About Susan
Susan has been teaching embroidery for many years and loves to share her enthusiasm for a wide range of techniques.
She completed her City and Guilds Part II in Embroidery with the inspirational Anthea Godfrey at the London College of Fashion (as it then was). Over the past twenty years, she has taught a wide range of classes including City and Guilds and leisure classes, with the WI, and most recently independently in the Wivenhoe and the Colchester area of Essex.
Susan took early retirement in 2013, giving her more time for embroidery and textile related activities. She enjoys being an active participant in the local branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild, visiting more exhibitions, attending workshops and reading more about her favourite textile art topics both in print and on-line.
She has also become a student again, signing up for the City and Guilds in Patchwork and Quilting with Creative Stitch Suffolk. According to Susan, “It’s been great to take on new challenges and learn new skills.”
Susan blogs regularly on her website, Threadlines, where she gathers together various elements of her long-standing fascination with embroidery and textile arts more generally. Her hope is that Threadlines will widen her circle of embroidery and textile art friends, and encourage non-embroiderers to try it – just once (that’s all it takes!
Signature Technique
Embroidery
Susan’s Top Tips
- The simpler the stitch, often, the more you can do with it.
- One of the (many) aspects of textiles that I love is that you don’t need to be doing just one project. Try new things…several at a time!
- Doing something completely new with a group of friends makes it extra special.
- If you want to know the ‘right’ way to embroider then turn to a technique manual.
Books and Patterns
Posts
The Singing Quilter is coming to town
Cathy Miller, the Singing Quilter is in town and you can join her at the Thamside Quilters meeting on Friday 24th August at the Staines Methodist Church, Thames Street, Stained Middx TW18 4SD. The performance starts at 7.45pm and the door open at 7.15pm - tickets at the door are £5.
Filming our new Block of the Month and meeting Angela Daymond
Jennie and I spent a FULL day filming the new Block of the Month which she has called Superstar! As you can see its a lovely medallion quilt with the Loan Star centre and lots of lovely borders. We were also joined by Angela Daymond who has her own studio and dyes fabric using natural products such as tulip petals and madder root - so something great to watch out for in the autumn.
Quilting weekend – Dunford House 6-8th July 2012
Fun was had by all at our Dunford House quilt retreat weekend; the house was full and there was lots of laughter as well as sewing. Jennie as usual had us in stitches with her travel stories as well as getting down to her red swimsuit complete with embellishments and the pub quiz was won by the "Thanglers". The Dunford house staff did us proud - they looked after us superbly and the food was excellent - local produce well presented - and many of the bedrooms have undergone a upgrade and facelift with beautiful new soft furnishings.