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Naomi Clarke-Mordy

Naomi Clarke-Mordy is an academic and textile art all-rounder, with a particular love for hand piecing.

Steve Barton2025-02-10T15:28:05+00:00February 10th, 2025|Categories: Tutors|Tags: beginner quilting, colourful designs, Designer, English Paper Piecing, fabric, hand piecing, hexagon, home decor, Janome, justhands-on.tv, machine quilting, mental health, Naomi Clarke-Mordy, paper piecing, Patchwork, Patterns, piecing, quilt, quilt as you go, quilt designer, quilt patterns, quilting, scrap projects, scraps, sew, sewing, sewing machine, textile-art, The Makers Studio, tutor|Comments Off

Karen Crookes

Karen Crookes is a tutor and quilt designer who loves combining the textural feel of embroidery with the creativity of patchwork blocks.

Steve Barton2025-01-23T13:10:38+00:00December 30th, 2024|Categories: Tutors|Tags: applique, beginner quilting, Designer, embroidery, fabric, hand embroidery, home decor, justhands-on.tv, Karen Crookes, machine quilting, Patchwork, Patterns, quilt, quilt designer, quilt patterns, quilting, quilts, scrap projects, scraps, sew, sewing, sewing machine, stitches, sugar and spice, Sunflowerstitches, textile-art, tutor|Comments Off

The All-Year English Garden by Oakshott Fabrics

Our fascination with gardens knows no bounds. We admire them from indoors or at close quarters whilst tending them, and we yearn for leisure time to drink in their delights. Oakshott Fabrics now has a new range of fabrics. The 'All-Year English Garden' range brings the garden and its colours inside, whatever the season.

administrator2020-01-24T16:43:49+00:00January 24th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: home decor, Oakshott, Patchwork, precuts, quilting|Comments Off

Jayne Brogan

Jayne is an expert at helping people understand what machine right for them, as well as teaching how to make innovative stitches on their sewing machine, opening up a whole new world of creativity.

administrator2022-09-16T09:13:31+00:00January 13th, 2018|Categories: Tutors|Tags: applique, bridging stitch, buttonholes, Buttons, circular attachment, crazy patchwork, decorative stitches, embroidery, free motion embroidery, free motion quilting, home decor, IDidntLikeToAsk, Janome, jayne brogan, labels, machine quilting, Patchwork, piecing, quilting, ruler work, rulers, sashiko, Satin Stitch, serpentine stitch, sewing machine, textile-art, The Makers Studio, thread painting, tutor, twin needle, walking foot, zig zag stitch|Comments Off

Dionne Swift

Dionne paints with stitches to create dynamic, vibrantly coloured textiles. Her needle becomes her pen and thread her ink. The scale, emotion, and energy of her landscapes are inspirational.

administrator2022-03-17T13:27:57+00:00January 10th, 2018|Categories: Tutors|Tags: decorative stitches, Dionne swift, embroidery, free motion convertible quilting foot, free motion embroidery, free motion foot, free motion quilting, home decor, Janome, landscapes, machine quilting, painting with stitches, Satin Stitch, sewing machine, stitches, textile-art, The Makers Studio, thread painting, threads, tutor|Comments Off

Gaynor White

Gaynor is a crochet-obsessed teacher and pattern designer from Wokingham in Berkshire.

Steve Barton2023-03-09T07:39:58+00:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Tutors|Tags: Author, bags, barkham hooker, beginner crochet, CALs, confessions of a Barkham Hooker, crochet, crochet bag, crochet blanket, crochet-a-longs, Designer, Gaynor White, granny squares, home decor, mosaic crochet, poppies, purple poppies, stash bag, stash busting, teacher, The Barkham Hookers, tutor, yarn bombing|Comments Off

Vendulka Battais

Vendulka Battais is an award winning textile artist, tutor and half of the couple running textile studio OliVen in the heart of Suffolk.

administrator2022-09-26T06:16:28+00:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Tutors|Tags: Author, Cathedral windows, cushion, decorative stitches, Designer, embroidery, folded patchwork, free motion embroidery, free motion quilting, glitter, hand embroidery, home decor, machine quilting, mandala, oliven, painting, Patchwork, piecing, quilting, textile-art, tutor, Vendulka Battais, wall hanging|Comments Off

Tess Grace

Tess Grace is a block printing tutor who has a passion for pattern, printing, and crafting.

administrator2023-12-14T11:06:10+00:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Tutors|Tags: Block Printing, Design, Dyeing Fabric, home decor, Paper printing, Printing blocks, Tess Grace, textile-art, Textiles, tutor|Comments Off

Anita Birtles

Anita loves the themes of recycle, reuse and no waste which has led her to scrap piecing projects as the main focus of her work. And she is keen to improvise in making quilts, so rarely follows a pattern.

Steve Barton2023-06-22T14:57:06+00:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Tutors|Tags: Anita Birtles, applique, bags, beginner quilting, binding, borders, crumb quilting, English Paper Piecing, EPP, free motion quilting, home decor, machine quilting, nine patch, orphan block patchwork, orphan blocks, Patchwork, precuts, quilt, quilting, scrap projects, scraps, sewing machine, till roll scrap strips, tote bag, tutor|Comments Off

Jane Czaja

Crochet is Jane's passion. She is a technical editor for “Inside Crochet” magazine, and runs regular crochet workshops so others can learn and be inspired.

administrator2020-07-09T09:00:51+00:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Tutors|Tags: animals, bags, blankets, Corner to corner, crochet, Crochet stitch sampler, cushions, Designer, double crochet, home decor, Jane Czaja, Patchwork, Patterns, sea, treble crochet, tutor|Comments Off

Sallieann Harrison

Sallieann enjoys traditonal quilting techniques and has won several quilt show awards in the UK and the USA. Be sure to check out her wool applique projects using a blend of hand and machine sewing.