Brunel Broderers Exhibition - "Curiouser ...?" Frome

Jan Swancult - Joined

This artist uses hand stitch onto calico with a thin bamboo quilt backing. I love the texture that the seams and stitches make on the neutral fabric. The artist is particularly interested in the effect that the curved seams create. The pieces were about 70cm squared and hung on the wall.


Liz Harding

I am really inspired by these beautiful wall pieces which use machine and some hand stitch almost as drawn lines across the surface. The neutral colour threads on the rich coloured fabrics work beautifully together. i love the way that the loose threads are left hanging on the surface. The fabrics are layers sheer fabrics. I would like to experiment with using simple machine stitch in this way, using colour and mark making to create this type of effect.

Lizzie Weir

Lizzie Weir uses very neutral fabrics and almost collages them together to create textured surfaces, She seems to have used vintage scraps and tape to create the pieces. She has used the same layering and collaging effect to create the 3D pieces. I would like to try o make some pieces like this, layering and sewing fabrics together with straight machine stitch to strengthen them.

Louise Watson

These delicate pieces combine hand and machine stitch to create a variety objects based around the artist's study of butterflies.

Carolyn Sibbald

It was interesting to see this sashiko inspired piece by Carolyn Sibbald. The stitches were about 2cm long and the blue fabric was layered over a red lining.long