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Friday, 8 April 2011

Sandra Coleridge exhibits her work at Killerton House

Sandra Coleridge is a Textile Artist that loves to work with her Janome FM725 (embellishing machine), and Janome Horizon to produce the wonderful textured pieces below. She runs regular workshops on the technique, please see her website for more information. Sandra is currently exhibiting at Killerton House, near Exeter, in "For the Love of Stitch" exhibition with the Kingcombe Embroidery Group. The exhibition has a wide range of work to see (and buy) from hand embroidery, machine embroidery (both free machines and digitized work) and various works using embellishing machines. From small gift cards to large wall hangings and framed work.
The venue is simply beautiful....
Just look at this gorgeous room!
Display table with small pieces of work.
The exhibition is running until the 2nd May at Killerton House, for more information visit their website.

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

I visit the Kingcombe Embroidery Group in Dorset...

Last weekend I was invited to visit the Kingcombe Embroidery Group in Dorset. The group has been meeting for about ten years and is ran by Sandra Coleridge. Sandra has worked with Janome for many years, and often demonstrates with us at the larger exhibitions in the UK. The group has around 12 members which specialise in a range of embroidery techniques, from Jane Lemon, Ecclesiastical Textile Designer, to Ruby Lever, Viv White and Lynn Horniblow.
Sandra is known for her love of texture and embroidery, and creates the most wonderful landscape textile art using her Janome embellisher (FM725) and Janome Horizon for her free machine embroidery. She also combines embroidery from her Janome MC11000 and Digitzer to create different effects.
Here we can see Sandra working on a landscape piece for the groups next exhibition.

The view from the cottage where they meet twice a year is simply beautiful!

This week, after the Group has gone home, Sandra is teaching a three day residential course using the embellisher and free machine embroidery. Bev, from Knitting4Fun, has also joined her to supply wool for the workshop.

The Kingcombe Group will be hosting their next exhibition, For the Love of Stitch, at Killerton House from 2nd April till 1st May.
Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter, EX5 3LEFor
Daily 11.00 - 4.30.
01392 881345