Cloth Stories by Ali Ferguson - ISBN: 9781849948180
Hardcover
Stitch your home’s memories into evocative textile art, find inspiration everywhere.
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Cloth Stories

Capturing domestic life in textile art

$38.01

  • Hardcover

    128 pages

  • Release Date

    20 March 2024

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Summary

Textile artist Ali Ferguson’s exquisite work focuses on the world of the home, taking inspiration from domestic life and the objects that surround and comfort us. But it is far from mundane: vintage fabric and hand-embroidered text are beautifully paired to create evocative, nostalgic pieces that are imbued with the magic of everyday existence. In this wonderful book Ali reveals the secrets of her work and shares her ingenious methods for finding inspiration within the home.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781849948180
ISBN-10:1849948186
Author:Ali Ferguson
Publisher:Batsford
Imprint:Batsford
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:20 March 2024
Weight:357g
Dimensions:276mm x 216mm x 17mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘Illuminating and inspiring … a pleasure to read and will also prove useful to anyone who has struggled to develop their own personal art-work’

– Ali Ferguson * Textile Fibre Forum *

‘This wonderful book will guide [readers] gently and generously through the creative process, enabling them to create intensely personal and meaningful pieces of textile art inspired by their own homes and family history’

– The Stitcher’s Journal

About The Author

Ali Ferguson

Ali Ferguson is an embroiderer and textile artist renowned for her exquisitely beautiful and nostalgic work focused on the home. She works from The Purple Thread Shed, a cosy garden studio that also lends its name to Ali’s popular Instagram profile. She is a member of The Society for Embroidered Work and has written for Textileartist.org. Her first book, Cloth Stories, was published by Batsford in 2024. She lives in Roslin, Midlothian.

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