by Cathy Jack Coupland | May 26, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode of the Stitch Safari Podcast, I investigate how passion and curiosity drive people to pick up a needle and thread. What fuels innovation and a need for some to follow their own path? Do you have to be a lifelong stitcher or a relative newcomer to...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | May 12, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
Embroidery is more than decoration or embellishment. Throughout history, it’s symbolised power, status, love, war, craftsmanship and storytelling. So when I came across a recent publication of The Textile Art Magazine, Embroidery, featuring the 2024 Hand &...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | May 8, 2025 | Blog
We live in an era of ever-changing textile art. Innovative, creative artists are constantly reinventing it. Susan Brandeis, author of The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture and Colour in Stitch, published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. in 2019, offers a...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Apr 28, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
This episode of the Stitch Safari Podcast is a nature lover’s dream because it celebrates nature’s motifs and the art of stitching directly onto one of the most ably renewed natural resources, leaves. Who knew? Until recently, I certainly didn’t. As...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Apr 13, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode of the Stitch Safari Podcast, I’ll explore the evolution of simple hand coverings from the very simple to ornate art pieces embellished with exquisite hand and machine embroidery and embellishments. This accessory has existed for eons yet is now...
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