Turn Your Sewing Room from Drab to Delicious
The Stitch Safari Podcast
by Cathy Jack Coupland
6d ago
We've all been there, haven't we?  In stressful times it's too easy to make the sewing room a dumping ground for works-in-progress and newly acquired items. We're all visual artists, so visually the space we work in has to be pleasing too, but it also has to be efficient, effective and safe.  Listen to this episode to learn how I revamped my sewing room. Show Notes: https://stitchsafari.com/podcast ..read more
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Embroidery Journalling
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by Cathy Jack Coupland
2w ago
What better way to begin 2025 than with something gaining traction as a popular means of documenting life events, happenings, memorable moments or simply feelings - I'm talking about Embroidery Journalling.  Join me as I explore this amazing, relatively new embroidery community. Show Notes: https://stitchsafari.com/embroidery-journalling ..read more
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Embroidered Food
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by Cathy Jack Coupland
1M ago
Embroidered food is an unusual topic offering a surprisingly interesting and complex level of realism that's truly off the charts. But the simple needle and thread are also used here to comment on consumerism, everyday life, and things we take for granted such as our daily bread or the simple pleasure of growing our own vegetables. Each artist uses the art of embroidery in their own way, expressing the utter beauty of something we all see and use daily ..read more
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Embroidered Faces and Figures
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by Cathy Jack Coupland
2M ago
  Stitch Safari listeners, whether faces or figures, embroidery, patchwork or quilting, these artists capture the synergy of humanity through a gesture or a look.  They do it with flair and vivacity giving personality to each and every stitch and thread colour and that's important because these faces and figures need to sing. Show Notes: https://stitchsafari.com/embroidered-faces-and-figures ..read more
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What Do You Want From A Workshop?
The Stitch Safari Podcast
by Cathy Jack Coupland
2M ago
Do you have a vision?  Are you focused?  Will you learn a new technique or skill or are you after something far more relaxing, entertaining and fun?  We all have different needs and as a result, different expectations, so let’s understand some of those needs and expectations. Show Notes: https://stitchsafari.com/what-do-you-want-from-a-workshop ..read more
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Beetles, Butterflies and Insectes in Embroidery
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by Cathy Jack Coupland
3M ago
This bountiful aspect of the natural world offers such scope for variety, colour, shape, and pattern it's hard to overlook it. Vital to the world's ecosystems and sustainable food production, they are also incredibly beautiful and are increasingly used as subjects for embroidery.   Join me as I introduce five embroidery artists who work their magic using the insect world as their muse. Show Notes here: https://stitchsafari.com/beetles-butterfl…ts-in-embroidery ..read more
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Embroidered Christmas Treasures
The Stitch Safari Podcast
by Cathy Jack Coupland
3M ago
In this episode, I dip into some Yuletide bliss offering suggestions to make ourselves a Merry Little Christmas or a Winter Wonderland of creativity and love.  This pre-Christmas countdown is really about slowing down and thinking about the people in our lives we love and treasure - the people who would be delighted to receive a thoughtful, useful or completely kitch hand-made gift from us ..read more
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Australian Textile Artist Annemieke Mein
The Stitch Safari Podcast
by Cathy Jack Coupland
4M ago
This episode pays tribute to an embroidery artist who, from a very young age, was devoted to capturing and recording the beauty and complexity of nature, learning to note intricate details that would later lay a foundation for her work in textiles. Show notes here: https://stitchsafari.com/australian-textile-artist-annemieke-mein ..read more
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Master Embroiderers - Alice Kettle and Salley Mavor
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by Cathy Jack Coupland
4M ago
What a privilege to introduce two inspiring embroidery artists. Whether or not you like machine embroidery or small dolls, these two artists are worth studying for their amazing use of technique and how they apply that to create wonderful narratives - they bring ingenuity, inventiveness, flair and finesse to their art ..read more
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Machine Embroidery - Book Reviews
The Stitch Safari Podcast
by Cathy Jack Coupland
4M ago
This is a follow-up to the previous episode of the Stitch Safari Podcast, Masters of Our Machines, and focuses on books offering inspiration, technique, and thoughts on the artistry of machine embroidery today. Show Notes: https://stitchsafari.com/machine-embroidery-book-reviews ..read more
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