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Our blog has a new home…

January 17th, 2010 by Holly

The Blog has moved! We have a new and improved, wonderfully colourful Colouricious Blog, packed with info, Talking Threads updates, pictures and news. Follow the link below to catch up with the Colouricious team.

Click Here to visit our shiny new blog.

Colouricious Blog Creative Textiles

Linda Miller Brooch

January 4th, 2010 by Holly

As promised, here is a picture of my finished Linda Miller brooch. Linda showed us all how to create this beautifully colourful brooch using free machine embroidery in Talking Threads Episode 6. Thank you Linda!

Embroidered "Linda Miller" Brooch

Embroidered Linda Miller Brooch

The Stitch Shed in the Snow

December 22nd, 2009 by Holly

We are in a winter wonderland!

Colouricious Stitch Shed in the snow 18th December 2009

Talking Threads was brought to you by Colouricious

December 22nd, 2009 by Holly

With the success of Talking Threads- Colouricious is fast growing. Visit the new Colouricious website to explore all of our exciting projects.

New Colouricious Website

Fabric of Life Exhibition Photos

December 2nd, 2009 by Holly

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What a fab exhibition! We were overwhelmed by the work submitted to the exhibition. Thank you to everyone who delivered their work to us at the gallery. Lizzy and I spent a very happy Thursday putting up the show, with many a “oooo” or “ahhh” as we unwrapped the artworks. Here are just a few photos of the exhibition. The exhibition runs until Saturday 5th Dec, come and do a little christmas shopping or come just to be inspired!

Preview Talking Threads Christmas Special!

November 27th, 2009 by Holly

Click here to preview the Talking Threads Christmas Special.

Make a Christmas Stocking Talking Threads

The Talking Threads DVD!

November 27th, 2009 by Holly

Have you ordered the Talking Threads Series 1 DVD? We posted them 26th November.

Look out for your postman, standby your post box and get your sewing machine warmed up- your copy will be with you very soon! x Love Holly & Jamie x

Textile Workshops & Interviews with Top Textile Artists

Fabric of Life Exhibition

November 18th, 2009 by Holly

Join us and many of the artists featured in Talking Threads at Amersham Art Gallery – 27th Nov- 5th Dec for a colourful exhibition of textile artwork. We look forward to seeing you there, love Holly & Jamie.

The gallery is open Tuesday- Saturday 10am- 4pm.

Fabric of Life Exhibition, Fabric & Textile Art Work

What a colourful surprise!

November 11th, 2009 by Holly

Thank you Tina for brightening up our day! We received a glorious flash of colour in the post this morning in the form of this gorgeous postcard, lovingly stamped, stitched, stencilled and painted by Tina. If you wish to send us a creative, handmade postcard (we shall put a photo on our blog- there is even talk of an online gallery if we get lots!) …send an email to Holly- holly.pulsford@colouricious.com and request our postage address- we would love to hear from you.

Fan Postcard

Kim Thittichai

November 6th, 2009 by Holly

I hope everyone caught Talking Threads episode 4 with Kim Thittichai. It was a very informative episode. Kim demonstrated some wonderful techniques and showed us what can be done with a variety of products and heat processes. Intrigued? Do you want to learn more about the products Kim demonstrated?- Visit Kim’s website to find out about the workshops she runs- such as “Tinkering with Tyvek” and  ”Extreme Surfaces for Stitch.” Kim will show you hundreds of exciting ways to transform surfaces and fabrics.

Hot Textiles Book

The book Hot Textiles by Kim Thittichai. Discover how to use your iron

and heat gun creativity to produce truly amazing surfaces.