Links
ERTF Members Sites, Groups and Blogs
Groups
- OTT Textile Group - OTT are also on Facebook
- EAST (East Anglian Stitched Textiles) - EAST are also on Facebook
- Textile Art Group Suffolk
- Suffolk Craft Society - Suffolk Craft Society are also on Facebook
- The Material Girls- Textile Group - The Material Girls are also on Facebook
- Chain Reaction - Textile Group
- Design2Stitch - Textile focus group, Essex
- Quinary group blog
- 98 Lace Group website
- Cambridge Open Studios
- Vision group website
Exhibition Reviews
Personal websites and blogs
- Jenny Leslie - personal website
- Linda Turner - personal website
- Deborah Richardson personal website
- Catherine Petit-Van Hoey - personal blog
- Alison White - Sheepy Things website
- Claire Cousins - Claire's Creative Craft Cabin (Cambridgeshire)
- Laura Guida - personal website
- Liz Holliday - personal website
- Nicola Hughes - personal website
- Marion Curtis - personal blog
Links to previous speakers at ERTF conferences
- Jan Knibbs Speaker October 2015 Conference (wearable art)
- Lisa Tilley of U-Old-Bag Speaker April 2015 Conference (upcycled decorative items)
- Chris Thomas Speaker Nov 2013 Conference (photography)
- Karen Jinks Speaker Apr 2013 Conference (textile marketing and website design/management)
- Mary Sleigh Speaker Nov 2012 Conference (African textiles)
- Katie Chaplin Speaker Nov 2012 Conference (Japanese crafts and textiles)
- Heidi Lichterman Speaker Apr 2012 Conference (textile artist and curator)
- Lucy Day Speaker Apr 2012 Conference (artist and curator)
- Deanna Tyson Speaker Apr 2012 Conference (painter and textile artist)
- Stacey Harvey-Brown Speaker Apr 2011 Conference (weaver, plus speaker on personal/business development)
- Les Bicknell- Speaker Nov 2010 Conference (book artist)
- Debbie Lyddon Speaker Nov 2010 Conference (textile artist)
Sites of interest
- Warner Textile Archive - textile archive in Braintree, Essex
- craftanddesign.net - Craft and Design magazine
- Textiles East Fair - Textile exhibition and trader stalls
- Twisted Thread (Knitting and Stitching Show)
- Midlands Textile Forum - promoting textiles in the Midlands, UK
- Embroiderers’ Guild (The national guild for embroiderers - branches throughout the country)
- Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles - national guild for quilters
- International Felt Makers Association - international association for felters
- The Weave Shed - a website for professional weavers; includes exhibition listings
- TextileArts.net - a link to a variety of textile related websites (artists, groups, techniques, etc, etc)
- Dragon Hall- Norwich - unique medieval trading hall in Norwich, UK; and venue for previous ERTF exhibition and conference
- Broadland Arts Centre - Blog - Norfolk based community of artists (including textile and feltmakers)
- The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey - the location and inspiration for our 2015 exhibition
