Susan Weeks

Stitchery Stories

Arts EN ↓ 136 episodes

Stitchery Stories... Where textile artists share their life in fabric and thread. Embroidery. Textile Art. Inspiration, Techniques, Disasters and Delights. Join embroidery enthusiast and textile art dabbler, Susan Weeks, in her friendly chats with UK textile artists. Discover how they got started. Share the lessons learned along the way. Get excited about what they are working on at the moment. Learn how they keep their business growing, their creativity flowing, and get a sneak peek into what is coming next...

Author

Susan Weeks

Episodes

Ami James: How Textile Art Changed Her Life 04.10.2017 36:06

Ami James: How Textile Art Changed Her Life Today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Ami James Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread. She chats with Susan Weeks about how textile art has changed her life, helped her recover from illness, and developing the courage to 'go for it' in 2017. Susan chats with Ami about: What happened when the Floristry class was full... Coping with Bipolar Diso...

Cas Holmes: Textile Artist & Tutor: Found-Stitch-Paint 27.09.2017 39:59

Cas Holmes: Textile Artist & Tutor: Found-Stitch-Paint Today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Cas Holmes shares her life in fabric & thread. She chats with Susan Weeks about her textile art work which is summed up in her own words as being Found-Stitch-Paint. Using those key elements of found materials, stitch and paint, Cas explores the connections between land, place and environment...

Sue Stone: Textile Artist, Woman With A Fish & Current 62 Group Chair 20.09.2017 38:24

Sue Stone: Textile Artist, Woman With A Fish & Current 62 Group Chair Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Sue Stone aka 'The Woman With The Fish', Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread. She chats with Susan Weeks about her journey through fashion, to embroidery, back to fashion to earn a living, and finally back to embroidery and her current achievements. Susan chats with Sue about: Her major exh...

Dionne Swift: Artist Creating Contemporary Embroidered Art 13.09.2017 40:06

Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, contemporary textile artist & tutor, Dionne Swift Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread. She chats with Susan Weeks about developing rhythm and process as she recreates marks representing landscape not only in textiles but with paper and paint too. Susan chats with Dionne about: Her long-term project with North Yorkshire Military Wives Stitching vs Painting in...

Heather Cawte: Battle Of Stamford Bridge tapestry Project 06.09.2017 30:41

Heather Cawte: Battle Of Stamford Bridge Tapestry Project. Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Heather Cawte shares the story of the Battle Of Stamford Bridge Tapestry Project. It is a community embroidery celebrating the Battle Of Stamford Bridge in 1066. The project started in 2015 and great progress has been made, not just in the stitching, but in generating media atention and in fundraisin...

Dr Jennie Batchelor: The Great Lady's Magazine Stitch-Off 30.08.2017 39:10

Dr Jennie Batchelor: The Great Lady's Magazine Stitch-Off Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Dr Jennie Batchelor, shares her research on the embroidery patterns created for The Lady's Magazine published in the 18th & 19th centuries. She chats with Susan Weeks about how her 18th century magazine research project at the University Of Kent sparked enthusiasm & creativity in 21st century embroide...

Bridget Bernadette Karn: Artist Using Wool To Make Felt Pictures 16.08.2017 37:54

Today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Bridget Bernadette Karn Shares Her Life In Wool & Felt. She chats with Susan Weeks about discovering wet felting and creating a business based around that newly discovered love, leading to being selected for the Royal Academy Of Arts Summer Exhibition. Susan chats with Bernadette about: Discovering wet felting at her craft club Seeing the potenti...

Tracy A Franklin: Specialist Freelance Embroiderer & Durham Cathedral Head Broderer 02.08.2017 36:46

Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Tracy A Franklin Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread. She chats with Susan Weeks about the different facets of her professional hand embroidery career in particular her role as Head Broderer at Durham Cathedral and her busy tuition and teaching business. Susan chats with Tracy about: How she started her embroidery career Her career at the Royal School of Need...

Susie Martin: Mixed Media Artist Creating Textile Art 21.07.2017 41:48

Mixed Media Artist Susie Martin Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread in this episode of the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast. Susan Weeks chats with Susie about: Dissolving Margins & Crumbling Cliffs Learning skills by making clothes for Barbie dolls Enjoying being an active member of The Embroiderer's Guild Exploring variations in colour, stitch and threads Burning and melting for surprising r...

Jane White: Tuition In Couture Dressmaking & Pattern Cutting 21.07.2017 39:32

Couture Dressmaking Tutor Jane White Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread in this episode of the Stitchery Stories podcast. Jane shares stories and insight about her lifelong love of sewing and her determination to share that love and knowledge of couture dressmaking with her students. Susan chats with Jane about: Great Auntie Margaret's treadle Singer sewing machine, inspiring sewing teachers, insp...

Alison Larkin: Historical Hand Embroidery & Costume Historian 19.07.2017 34:45

Alison Larkin Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread on this episode of the Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast. Alison talks about developing her second career based around her love of traditional embroidery, historical costume, and 18th century waistcoats. Susan Weeks chats with Alison about: Making & wearing historical costume, Captain Cook's Waistcoat, travelling to Australia & New Zealand for w...