Sally McCollin
looks back over her long career inspiring so many people to take up and enjoy textile and thread-based crafts. And even though she has now retired, Sally's fingers and creative brain are still very busy as she tries to use up her massive stash of threads, fabric and yarn!
In this episode of Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Susan Weeks chats with Sally McCollin about her fascinating and very varied professional career as a knitwear designer, creative PR working with leading craft publications, and textile art teacher. Sally is also the creator of the Inspired To Create range of online embroidery courses for The Embroiderers' Guild.
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Sally & Susan chat about:
From early beginnings:
knitting mohair jumpers for pocket money to working with major craft companies like Patons & Baldwins (now Coats Crafts), Sally has had an incredible journey in the textile industry. She shares insights into her commercial design work, editorial roles, teaching, and her passion for inspiring others through online embroidery courses, and textile art courses.
From hobby to profession: How Sally's love for textiles grew from childhood sewing to a career in knitting, embroidery, and design.
Working in the commercial craft industry: Her experience designing knitting patterns and working in PR for Coats Crafts.
Teaching and inspiring others: How she transitioned into teaching and developed unique textile art courses.
Embroidery Skills Courses: The thought process behind creating courses that blend design and embroidery techniques.
The importance of play in design: Encouraging creativity through experimentation rather than rigid instruction.
Balancing creativity and deadlines: Funny behind-the-scenes stories of stitching projects for magazine features.
Love for Shibori and fabric dyeing: Why fabric manipulation and color experimentation remain her favorite techniques.
Some links & further info:
To discover the courses created by Sally for The Embroiderers' Guild
https://courses.embroiderersguild.com/
And read a blog post about Sally and the courses:
https://courses.embroiderersguild.com/p/blog?p=your-online-embroidery-tutor
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