Art of the Stitch study day

The speakers were Jehane Boden Spiers (www.yellowhouseart.com - Embroidery as Exploration), Jennifer Harris (the Textile Collection at the Whitworth Art Gallery - www.whitworth.man.ac.uk/), Karen Nicol (24/7 Stitch - see www.r-h-g.co.uk under western artists), and Jo Owen (The Influence of the Human Form in my Work - no pix on the web). The speakers were consistently excellent, inspiring - professional. And the room was full of textile enthusiasts - practitioners, explorers. Fabulous.

Between speakers we had a chance to get a close look at the work - this was one of the less busy moments during the breaks.

Interesting clothes were being worn, bags carried, jewellery, hair ...