Exhibitors 2019

All Directions

Our exhibition shows work completed by ‘All Directions’ a creative stitched textiles group who meet fortnightly in Lichfield to learn and explore new techniques to incorporate into their own work.  If you would like to know more about the group, then please contact the tutor Jane Lockley.

Jane@fairwayss.co.uk

Cathedral Windows – New View

Vendulka & Olivier Battais

Vendulka uses a machine pieced method when creating her Cathedral Windows creations.  Her different approach allows her to achieve a better contrast of colours and a more striking look.  On display will be cushions, hangings as well as quilts.

www.oliven.co.uk

Carole Holme

All Things Gold and Beautiful

‘All things GOLD and beautiful’ showcases an eclectic mix of work by members of Carole’s Goldwork group, which meets at Ticknall in Derbyshire and celebrates their skills and expertise.  Stumpwork, Silk Shading and other hand embroidery techniques are often combined with Goldwork as group members enthusiastically extend their range of skills and techniques.  Carole’s aim is to inspire and promote hand embroidery techniques through teaching, demonstrating and exhibiting.

www.caroleholme.co.uk

Cathy Reavy

Threads Workshops

Cathy runs a broad range of hand embroidery workshops in the beautiful Peak District village of Alstonefield near Ashbourne.  Gaining inspiration from her travels around the world, Cathy develops her own designs, which she teaches others to re-create on her workshops using traditional techniques.

www.threadsworkshops.co.uk

Cinnabar

Four Go North

A land of castles, forests, hills, vast sandy beaches and dark star lit skies – Northumberland, a truly inspirational place.  Cinnabar: Judith Burnett, Liz Duck, Francine Wilkins, Julie Williams.

Judith.g.burnett@gmail.com

Crazy Mary Crafts

Crazy Mary Crafts provides textile workshops and residential stitching weekends; plus school projects and community based textile art.  Many of Mary’s projects are also available as kits to complete at home.

www.crazymarycrafts.co.uk

Crumbs & Mile-A-Minute

Don’t throw away your precious scraps – no matter how small they are, they have value and can be used to make up colourful scrappy blocks and then made into fabulous projects.  Pop along for inspiration and top tips.

Angiequilts.blogspot.com

Eclectica

A Pop of Purple

Eclectica is ten textile artists brought together by a love of fabric and stitch each bringing a personal approach of subject, technique and materials for truly eclectic mix of finished pieces.

wwww.eclecticatextileartists.co.uk 

Embroiderers’ Guild

The Embroiderers’ Guild welcomes everybody with an interest in any area of embroidery.  If you are learning to stitch, professional or simply appreciate fabric and thread you can find a branch nearby to join.

www.embroiderersguild.com

Guild of Silk Painters

An Introduction to the excitement of Silk Painting

The Guild of Silk Painters is a non-profit organisation who meet where and whenever possible to share knowledge and promote the art of silk painting in all its many guises.

www.silkpainters-guild.co.uk

Inspirational Women

Veldulka & Olivier Battais

Inspirational Woman is an exhibition of whole cloth quilts which have been quilted with beautiful Mandala (from Sanskrit meaning circle) designs.  It’s a collaboration of artist duo Vendulka and Olivier Battais.  They both design the Mandalas, Vendulka quilts them and together they paint them with glittery and shiny paints for incredible effects. 

www.oliven.co.uk

The Living Threads Textile Group

Connections

A textile group whose aims are to produce exciting and innovative work.
Further details of our forthcoming exhibition, 21st October to 1st November, and workshops can be found on our webpage:

livingthreadstextileartists.com

Louise Claire Textiles

Exploring Embroidery & Fabric Manipulation

Louise Claire has been making and selling bespoke scarves and textiles pieces to clients and galleries throughout the UK and around the world, since 2000.  She runs workshops inspired by nature and uses eco dyes with a range of textile techniques.  At the British Quilt & Stitch Village Louise will be running the ‘Exploring Embroidery & Fabric Manipulation’ workshop and will include the use of Angel fibres.

www.louiseclaire.co.uk

Maggi Birchenough

An exhibition that shows one woman’s love of textiles and a passion for learning.  An opportunity to purchase our friend’s textiles.

pennylaneflowers@ymail.com

Material Girls

Gates

Material Girls are a group of friends who have an interest in mixed media.  Each year we have a project where members produce an item from a pack of identical materials on a given theme.  The only rule is that a piece of everything in the pack must be used.  This year our theme is ‘Gates’.

John_jenny_hall@hotmail.com

Modern Quilting with the Quilters Guild

Mrs Ros Peedle & Mrs Heather Hasthorpe

Heather Hasthorpe and Ros Peedle will present modern quilts and demo some fun blocks.  Heather was co-founder of The Modern Quilt Specialist Group of The Quilters Guild of the UK.

Ros.peedle@live.co.uk

On the Surface

Inspired by Text

On the Surface is a group of seven Midlands based makers who work in diverse but complementary ways.  We are exhibiting our latest work which features textiles, stitch, mixed media, fashion and 3D.

www.onthesurfacetextiles.com

Project Linus

Project Linus UK is a volunteer organisation.  We aim to provide a sense of security and comfort to sick and traumatised children through the provision of new homemade patchwork quilts and knitted blankets.

www.projectlinus.org.uk

The Quilters Guild of the British Isles

Region 11

The Quilters Guild is an educational charity open to all.  It promotes quiltmaking in all its forms across the UK and the preservation of its heritage in order to ensure a future for the craft.

www.quiltersguild.org.uk

Sew Happy Patchwork & Quilting Classes

Rachel Warren

Teaching Patchwork and Quilting Techniques through projects and patterns.  Learn in a classroom or at home via the internet.

Patchworkquiltingclasses.co.uk

Stitch in the Middle

Town and Country

This diverse group of contemporary quilters includes experienced textile artists and those who are just starting out on their creative journey.  They will be showing a variety of work inspired by the natural and urban environment.

cherylkirby001gmail.com

Traverse

Revealed

Traverse is a group of textile artists, working with varied styles, mediums and techniques, our name evolving from looking or moving sideways to find different perspectives.  Our 2019 exhibition, ‘Revealed’, explores unconventional viewpoints, revealing hidden layers, in the physical world, our emotional landscapes and our work itself.

www.traversetextileart.uk

Un:Hinged

Permission Granted

A group of artists with an eclectic mixture of styles and techniques who expand their repertoire by allowing critical evaluation whilst respecting each other’s views.  This empowers them to develop their creative work, but yet remain joined at the corners.

r.m.duffy@me.com

Wombourne Quilters

Medallion Challenge

An exhibition of Wombourne Quilters Round Robin Medallion Quilts.  Each Border made by a different person to fit and enhance the overall design and pattern.  What a challenge this proved to be but the results were worth the effort!

Catherine.brierly2@btinternet.com