The Textile Artist: Layered and Stitched Pictures; Using Free Machine Embroidery and Appliqué to Create Textile Art Inspired by Everyday Life

A modern source of fun and innovative inspiration for any textile artist, built on the everyday world around you.

Katie Essam's fresh, modern style uses unique combinations of traditional techniques, and in this book she shows you how to create beautiful textile art inspired by the beauty in everyday objects.

Stretch your imagination and be inspired by Katie's fun, innovative ideas; learn how to draw inspiration from the animals, birds, gardens, beach huts and scenes that surround you; and use that inspiration as the fuel you need to create gorgeous stitched pictures.

Katie Essam's passion for textiles began when she graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a BA Hons in Contemporary Applied Art. She has taught herself freehand machine embroidery, appliqué and many other textile techniques, combining them to make original framed, mixed media textile art pieces, inspired by the beauty in everyday objects and scenes.

She especially loves doing commissions, turning a special image or personal photograph of family, pets or houses, into an original, tailor-made piece of textile art.

Katie also runs a variety of workshops from her studio, teaching one-on-one or in small groups the techniques she use to make her textile art.