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Sudbury, Suffolk, United Kingdom
I am a textile artist living on the Suffolk Essex border. I am a member of the Out of the Fold Textile Group and East Anglian Stitched Textiles (EAST) I am the Principal Tutor for Creative Stitch which offers courses in Creative Patchwork and Quilting and Creative Stitch Textiles. I teach each year at the Knitting & Stitching Shows and Festival of Quilts. I also offer workshops and talks to groups throughout the UK in person and via zoom. I am also a member of the QGBI and the specialist Contemporary Quilt Group and STARS (formerly Suffolk West Embroiderers Guild)

Saturday, 31 May 2025

Reflections - work in progress

For the Out of the Fold 'Reflections' exhibition planned for September 2025 all twelve members are making a small 10 inch piece of work which we plan to display together at the exhibition but also make up the images into a calendar.


My chosen inspiration for 'Reflections' is the Tennyson poem "The Lady of Shalott" and it's most famous line "The mirror crack'd from side to side"





The phrase was used by Agatha Christie for one of her crime novels and in the name of background research I have been reading it for further inspiration. Published in 1962 (before I was born) it has had many editions and different covers fro which I can also take inspiration. Just have to be really careful with copyright!


We have aken on the ambitious challenge to make a large piece each measuring 16" x 60" on the theme of 'Relections' 

Watch this space to see how this progresses.......












 


 

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