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_{A Gallery of Textile Art by Carol Coleman}

Putting the finishing touches to the 'Dire Wolf Crest', my contribution to the 'Hardhome Embroidery', created for HBO Game of Thrones. This huge embroidery was designed and produced by the Embroiderers' Guild with other organisations.

Visit www.embroiderersguild for more information and venues where you may find it exhibited.

Dire Wolf Crest

Free-machine embroidery with leather and beads. Diameter approx 12 cms.

Workshops

If you are interested in free-machine embroidery workshops in my studio in Wigginton, near York please email for full details. Cost is usually £35 full day; does not include materials, but some available to buy if required. Class size is usually limited to 5 students, but can run with just 2. Levels from beginner to advanced.

Please email carol@fibredance to book a place. Requirements will be sent out once booked.

Dates can be arranged if you would like to book a specific workshop with friends.

Scarborough Rock V

Scarborough Rock V. Fabric collage with couched cords and free-machine embroidery. A2 in size.

Glimpse of Yorkshire

Mosaic meets stained glass window. The top section of a tall piece using dyed silk and cotton, bonded and sliced to resemble mosaices and assembled to give the effect of stained glass.

My work can be seen at the following places or events:

10th & 11th November 2018

York Textile Artists Inaugural Exhibition at the Cemetery Chapel, York. Local textile artists showing 2D and 3D work in a variety of techniques. Individually made poppies for sale in support of The Royal British Legion and SSAFA. Free entry, free parking, disabled access. Refreshments by O' Crumbs.

7th - 10th March 2019.

Creative Craft Show. SECC, Glasgow

Demonstrating free-machine embroidery and exhibiting from my stand.

6th - 7th & 13th -14th April 2019

York Open Studios

Email carol@fibredance.co.uk to arrange an individual visit to my studio in Wigginton near York.

Tree Bark

Free-machine embroidery of tree bark, about A4 in size. Taken from a photograph of a tree in Moorlands Nature Reserve, Wigginton.

Earth Beauty IV

Free-machine embroidery of an interesting rock.

Slice of the Past II

Applique, hand and free-machine embroidery, quilted and sprinkled with chips of Peridot, Citrine and Rock crystal. Private Collection.

Fibredancing: Brooches, Bracelets, Rings & Things.

Fibredancing

Available only from the author.

Soft cover, 32 colour pages showing how to start making free-machine embroidered jewellery. £9.50, post-free in the UK. Email me to order - carol@fibredance.co.uk