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New Year is synonymous with fresh starts compiling our feature on the textile exhibitions for 2022 there's plenty to look forward to. In this issue we revisit Jessie Chorley in her new studio, meet Kylie Wright whose kits are encouraging more people to take up Embroidery, learn how Maricor Maricar altered the face of graphic design, discover Zoe Hillyard's 'ceramic patchwork' and find out why Sera Waters has never been afraid of challenging subjects. We also meet artist Marcia Bennett-Male, natural dyer, textile artist and flower grower Julie Beeler, Russian embroider Katerina Marchenko and discover more about Lorina Bulwer's embroidered letters.

14 THE SEWING ROOM
A change of studio marks a fresh start and a whole
new chapter for artist and maker Jessie Chorley

16 FIRST AID KIT
Meet Kylie Wright, whose kits are encouraging
people around the world to take up embroidery

20 DOUBLE VISION
How Maricor Maricar altered the face of graphic
design with their take on embroidered lettering

26 SMASH HIT
Discover Zoe Hillyard’s ‘ceramicpatchwork’ and
her unique response to materials and technique

32 IMPERFECT PAST TENSE
Why Sera Waters has never been afraid to work
with diverse materials and challenging subjects

38 TEXTILE SCISSORS STONE
Textiles act as a powerful conduit through which
Marcia Bennett Male articulates her experience

44 PIGMENTS OF THE IMAGINATION
Natural dyer, textile artist and flower grower Julie
Beeler roots her practice in the natural world

50 HOOP DREAMS
For Russian embroiderer Katerina Marchenko
improvisation is the key to artistic freedom

54 MATERIAL MATTERS
Are Lorina Bulwer’s embroidered letters simply
evidence of madness or of more sinister misdeeds?