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. . . if you're looking for books which blend inspiration with cutting edge techniques in arts and crafts, d4daisy is for you.
We aim to give you that little bit extra. For example, 'Stitches Straps & Layers', 'Stitching the Textured Surface' and 'Textile Translations' all include a series of free online classes for everyone who has the book, making d4daisy the best value of all textile publishers.
Our publishing list brings together top-line authors, all leaders in their respective fields.
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Silk Sacks
Silk Sacks provides hand-dyed fibres for the embroiderer, felt-maker and other craft enthusiasts. Our many varieties of natural fibres come either in their natural shade or dyed in 10 different colourways. We also supply kits for the beginner to silk paper making - ideal for presents - as well as finished, hand-made embroidered silk paper cards.
Our fibres include silk tops, noils, carrier rods, throwsters, caps and hankies as well as merino wool, mohair, angora, linens, cotton, viscose, soyabean and ramie.
 Val is available for workshops, Guild demonstrations and is happy to supply sale or return packs for classes.
Val Toombes, Silk Sacks, 43 Medstead Road, Alton, Hants, GU34 4AE, UK, tel. 01420 542260,
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website
www.silksacks.co.uk.
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We are a travel company that offers specialist, small-group textile tours within the UK: - enjoy exclusive access to a unique variety of textiles not usually seen by members of the public,
- view historic and contemporary textiles in stately homes, churches, castles, cottages and studios and discover more about our rich textile heritage,
- a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes,
- meet with textile curators and local experts,
- discover and be inspired by the rich variety of textiles seen on the tour.
We believe in supporting the local economy wherever possible and try to use independent hotels and expert local guides and tutors alongside UK-wide organizations such as the National Trust.
Come and be inspired on a short-break tour, look at Arts and Crafts, Stroud International Textile Festival or our Gardens and Textiles Tour plus lots more. We hope to welcome you soon.
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ARIO
abaca tissue coloured with inks and stencilled with fabric paints
We stock a good selection of tried and trusted products for the textile artist and craft person.
Stewart Gill paints etc, Jacquard dyes and paints,
Transfer dyes and crayons, Brusho, Tyvek, Fibrefilm,
Markal paintstiks, acrylic wax, gels, Pink Pig sketchbooks,
Lazertran, Bubblejet Set, fabrics, dissolvables,
chiffon scarves, Wiremesh, beads & sequins, and lots more.
Lutradur now available
Send 4 x 1st class stamps for a catalogue
Ario (WOW)
5, Pengry Road
Loughor
Swansea
SA4 6PH, UK
Tel 01792 529092 (Karen) or 01792 429849 (Fiona)
e-mail
Visit our web site www.ario.co.uk for secure online shopping, samples, hints & tips, show information, and lots more.
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The Specialist Online Sequin Shop
Now available:
Over 525 types of sequin from 2mm - 42mm diam.
Satin, iridescent, hologram, metallic, glossy opaque, embossed, opaque iridescent and printed finishes.
Huge range of shapes: round, square, hoops, rings, flowers, leaves, shells etc.
Angelina Fibres and Crystalina including bumper mixed colour packs - ideal for experimental work plus Fusible Film, beads, Madeira metallics, sari yarns, Texere Yarns and shell buttons.
Simply Sequins Ltd, 6 Fairfield Terrace
Havant, Hants PO9 1BA, UK, tel. 02392 476125,
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web site
www.simplysequins.co.uk.
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Visit our website to see our online shop!www.craft-box.com
Stewart Gill, fibrefilm, tyvek, softsculpt, xpandaprint, shrink plastic, pearl-ex, brusho, procion and acid dyes, fabrics, threads, Jones Tones, dissolving fabrics and paper, bondaweb, craft vilene, transfer paints, kunin felt, Treasure Gold, foiling, embossing foils, meshes, Winsor & Newton, Pebeo, DMC, Madeira, Sulky, webbing spray, acrylic wax, books and more...
send a s a e for a mail order catalogue from
Painters Art & Craft Shop, 7 Fore Street, Liskeard, Cornwall,
PL14 3JA, UK, tel 01579 347237
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Mulberry Silks lives happily in the Cotswolds
where Patricia Wood creates packs of coloured
pure silk threads. Each pack is individually
named and the names are a reflection of the
range of tones and colours in each pack.
