Birmingham Embroidery and Textile Art
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Workshop 28th March 2026. Claire Leggett: Stitched Gardens.l
Claire began the day by explaining her approach as a painter. Just as you would layer up a background, foreground and final focused finishes, so you would colour your cloth, add stitches to create ‘visual noise’ and then finally focus on creating recognisable blooms, leaves and grasses. Claire demonstrated ways to colour the background cloth…
Member Led Activities Fabric Weaving and Cord/Braid Making: 9th March 2026
What a great evening. We learnt a new skill choosing one of the two skills on offer. Members worked with each other and had a lot of fun in the process thanks are due to the two group leaders. Hel led the cord and braiding activity. The members who chose this workshop needed to actively…
Meeting 9th February. Colour connecting paint print and stitch Claire: Leggett.
We heard from one of our members, Claire, who shared her work. In common with the previous meeting’s speakers, her work underlines the impressive range of skills and experience in BETA. Claire is a textile artist who was a creative child and who studied Fashion and Textiles in Birmingham. She developed a love of printed…
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