About Us

Art to Stitch welcomes members who wish to extend their skills and share their expertise in Art Textiles.

Our members all have different specialist skills and approaches to design and contemporary quilt making. Some approach the creative process from an art base others from an experiential perspective; each producing very different 2 and 3D textiles ranging from traditional quilts ro art textiles and wall art.

We are all self starters and self motivated but enjoy sharing our work, being inspired by each other and supporting our individual development.
The group seeks opportunities to exhibit their work.

Our members say they value participation in the group because it is:
Creative
Diverse
Experimental
Generous
Friendly
Innovative and
Provides a forum for talented creative textile artists to share ideas.

The group meets on the second Monday of every month in Kislingbury near Northampton.

For more details about the group or to discuss possible membership please contact Sarah Showers sjtreen@gmail.com (07837638228) or use the contact form below.

Saturday 30 June 2018

Amanda Hislop workshop requirements July 9th

The July 9th meeting is a workshop with Amanda Hislop with the title "Abstracted Land...."
Amanda says this day is: "A design workshop using drawn lines, colour washes, wax resist, collage and folding techniques to free up and create expressive compositions for development into stitch. Using the landscape as a starting point loose expressive mark making using a combination of drawn marks and torn collage work to create dynamic simplified compositions which can be fragmented using folding techniques to generate surprising abstract compositions."

Requirements:

  • Inspirational material relating to landscape
  • A sketchbook and drawing materials of choice including pens of various thiscknesses
  • A collection of brushes
  • Needles for hand stitch into paper (optional)
  • Scissors
  • Thin plastic, clear or white without writing to cover tables
  • Cheap baby wipes for cleaning up
  • Apron, overall, plastic gloves if wanted
  • A hairdryer
Papers, threads and art materials and resources for student use will be supplies at cost of £5. Do bring any papers and materials you may have to add to the collection available.
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