Meet Mary Gamester
Interviews with Textile Art Artists • Educational, G, 01-Aug-2012
In this interview we get to enjoy a wide range of products and textile items, that Mary has made and teaches. Also we will see two lovely quilts. First quilt used transfer painting. And second was made for the ‘Secret Message’ exhibition at Blechley Park. In this one she uses flexible polyfilla to great effect!
Mary is an experienced teacher of workshops and textile classes. She creates an exciting range of cloaks, waistcoats, jackets, dresses and bags for day and special occasion wear which are sold at craft fairs. Each item is embroidered and appliquéd in silk, velvet and luxury threads to offer beautiful individual designs.
She also makes wall hangings and other textile art and her workshops cover a wide variety of techniques and projects. For more information you can visit her website by clicking here.
Mary also loves using transfer paints and you can join her here on the site where she introduces us to her snowflake cushion.
Since meeting Mary she has a new book out Transfer Painting, which you can find on our website.
Click here to learn more about Mary Gamester.
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