Textile Craft at The Garden House AOH

Posted:7 May 2012

Over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting the wonderfully creative artists and makers showing at The Garden House every weekend in May; our first are textile makers Mandy Murray and Janie Jones.

Mandy grew up surrounded by the fabrics of her parent’s upholstery business, later becoming increasingly interested in textile history, particularly the functional textiles of ordinary women.  She started collecting patchwork quilts, finding more beauty, poignancy and meaning in simple red and white blocked quilts made from flour sacks, than in the more intricate embroideries of the parlour.

The social history behind these and other hand stitched objects fascinates her and inspires her own textile work created from old printed cottons and inspired and influenced by all those nameless women, by folk art, and by the beauty of, and her love of, gardening…

Mandy works with old and new fabrics, patchwork, applique, machine and hand stitching, recycling old stitching into her designs.

Janie Jones work is inspired by antique books and vintage images – hand printed cotton twill, cards, notebooks and silk ribbons – all created using much loved collage techniques and French typography.  Find Janie’s work on Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/madametreacle

Click here for more info and our full list of artists and makers.  ALL MAJOR CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS ACCEPTED (not AmEx)