Christine Cunningham, Author At Mr X Stitch

Seasons of Life Quilt

Take on your next quilting feat with a champion quilt! From expert quilter Sandra L. Mollon, recreate the 'Seasons of Life' quilt, which is now a part of a permanent collection of the National Quilt...

Playful Free-Form Embroidery

Playful Free-Form Embroidery - Stitch Stories with Texture, Pattern and Color by Laura Wasilowski teaches you how to create bold and colourful narrative embroideries. Christine Cunningham reviews it...

Hand Embroidery – Timeless techniques for beginners and beyond

Hand Embroidery: Timeless Techniques for Beginners and Beyond is an expert guide to popular surface-stitching techniques, suitable for stitchers of all abilities!

The Sewing Room Sampler Quilt

The Sewing Room Sampler Quilt combines two of Yoko Saito's favourites: blocks featuring traditional quilting motifs, such as stars and houses, plus one-of-a-kind sewing-themed applique designs. You...

Cross Stitch Wildflowers and Grasses

Book Review - Hisako Nishisu invites you to try her new collection of Cross Stitch Wildflowers and Grasses, designs inspired by beauty and simplicity. There are over 30 stunning motifs to choose...

Valeria Faundez – Disposable Beauty

Today I am interviewing contemporary textile artist Valeria Faundez who's embroidery canvases are microwave food trays, domestic plastic bottles and kitchen utensils. Her still life exhibitions...

About the Author

Creating art from recycled materials using traditional methods (applique, patchwork, quilting) with a modern exploration into fabric manipulation and padded structure. Unusual materials include hair, plastic, rubber, metal, disintegrating fabrics and found objects. I source my treasures from carboot sales, charity shops and freecycle. Original poetry captures the essence of an experience, an emotional layering to which the viewer can relate on a personal level. I have two bodies of work. The Natural Collection explores abstract flower design and the seasons, religion, visions of India and Buddhism, childhood nostalgia and the seaside. The Womanhood Collection explores natural states of being including breast cancer, sexuality, the ageing process, anatomy, love, fragility and independence. I was inspired by my own experiences of breast cancer, both the physical brutality and fragility of living in the aftermath.