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The season's big event was Textiles 21 The World of Embroidery's international exhibition held at the Voirrey Embroidery Centre in the Wirral. Left: Holding on and Letting Go by Freda Brierley |
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In Take
a Letter, Editor Maggie Grey comes up with a project for sewing/embroidery
machines and software based on a motif supplied by Intarsia Arts and downloadable from this site. See the full text and some illustrations online. |
Alison King continues the debate on embroidery - art or craft, in her article
The
Wilderness Factor and provides images of her triptychs.
See the full text and some illustrations online.
Sue Harrison has a strong feeling for environmental issues and community art.
In her article Rain
Forest Warrior, she describes her use of the
environment as a work space and a gallery.
Dr David Heathcote talks about tradition and fashion among the Hausa people
of Nigeria
in his article Out
of Africa.
Barbara Lee Smith from Chicago, USA, is featured in the Gallery.
Her inclusion in the Embroiderers' Guild's Art of the Stitch exhibition
was received with
great enthusiasm.
Our Product
Review feature includes extensive comment on the new
Husqvarna/Viking Designer 1 sewing machine.
Plus many more articles, news and reviews of books, exhibitions and more products
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