Todays Future Heirlooms Interview is with Maggy Rozycki Hiltner. Maggie uses nostalgic figures and imagery to make some playful but poignant remarks about childhood, gender, expectations, friendships, sex, and love. Read on for more!
Decorative stitches are a great way to add your own spin to a needlepoint canvas, stretching your creative legs and making it uniquely yours.
Record, Map & Capture by Jordan Cunliffe proves that presenting data through textile visualisation is a beautiful way of recording your experiences.
Andrea Dezsö is a mixed media artist from New York whose work includes illustration, paper cutting, ceramics, mosaic more. Her 2006 series, Lessons from my
This quick guide will give you everything you need to know to get started, including needlepoint finishing ideas, a list of trusted needlepoint finishers, and where you can find tutorials showing how to finish your completed canvases yourself.
We feature the work of Patricia Brown a textile artist who is inspired by fine art and her painting background. She uses her own pre loved clothing and paint rags as a canvas to stitch upon. She is inspired by boro as a technique.
Stitching can often feel like a very solitary pursuit; and don’t get me wrong, the relaxing mindfulness it brings is blissful but sometimes a bit of company can bring with it its own benefits.
Keith Clark’s Gil Scott Heron cross stitch pattern is part of XStitch Issue 1 – Revolution! Get it today!
Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith is an important explanation of the power of deliberate slowness in your creativity. It covers several themes, including repairing with stitch, the cultural context of stitch and the value of considered reflective practice.
Maria Diaz’s Crewel Tattoo cross stitch pattern is part of XStitch Issue 1 – Revolution! Get it today!
Get Emily Peacock’s It All Begins Here design in Issue 1 of XStitch Magazine!
Whether you’re a seasoned needlepointer working on your latest canvas or a new needlepointer working on your first, you may find yourself wishing you had