The packs available are:
Mini Topics - 7 spools Medium (30/3) thickness
Silk Topics - 12 spools Medium or Fine (100/3)
Connoisseur - 19 spools of mixed thicknesses
Palettes - 39 spools of Medium or Fine
All colours are repeatable
For more, visit: www.mulberrysilks-patriciawood.com
Patricia Wood, Mulberry Silks (WOW),
Silkwood, 4 Park Close, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8HS, UK
tel. 01666 503438, fax 01666 503439,
email
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'DISTANT STITCH'
A Correspondence Course in Embroidery
City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate and Diploma in
Embroidery and Design
Distant Stitch is a correspondence course that allows students to work at home at their own pace, and with responsive tutorial support.
At present Distant Stitch offers City and Guilds Embroidery Certificate and Diploma, Level 3, which have been written and are tutored by Siân Martin.
We are pleased to give advance notice of two new courses:
'Machine Embroidery', written and tutored by Janet Crowther
'Creative Sketchbooks', written and tutored by Viv White.
Visit the Distant Stitch website in October to be the first to discover the exciting details of these two new Courses.
With our 'green' initiative, students can study the Courses entirely online by downloading their Modules from the website and showing their work
via a personal 'blog'.
See more details about the Courses and Siân Martin on www.distantstitch.co.uk
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DISCOVER AND BE STIMULATED
by the series of colourful books and DVDs from
Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn.
They inspire designs and provoke creativity with fabrics and threads in a range of techniques.
The latest productions are:
Fragile Fabrics (book No.23) This book demonstrates innovative approaches to creating delicate and unique fabrics using a variety of techniques and design sources.
Constructions (book No.24) Jan and Jean take a fresh look at structures and buildings as sources for inspiration and the creation of exciting textiles.
Still available are the other books, Vanishing Act (1), Voluptuous Velvet (2), Bonding and Beyond (3), Transfer to Transform (4), Gardens and More (5), Conversations with Constance (6), Trees as a Theme (7), Giving Pleasure (8), New Dimensions (9), A Tale of Two Stitches (11), A Sketch in Time (12), No Stone Unturned (13), Connections (14), Colour Explorations (15), Over the Line (16), Grids to Stitch (17), Seductive Surfaces (18), RED (19), Embellish and Enrich (20), Location, Location (21), Seeing Double (22).
In the UK, DVDs are priced at £20 each and the books at £7.50. There is a £1.00 p&p charge for one and 50p for each subsequent DVD or book.
They can be obtained by sending a cheque to: Double Trouble Enterprises (wotw), PO Box 348, Maidenhead, SL6 6XB, UK and allow 21 days delivery. For prices outside the UK, and more information and pictures, please visit our website at:
www.doubletrouble-ent.com.
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Cover of 'Fragile Fabrics' (Book 23) (left) and
'Constructions' (Book 24) (above).
Page 23 from 'Fragile Fabrics' (above) and
Page 12 from 'Constructions' (below)
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Watch Jan and Jean working from the same design source but creating very different pieces of work. |
Follow Jan as she develops her ideas and images from sketchbook to finished art. |
Jean's work is inspired by the pavement just steps from her front door. |
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Our unique individually hand-dyed yarns, threads and fabrics in luxury Silks, Cottons and Wools are available in an exciting array of colours and textures for all creative textile artists.
Exclusive hand-knitting designer patterns complement our range of yarns.
Website: www.21stcenturyyarns.com
Mail order
21st Century Yarns (WOW), Unit 18, Langston Priory Workshops, Kingham, Oxon, OX7 6UP, UK,
tel 07850 616537, email
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Les Soeurs Anglaises run three and five day
creative textile workshops led by the very best, and most experienced internationally celebrated artists/teachers.
We offer stylish, luxurious accommodation, a beautiful heated pool situated in magnificent, mature gardens and set against the idyllic countryside of South West France. Our menus are a showcase of delicious, fresh, healthy cuisine, and the wine is specially chosen from our own extensive cellar. The experience as a whole is one of aesthetic stimulation and creative encouragement, balancing relaxation and 'the good life' with the opportunity to discover important technical skills in your chosen field of interest.
Visits to local markets/brocantes included.
see our website www.lessoeursanglaises.com for further details,
or phone: Katie +33 (0) 553 91 38 41
'Thank you for the most idyllic, creative and indulgent
five days I have ever had!' Jone Hallmark, Santa Fe, USA
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