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My name is Elaine Archer and I am interested in all forms of creative embroidery and mixed media. I enjoy both hand stitching and machine embroidery but particularly like creating textural surfaces for stitch. I’m also partial to a bit of glitz! Inspiration comes from the Suffolk countryside where I live but also from the beautiful scenery of Britain’s coastal paths. I belong to two groups, Creative Stitch and Raw Edge, the latter an exhibiting group. Jollietextiles is my opportunity to share what I love doing – stitching, painting and drawing.

250DSC01427 South West Coastal Path Lindsey Suffolk

January Book Of The Month Winter Flowers

January 26, 2020

I have just completed the first piece of a year long project to make one ‘textile’ book per month. I may not limit myself to producing a cloth book each time as I think a painted or sketched one is just as likely to evolve, depending what I’m working on during the year. This first … More January Book Of The Month Winter Flowers

Japanese Influences

January 19, 2020

For Ellie – my mathematician – who sometimes, just sometimes – checks in on this site! x

Seaweed Printing

January 12, 2020

This morning I found some old samples of ‘seaweed’ printing, one of the first textile printing techniques I was introduced to way before I had any interest in creative embroidery. It was shown to me on a primary teachers’ course and I remember it being very successful in the classroom as it is so easy! … More Seaweed Printing

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