast – Textile Talk. Following his wife’s death, he spent seven years making a dress entirely from locally foraged stinging nettles: A process he describes as ‘transformational’. His journey and process of creating the dress and its personal importance
At the School of Stitched Textiles we’ve been known to embroider on the beach and crochet in the garden. Whatever you’re planning this summer, it’ll probably include some textile crafting! Right? Whether you’re a looking for a portable project to take on the plane, learn a new craft or want
Australian-born Textile Artist, India Flint, is renown for her ability to weave nature’s tapestry into her creations, allowing the delicate beauty of the natural world to permeate her work. With a captivating style that combines eco-dyeing, botanical alchemy, and slow stitching, Flint has established herself as a pioneer of environmentally
We’re thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership. We’re partnering with one of our Stitch Directory suppliers, the amazing, The Fabric Fox to provide exclusive offers and benefits to our subscribers and students. So, to kick things off we wanted to share a little bit about this brilliant, blossoming business and let
Before completing our Skill Stage 3 Patchwork and Quilting course, Giuseppina Aleo was a self-taught, self professed ‘beginner’. She wanted to complete our course to gain enough confidence to share her quilted creations with other quilters. Giuseppina tell us that she has learnt so much. She has grown in confidence, had one
Juliet West enrolled with us back in February 2021. She chose to study our Skill Stage 3 Textiles course because she wanted to study machine embroidery and patchwork & quilting. For Juliet, our textiles course was an ideal choice as it combines the two. Having completed her course Juliet was
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