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Explore the precision and versatility of machine stitching used in modern textile crafts.

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            |Susie Vickery: Icons of the Ordinary Mulaha Mandal|Susie Vickery: Yak Butter Tea (detail)|Susie Vickery: On the Melancholy of Tailors|Susie Vickery: On the Melancholy of Tailors (detail)|Louise Baldwin: Head|Louise Baldwin: Bird|Louise Baldwin: 8 ball|Louise Baldwin: Small collage|Louise Baldwin: And the what?|Louise Baldwin: Glance|Louise Baldwin: Nasturtium|Louise Baldwin: Over there|Stone Sue: Family Portrait|Sue Stone: Family Portrait (detail)|Sue Stone: Family Portrait (detail)|Sue Stone: A Lot can Happen in Fifty Years|Sue Stone: A Lot can Happen in Fifty Years|Sue Stone: Self Portrait with Fish on a Washing Line|Sue Stone: Self Portrait with Fish on a Washing Line|Willemien de Villers: Save me|Willemien de Villers: Save me (detail)|Willemien de Villiers: The Mysteries|Willemien de Villiers: The Mysteries (detail)|Willemien de Villiers: The Mysteries (detail)|Willemien de Villiers: The Mysteries (detail)|Willemien de Villiers: It has to be said|Willemien de Villiers: It has to be said|Willemien de Villiers: It has to be said|Nasturtium inspiration|Layered drawing|Rachael Howard: Trumpeter (detail)|Rachael Howard: Trumpeter|Rachael Howard: Fish and Chips|Rachael Howard: Fish and Chips|Rachael Howard: Sunbathers|Rachael Howard: Sunbathers (detail)|Rachael Howard: Wrestlers|Rachael Howard: Wrestlers (detail)|Ben Venom: Monument to Thieves|Ben Venom: Panther Party|Ben Venom: Hearts Alive

            Paula Chung and Karen Rips: A View Within

            Artist interview

            Paula Chung and Karen Rips: A View Within|Karen Rips & Paula Chung

            Susan Hotchkis: From conception to creation

            From conception to creation

            Sue Hotchkiss Featured Image|Susan Hotchkiss

            The natural world: 5 textile artists inspired by landscapes

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            Lanscapes Featured Image|Caroline Dunn|Kim Marguerite LaPolla|Dee Thomas|Judi Miller|Fiona Robertson|Textiles: A Response to Landscape eBook

            Judy Merchant: The Beauty of imperfection

            Artist interview

            Judy Merchant Featured image|Judy Merchant Plant life 2 85 x 65 cms Fabric

            Carol Naylor: Virtual waves, textile arts on Facebook

            Artist interview

            Textile art by Neroli Henderson|Textile art by Ann Halden|Annabel Rainbow: Life 4 - "Hello Dear

            Leslie Morgan: Abstract dialogues and personal symbolism

            Artist interview

            |Leslie Morgan – Dangerous Journey 6 (detail)|Leslie Morgan – Awakening|Leslie Morgan – Changing Seasons – Storm Clouds|

            Yumiko Reynolds: Freehand machine embroidery

            Artist interview

            Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds|Freehand machine embroidery by Yumiko Reynolds

            Heather Collins: Landscapes and seascapes

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            Heather Collins creates textile sculptures|Heather Collins is a textile artist inspired by landscapes||Woodland Floor (Fungus detail) - Heather Collins|Nature inspired textile art by Heather Collins|Heather Collins finds inspiration in seascapes and landscapes|Award-winning piece of art by Heather Collins|Compost Heap by nature textile artist Heather Collins

            Harriet Riddell interview: Performance textile artist

            Artist interview

            Performance textile artist|Harriet Riddell|Harriet Riddell|Textile art by Harriet Riddell (detail)|Harriet Riddell stitching at a factory in India|Family portrait by Harriet Riddell|Textile art by Harriet Riddell|Family portrait by Harriet Riddell|