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Sally McCollin: Inspiring Creativity Through Textiles, Teaching and Online Embroidery Courses


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In this Stitchery Stories episode, host Susan Weeks chats with Sally McCollin, a textile artist, designer, and educator with a fascinating career spanning publishing, design, and teaching.

From early beginnings knitting mohair jumpers for pocket money to working with major craft companies like Patons & Baldwins (now Coats Crafts), Sally has had an incredible journey in the textile industry. She shares insights into her commercial design work, editorial roles, teaching, and her passion for inspiring others through online embroidery courses, and textile art courses.

Key Talking Points:

From hobby to profession: How Sally's love for textiles grew from childhood sewing to a career in knitting, embroidery, and design.

Working in the commercial craft industry: Her experience designing knitting patterns and working in PR for Coats Crafts.

Teaching and inspiring others: How she transitioned into teaching and developed unique textile art courses.

Embroidery Skills Courses: The thought process behind creating courses that blend design and embroidery techniques.

The importance of play in design: Encouraging creativity through experimentation rather than rigid instruction. 

Balancing creativity and deadlines: Funny behind-the-scenes stories of stitching projects for magazine features.

Love for Shibori and fabric dyeing: Why fabric manipulation and color experimentation remain her favorite techniques.

Relevant Links:

For this episode... View Links, information & Examples of Sally's work at https://stitcherystories.com/sallymccollin

Visit: https://courses.embroiderersguild.com/

Read: https://courses.embroiderersguild.com/p/blog?p=your-online-embroidery-tutor

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