Like Marmite

Suffolk Puffs can be a bit like marmite.......love them or hate them. 

When we explore fabric manipulation on the Advanced Stitched Textiles course there is always a groan when I mention Suffolk Puffs. This year I set the puff challenge to make at least one! It then became something of a running joke with puffs popping up all over the place and using lots of different media. 

Several students have used Suffolk puffs in their stitched assessments which will be exhibited at the Graduate Show this weekend 22nd and 23rd July 2023.

So please come along and 'Spot the Puff' 

 

Creative Stitch Graduate Show 2023 digital printing

One of the teaching sessions on the Advanced Stitched Textiles looks at using IT for design and the possibilities of having your own fabric printed.

Several students have taken up this idea and run with it in various ways.

Anne Shaw has used this technique to great effect for her final assessment showing the development of a design inspired by her grandson in lots of different ways.

Helen Ross has used digital printing in a very different way taking an image of a previousy stitched garment and added further stitch. This is a small detail from a 3D installation

Jess Kanssen has first used another application to produce a repeated design and had this digitally printed.

This technique is a way to design and made completely origianl fabric

Come along to the Graduate Show at Needham Market Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market, IP6 8BB on Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd July 2023 to see the final results

Student Maker Sales at the Creative Stitch Graduate Show 2023

 

Coiled bowls by Jenny Lam

Graduating Students are given the opportunity to offer quality hand made items for sale at the Graduate Show showcasing some of the many skills learned on courses.

Expect to see a range of mounted and framed textile works, cards, scarves, bookmarks and cards with prices from £3 upwards

Credit card payment welcome

Work by Nicola Whayman

The Graduate Show opens on Sat 22nd July 2023 at 10am

Needham Market Community Centre IP6 8BB

Creative Textiles Studio at Festival of Quilts

Looking forward to returning to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC Birmingham from 3rd - 6th August 2023

I will have my usual Quilting In Action Stand QIA10 

 

I will also be giving a talk 'Looking for Inspiration' at Saturday 5th August at 10am. Tickets can be booked in advance https://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/exhibitors/mary-mcintosh/ or on the day. One of the peices I will be discussing is the inspiration and development of this pojagi jacket

Plus I will be demonstrating in the https://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/creative-textiles-studio/

using the Putting on the Glitz technique with velvet, paints, sheers, transfoils and glitter films. Come along and watch on Sat 5th from 1.30pm until 5.30 and again on Sunday 6th 1.30 - 4.30

There will be 'Putting on the Glitz' packs for sale with eveything you need to create your own piece

Student Demonstrations at Creative Stitch Graduate Show

 

There will be a series of demonstrations by students at the Creative Stitch Graduate Show this year. These will last around 45 minutes and some will have packs of materials available so that visitors can have a go too.

Saturday 22nd July Programme

Layering a complex cloth by Ashley Jane Moore

11am Nicola Whayman

Mini Landscapes

12noon  Helen Ross

Boro and Beyond

1pm Ashley Jane Moore

Layering a complex cloth

Sunday 23rd Programme

Boro and Beyond by Helen Ross

   11am Judith Mann

   Suffolk Puffs

   12 noon Elaine Aston

   The art of Momigami

   1pm Sue Welch

   Hand embroidered bookmarks

   

2pm  Jess Kansen

Angelina Jolly!

New for the 2023 Creative Stitch Graduate Show

 

For the first time at this Graduate Show each one of our Advanced Stitched Textiles studetns have made a short video explaining the inspiration and background story to their Fantasy Costume Assessments.

These videos, posted on to the Creative Stitch YouTube channel, can be accessed via a QR code displayed alongside the Fantasy Costumes.

As a flavour here is the QR code for jacket made by Helen Ross.

To see all 10 completed costumes, all very different, please come along to our Graduate Show.

Venue: Needham Market Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market, Suffolk IP6 8BB

Date: Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd July 2023. 10am - 4pm

  

Fast approaching......Creative Stitch Graduate Show 2023

 

Work by Jenny Lam (detail)

Only two weeks to go until the Creative Stitch Graduate Show. Most of my Advanced Stitched Textiles Course students have finished but a few are still frantically stitching to complete their final assessments.

The range of work, as always, is diverse from stitched books of complex cloths, framed works, wallhangings, 3D pieces, fantasy costumes and an ambitious final assessment which can take any form. 

We will have some some highly creative and innovative work on show alongside the design work and research which inpired the stitched items. 

Work by Nicola Whayman (detail)

New for this year students have embraced technology and created short videos telling the stories behind their fantasy costumes liked to QR codes

There will be work on show by 11 Advanced Stitched Textiles students plus 17 students who have completed the Creative Stitched Textiles Courses in Ipswich and Risby with tutor Diane Tompkins

The Graduate Show will take place at Needham Market Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market, Suffolk IP6 8BB on Sat 22nd and Sunday 23rd July 2023. 10am - 4pm each day

Entry is £4

Traders: The Cosy Cabin, Mellymade Designs, Sandra Beech and our own Students Makers stall

Work by Elaine Aston (detail)

There will also be a programme of demonstrations by students showcasing techniques used for their assessment work. These are free of charge but there may be a small fee for materials

And our usual secondhand sales table of fabrics, threads, books, magazines etc

Finally our ever popular tombola

WI homemade refreshments too