A little textile inspiration from my YouTube Textile Collection. Today it features the beautiful English Paper Pieced hexagons of Kate Aimson. Filmed at The Festival of Quilts 2019.
Festival of Quilts 2018 – Part 2 – Contemporary Needlework
My annual visit to The Festival of Quilts is a day full of complete and utter textiles indulgence. I wander up and down the rows of fabulous quilts taking in all the colours & patterns and chat to the international artists in their galleries.
This year I was impressed with the Contemporary Needlework hidden between the larger quilts.
Here is some beautiful work that caught my eye this year made by Vanessa Marr, Sara Heatherly, Lesley Bell, Ruth Singer, Cas Holmes, Maria Thomas and Christine Chester.
Hexagons and Stitchery
In recent years I’ve noticed more and more embroidery and mixed media pieces on show. This year there were some real beauties featuring hand stitching, free motion embroidery, surface design and hexagons.
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