Synopses & Reviews
The latest in the Twenty to Make series,
Stitched Fabric Brooches shows readers how to create contemporary layered brooches and corsages. Textile expert Alex McQuade uses a range of materials, from linen and lace to buttons and ribbons some vintage or recycled for her signature look, which includes themes such as birds, hearts, dogs, cupcakes and flowers. The book will show how to combine a range of colours and fabrics to beautiful effect, and provide alternative suggestions to encourage readers to experiment for themselves.
About the Author
Alex McQuade graduated in 2006 from De Montfort University, Leicester, with first class honours in Textile Design and now works from her Leicestershire studio, creating The Alex McQuade Textile Collection fabric-based jewellery, purses, pouches, framed embroideries, key fobs, cushions, cards and Christmas decorations using felt, lace, linens and cottons. Alex embraces the idea of recycling and deconstructs old items giving new life to buttons, lace, ribbons and old vintage fabrics. Alex's range is sold via a number of outlets throughout the UK, as well as on-line on sites such as
Folksy and
Not-on-the-High-Street. Alex became a selected member of the Leicester Society of Artists in 2007 and exhibits with them twice a year at New Walk Museum, Leicester.