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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)

Thursday, 7 July 2016

City & Guild Grad Show 2016 - so proud of my girls

The Creative Stitch Suffolk Graduate Show took place in Wickham Market in the last weekend in June with lots of lovely work on show by students completing courses in Patchwork and Quilting and Machine Embroidery. Here are some pics of the Final Quilts produced by my graduating students. Lots of hours (some of them in the middle of the night) blood, sweat and tears but it all came together.

Anna Woodhead - inspired by the four elements. All fabrics are dyed or discharged

Dawn Bowen - inspired by church tiles and using all naturally dyed fabrics. Dawn was the winner of best Patchwork and Quilting student

Diane Tompkins - clam shells goes large using all hand dyed fabrics

Gillian Celliers - a student based in South Africa. Commercial batik fabrics.

Jean Heath - inspired by Japanese Boro. All hand stitched.

Pam Garland - a colour code quilt from original design work on shape. Dyed silk. 

Sian Nunn - a quilt to promote her quilt frame business - watch out for it at a show near you 

Sue O'Riordan - inspired by a window in York Minster. All fabric is dyed, printed or discharged. Sue's work has been selected for the City & guilds Gallery at Festival of Quilts 2016

Teresa Harvey - a lovely textured piece using naturally dyed fabric with lots of hand stitching

Tree Martin - inspired by Iron Bridge. All dyed, printed or discharged fabrics. Tree's work has been selected for the City & Guilds Gallery at the Festival of Quilts 2016
The City & Guilds courses starting in Sept 2016 are now FULL but you can still sign up as a distance learning student. For more information go to www.creativestitchsuffolk.co.uk
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