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Techniques and exercises for textile artists to generate, refine, and bring creative ideas to life in their work.

            Is it time to stop adding to your stash?

            Creative development

            |||Nigel Cheney: Cinquecento (Detail)|Nigel Cheney: Lethbridge (Detail)|Nigel Cheney: From the journey (Detail)|Barbara Cotterel: Deeply Foiled (Detail)|Barbara Cotterell: Teapot|Barbara Cotterel: Teacloth

            Could sampling be your creative super power?

            Creative development

            Could sampling be your creative super power|Arbutus - felted room screen Monica Bennett|Monica Bennett: Arbutus sample A|Monica Bennett: Arbutus sample B|Monica Bennett: Rock Forms

            How to photograph textile art

            Creative development

            How to photograph textile art

            Sue Spooner: Weave tapestry

            Artist interview

            Textile art by Sue Spooner|Textile art by Sue Spooner|Textile art by Sue Spooner|Textile art by Sue Spooner|Textile art by Sue Spooner|Textile art by Sue Spooner|Textile art by Sue Spooner|Sue Spooner - The Shadow of the Belltower

            Anne Honeyman: Fragility, fluidity & structure

            Artist interview

            Textile art by Anne Honeyman|Textile art by Anne Honeyman|Textile art by Anne Honeyman|Textile art by Anne Honeyman|Textile art by Anne Honeyman|Textile art by Anne Honeyman|Textile art by Anne Honeyman|Textile art by Anne Honeyman

            Displaying & hanging textile art

            Creative development

            Hanging textile art|A page from Connected Cloth explaining how to hang fabric art|An image demonstrating how to hang textile art||Framing textile art guidelines by Anne Kelly|How to frame textile art and display it effective is an art within its self|An untitled textile hanging by Anne Kelly|An example of textile art hung in a gallery|A gallery of fabric and fiber art|Framed textile art by Cas Holmes|A studio installation of textiles|Hanging textile art is an art in itself|Connected Cloth by textile artists Anne Kelly and Cas Holmes|Anne Kelly is an expert in hanging textile art|Textile Hanging by Eszter Bornemisza at Festival of Quilts July 2013|Eszter Bornemisza installation at Festival of Quilts|Textile hanging|Freedom Installation of mounted textile art|

            Jan Beaney &amp: Jean Littlejohn: Fluency and freedom

            Artist interview

            |Jan Beaney - Edge of Shade|Jan Beaney - Searing Heat|Jean Littlejohn - Bayeaux Cathedral|Jean Littlejohn - Bayeaux Window|Jean Littlejohn - Reclamation - Victoriana|Jean Littlejohn - Renewal|Jean Littlejohn - Portal|Jan Beaney - Winter Hedgerow|Jan Beaney - Purple Hedgerow|Jan Beaney - Quiet November|Jan Beaney - Late Evening Glow|

            Stitch picks: Top 10 machine embroidery books

            Stitch picks

            Top 10 Embroidery books|||Freehand Machine Embroidery|Stitch