A hardcover bible, dressed as linen with its own jacket. It is filled full of colour illustrations, both full view and close up in style. In size, it is a giant, at 34cm x 25.5cm. Textiles of India will soon become your when-cannot-travel companion, a publication to get lost in and discover a wealth of culture and history. From silks, embroideries to exciting finds in temples.
Christine Cunningham is a columnist here on Mr X Stitch. She is a practicing artist, often using personal experiences and feminine themes to create unique pieces of bright textile art. In this Ailist, we discover more about her work, the woman behind the column ‘Beneath the folds’.
Ailish Henderson shares her portfolio of textile workshops and explains the techniques you can learn. From hand stitch to bonded fabrics, Ailish teaches a range of subjects and you can learn about them here!
Ailish Henderson shares her experiences of setting up textile art exhibitions so that you can avoid common mistakes,
Karen Suzuki is a practicing textile artist, currently working in Glasgow, Scotland. Originally she trained as a ceramicist before experiencing textiles. We see how skills can be merged together as her work has a sculptural tone and is often inspired by pottery sources such as Staffordshire sculptures. She works with hand embroidery to create her creatures, which are mostly stuffed and set as 3D pieces rather than flat works. Her work has been featured in the Batsford published book ‘Be creative with textile art’.
Ailish Henderson is editor of Mr X Stitch. This post reveals more about her work as an artist and teacher, as well as designer, printing her own range of scarves and soon interior design items.
Stitched collage is when the technique of mixing and matching a wide range of materials into a composition, widely known as collage is mixed with the technique of stitching. Paper based materials as well as fabrics are brought together to create one singular piece. Find out more in this article!
The Liberty Book of Simple Sewing by Christine Leech and Lucinda Ganderton At Mr X Stitch we love to review textile art and embroidery books
Criss-Crossing Paris by Fiona Sinclair and Sally-Anne Hayes is a cross stitched love letter to one of the most romantic cities in the world.
Ribbonwork Book Review Ribbon Work Embroidery by Sophie Long Introduction Ribbonwork? What’s that? Isn’t it something traditional, or dare I say it, boring? To be
Introduction We first reviewed this book in 2019, but its so relevant for so many of us, we wanted to bring it to your attention
Recently I got the chance to hop across to Tiburg, Netherlands to visit The Textile Museum in the city to discover some awesome work. Historically Tilburg was well known within the Textile world, thus this museum gets some awesome exhibitions as well as long running ones. TextielMuseum, draws a great many people. Textile art has played an important part in the history of the city, and you can learn all about it at the museum. There are exhibitions taking in both the past and the present of the textile industry.
