Textiles projects

Gordano Textile Artists, from the Bristol area of the UK, is a group of 13 who have been meeting and...

I am a textile artist based in North Lancashire, UK. I create three-dimensional embroidered artwork inspired by flowers, insects and historical artefacts.

Read this if you want to try making your own textile butterflies! I describe my own attempts, tutorials I found, and some tips I learned along the way.

As I scrolled through Instagram on my phone while I had breakfast (we all do that, right?) I saw that @berry_birdy had put out a fun new challenge. Each May, Lesley hosts the Micro Mini Stitch Along #microminisal where we get to play and create little quilts, no bigger than 8" square. The challenge set yesterday was called "Treasure from Trash". We were to use only scraps that were in our bin. Fun! As my sewing room bin was emptied the day before for bin night, I had quite limited scraps…

If you’ve been following our Inspirational Artists series you’ll know how this works. In a bid to inspire and delight we've trawled the web and social media platforms like Instagram to share with some great artists and makers. And we have some truly groundbreaking, innovative and breathtaking work t

Smaller textile artworks. Available framed and mounted.

My obsession with corals has gone further, and I'm now creating more 3D forms. Read about the journey so far. Lots of new techniques too!

A beautiful use for all those scraps: raw edge applique with different stitch ideas for attaching each leaf.

In recent years many groups fell under attack. Personally impacted, I made this quilt to express how I felt. I called it "Hateism."