January/February 2019

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Innovator Constance Howard said "Stitches and textures without purpose become boring" so this issue presents a range of approaches from hand embroidery, free machine stitching to art quilts and multidisciplinary work. It features a divergent group of textile artists - including Jordan Nassar, Pauline Nijenhuis, Julie Heaton, Helen Banzhaf, Sara Impey and Diana Harrison.

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16 LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

Pauline Nijenhuis explores the demands of urban life through embroidery

22 DRAWN TO THREAD

After tragedy struck, Julie Heaton took to drawing not with paper but with thread using free-machine embroidery

28 JUST MY TYPE

Former journalist Sara Impey invented a unique outlet for her love of language

34 ART & SOUL

New Yorker Jordan Nassar draws upon the embroidery of his Palastinian ancestors to ask questions about love and life

40 ZEST FOR LIFE

Helen Banzhaf came to textiles after careers in fashion and design and is now known for her distinctive embroidery

46 BACK TO BLACK

We profile pioneer Diana Harrison who has exhibited internationally since her graduation from the RCA in 1973