Here are lots of websites I have found useful or inspiring over the last few years. I have also added some affiliate links, mostly the ones with logos – they are all ones which I would buy from myself or have bought from and would personally recommend.
Affiliate Links
Joggles is an awesome US store with extremely quick service – I buy my Misty Fuse from there. They do great online courses and sell very tempting arty rubber stamps and other fun stuff.
Art Biz Coach, Alyson Stanfield’s website: I’ve heard so many good things about Alyson’s courses on running an art business and find her blog very useful.
Watermedia Collage Workshop with Carrie Burns Brown
CCP Videos has a wonderful selection of videos and DVDs on all artistic subjects – I bought one by Carrie Burns Brown a couple of years ago and blogged about it then. They are a great alternative to online courses! They also have a video streaming section where you can effectively hire a video for a set amount of time. Here is one of the pages showing the collage backgrounds I made.
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Link to this Website
Feel free to add this link to your website: Dreaming Spirals – Liz Plummer, Contemporary Art Quilts
If you would like to exchange links with your website,
email me
Quilt/Textile Artists
Rayna Gillman
Pam Annesley
Tracy McCabe Stewart
Joanie San Chirico
Ann Johnston
Melanie Testa
Farne Designs – Valeri Bennett
Jenni Dutton
Charlotte Yde
Melody Johnson
Kimberley Baxter Paxwood
Holly Knott
Other Good Textile Websites
HP Learning Center – lots of useful free computer- and business-related tutorials.
UK Embroiderers Guild
Lots of fun online puzzles
Paula Burch – all about dyeing.
Lots of textile-related links
Quiltart email list homepage
African Fabrics
All about silk – very informative site about silk and keeping silkworms.
Wingham Wool Work – good felting site.
Craft in the Bay – craft designer/makers outlet in Cardiff.
Knitty Magazine – great knitting ezine.
Shoot That Quilt! – a brilliant tutorial on photographing quilts and other textiles by Andy Baird and Holly Knott.
If you want a list of blogs to read, see the sidebar of my blog for lots of ideas!
Not forgetting, of course, my Google Map of Textile Museums