A Selection of Useful Links

Suppliers

Art Van Go - Shop, Gallery, & Art & Textiles Workshops. Knebworth, Herts

Studio 39 - A fabric shop with workshop in Baldock, Herts

Whaleys (Bradford) Ltd. - Mainly natural, un-dyed fabrics

Rainbow Silks - Dyes, paints & a wide range of craft materials

Kemtex Educational Supplies - Mainly Dyes, with some dyeing equipment

Organisations

The Quilters Guild

Herts Visual Arts Forum - exhibitions, studios etc for a variety of arts & crafts within Hertfordshire.

Eastern Region Textiles Forum - The Forum website. To Take Textiles Forward into the mainstream of 21st century art.

Twisted Thread - Organisers of the 'Festival of Quilts' and 'The Knitting & Stitching Show'.

The V&A Museum - Principal Museum of the Decorative Arts.

The National Gallery - Collection of European painting

The Tate Gallery - The national gallery of British art from 1500 to 2006
The Tate Modern - A major gallery of modern and contemporary art

The Quilt Association - Formed to provide a home for the collection of antique Welsh quilts known as The Welsh Heritage Collection; aims to promote an interest in patchwork, quilting and other allied textile crafts by organising exhibitions, workshops and classes showing both antique and contemporary work.

The British Museum - Inspiration from world cultures from Prehistory to the present day

MoDA (Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture) - Part of University of Middlesex, open to the public.

Quilters, Textile Artists & Craftspeople

Janice Gunner - UK-based stitched textiles artist, quilter and teacher.

Ricky Tims - Texan musician & Quilter.

Annette Claxton - Textile Artist, Quiltmaker, Teacher & Writer

Alicia Merrett - Contemporary Art Quilts (email only)

Janet Twinn - Textile Artist, Quiltmaker

Patricia Archibald - Textile Artist, Teacher & Writer

Sandra Meech - Stitched Textiles & Teacher

Pauline Burbidge - Textile Artist, Quiltmaker, Designer-Maker

Martin Cheek - Mosaics, Teacher and supplies

Tina Lindström - Glass Artist (Click Union Flag for English Version). Co-maker of The Glass Quilt, based on my 're:Swiss'.

June C Barnes - Quilter

Publications

Traplet Publications - including Patchwork & Quilting Magazine.

Popular Patchwork Magazine

Selvedge Magazine

Courses

Missenden Abbey - Residential & Non-residential creative weekends.

Studio 39 - As above

The Quilt Association - As above